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Kelly said he still sees spots from the sucker punch...

Kelly said he still sees spots from the sucker punch...

Since last year, more than $95 million from a federal opioid settlement has been distributed to New Jersey, its 21 counties and 241 municipalities to fight addiction. But investing that capital is off to a slow start — about 6.2% has been appropriated — even as the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner reports nearly 2,300 suspected drug deaths so far in 2023.

President Biden's aggressive push to accelerate the nation's wind energy comes amid increasing public opposition to both onshore and offshore wind farms and critics say rising costs to build and maintain them will ultimately be passed along to taxpayers and ratepayers.

“It is clear that Ørsted has abandoned the development of Ocean Wind 1 and Ocean Wind 2, but it is also clear that they believe that they can sell their lease and their state and federal permits,” said Donohue. “For Ørsted to break every promise it made to multiple New Jersey communities, to break all the promises it made to trade unions in South Jersey, to break all of its contractual obligations with New Jersey agencies and then believe that it is entitled to profit from its lease and permits is the height of arrogance.