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Blindsided by school closure, families hope for reprieve

Clip: 6/9/2022 | 3m 29sVideo has Closed Captions

University Heights Charter School in Newark was placed on probation in 2019

Students from University Heights Charter School are hoping the state Department of Education doesn’t shut down their school. The DOE sent a letter on June 1 confirming it would be closing UHCS for failure to provide high-quality education, leaving parents scrambling to figure out where to place their kids next year. Head of schools Dr. Christy Oliver says she disagrees with DOE’s reasoning.

06/09/2022

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American Dream megamall risks debt default

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Megamall’s developers are also behind on payments to East Rutherford (3m 55s)

Business Report: More NJ tax incentives for film, media?

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New Jersey is hoping to entice more film and media productions to the state (3m 28s)

Motorists say high gas prices forcing them to change plans

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Analyst doesn’t expect any relief before September (4m 14s)

US House passes sweeping gun control reforms

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But the bill package is expected to fail in the Senate (1m 34s)

Will new vaccine and updated Moderna booster curb COVID-19?

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Epidemiologist Stephanie Silvera discusses potential new weapons against the pandemic (4m 1s)

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