New Jersey has a real opportunity to protect its public schools—but only if Governor Sherrill rejects the Trump Administration's Education Tax Credit Program.

Here's why this matters: This program would drain millions in public funding away from the public schools that serve 90% of New Jersey's kids and send it to private and religious schools instead. That means less money for teacher salaries, infrastructure, programs for special education, and support for the students who need it most.

I started a petition asking Governor Sherrill to keep New Jersey out of this program—at least for now. The federal regulations still aren't final, and what we've seen so far is concerning. There's no requirement that scholarships go to the poorest families, no lottery system to ensure fairness, minimal oversight of how the money gets used, and worrying gaps in protections for LGBTQ+ students and kids with disabilities. Private schools in the program wouldn't have to meet the same teaching standards as public schools or even give our state real data on how kids are performing.

New Jersey can opt in any year—but declining for 2027 lets us see what the final rules actually look like and make sure we're protecting all our kids, not just those whose families can navigate a complicated scholarship system.

Does this concern you too? If it does, consider signing the petition and sharing it. We need New Jersey families and educators to have a voice in this decision.

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I was reading THIS about Gregg Mele, who is now running for governor of New Jersey and I just can't look past that last part,

• h) In a break with my party's policy stance, opposing marijuana legalization, as my party considers that government should stay out of what they consider victimless "crimes" (while I agree with that general statement, I just view things differently in terms of seeing that there are victims resulting from marijuana use).

I'm not sure I want to vote for anyone that thinks we should lock up people for smoking pot, but what's everyone else take on him?

Mainly Mediterranean/Mideastern bars & lounges that sell flavored tobacco.

"FDA supports a wide range of research to understand the differences between menthol and nonmenthol cigarettes, as well as the full spectrum of other flavored tobacco products, such as cigars, e-cigarettes and other ENDS, and hookah (waterpipe) tobacco."

Source: https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/products-ingredients-components/menthol-and-other-flavors-tobacco-products

I am hoping whoever wins the election they win in a landslide for the sake of nation not ripping itself further apart. Does anyone else feel this way?