NJ Spotlight News
Parents, educators urge COVID-19 testing at schools
Clip: 10/1/2021 | 3m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
A patchwork of efforts is leading to rising frustration among parents and educators
With the majority of school-age kids still ineligible for COVID-19 vaccines, the Murphy administration set aside more than $260 million in federal relief aid to help school districts set up regular testing. But the state isn’t mandating schools to follow through with weekly tests, leading to a patchwork of efforts and rising frustration among parents and educators.
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Parents, educators urge COVID-19 testing at schools
Clip: 10/1/2021 | 3m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
With the majority of school-age kids still ineligible for COVID-19 vaccines, the Murphy administration set aside more than $260 million in federal relief aid to help school districts set up regular testing. But the state isn’t mandating schools to follow through with weekly tests, leading to a patchwork of efforts and rising frustration among parents and educators.
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$30M in Sandy disaster loans to NJ towns forgiven by feds
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Clip: 10/1/2021 | 58s | And lawmakers approve billions in disaster relief aid for Tropical Storm Ida, other storms (58s)
Gas tax drops in NJ, Murphy's threat over congestion pricing
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Clip: 10/1/2021 | 2m 22s | New Jersey’s gas tax dropped 8.3 cents Friday to 42.4 cents a gallon (2m 22s)
How Democrats struggle to unite on big-ticket spending
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Clip: 10/1/2021 | 3m 28s | On the record with Herb Jackson, politics editor for CQ Roll Call (3m 28s)
Increase in electric vehicles on NJ’s roads
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Clip: 10/1/2021 | 3m 10s | Gov. Murphy's goal is more than 300,000 electric cars in NJ over the next four years (3m 10s)
New COVID pill said to cut risk of hospitalization, death
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Clip: 10/1/2021 | 7m 14s | Interview with Dr. Stephanie Silvera on Merck's new COVID-19 treatment (7m 14s)
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