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December 18, 2020 at 7:55 PM TRENTON – In a press release issued by Governor Phil Murphys office, leaders from across the state expressed their support for the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020, which will be voted on in the Legislature on Monday.  Today’s announcement builds upon 34 New Jersey leaders issuing support for the package yesterday, bringing the total to 77 supporters, including the Governor, Senate President, and Speaker, said the release. Mayor Angie Devanney showe...

‘As Americans of color … we owe it to ourselves and our communities to listen to the scientists, look at the data’ Shennell McCloud Several weeks ago, I told my colleagues I had a confession to make. As news of Pfizer and Moderna’s successful vaccine trials offered the first glimpse of light at the end of the dark tunnel of 2020, my colleagues asked whether I thought skepticism of vaccines in communities of color, particularly Black communities, would be an issue that the government nee...