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Flynn wants Caldwell interview memos released under the Bridgegate disclosure standard; Bucco and DiMaio’s Sept. 10 letter seeks a bipartisan committee with subpoena authority; the Lowenstein report leaves Sherrill’s interview status unclear.
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Pennacchio says Caldwell’s exit does not end the administration’s duty to produce OPRA records on where self-identified noncitizens voted, and he wants Caldwell questioned at a legislative hearing.
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill conditionally vetoed S-4477 on Sept. 28, 2026, recommending a five-year DOH/DHS pilot for residential mental-health treatment services instead of standing up a new permanent licensure structure without Medicaid SPA language.
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Governor Mikie Sherrill returned S-4513 and S-4514 without approval on Sept. 28, 2026, blocking a Jersey City open-space diversion and a rental-vehicle tax bill she said would not fix a fiscal crisis rooted in prior “one-shots.”
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Sherrill accepted Caldwell’s resignation after an independent report substantiated workplace and ethics violations, then named Acting Comptroller Shirley Emehelu Acting Secretary of State with 39 days until the midterms.
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OSC says weaknesses in New Jersey’s police and fire pension process allowed 21 members with misconduct histories to retire without required honorable-service reviews.
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Perth Amboy schools missed about $49.1 million in potential health-plan savings over five years, the state auditor found; the district says it has since joined the state plan.
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Cherry Hill’s school board lost its lawsuit seeking to curb a freelance journalist’s Open Public Records Act requests; the case was tossed under the state’s anti-SLAPP statute.
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Public officials who use personal email for board business must search those accounts and produce logs of government-related messages under OPRA, the state’s high court ruled.
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New Jersey’s stand-alone public-corruption prosecution office is being dismantled and its duties returned to the Division of Criminal Justice.
