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PRESS RELEASE For immediate release June 22, 2017 On June 21, 2017, Mercer County Assignment Judge Mary C. Jacobson ordered the Lawrence Township Board of Education to better inform the public of the topics it discusses during closed-door meetings and to put more detail into the minutes of those meetings. Jacobson issued her order Read More …
UPDATE (6/7/16): On June 6, 2016, a federal appeals court heard arguments for and against release of the list of unindicted co-conspirators in the Bridgegate case. Last month the judge overseeing the case ruled that the list should be made public. http://www.northjersey.com/news/new-plea-to-keep-gwb-co-conspirator-list-private-1.1611581 UPDATE (5/18/16): The list of unindicted co-conspirators in the Bridgegate scandal remains under Read More …
(credit: Walter Luers) We wanted to share with you the successful results of an Open Public Meetings Act lawsuit that was filed by a person in Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey. The name of the lawsuit is Crippen v. Spring Lake Heights Borough Council, and the docket number is MON-L-3347-14. (In case you’re not familiar Read More …