November 7, 2017
Partly cloudy with highs near 50 degrees.
VOTERS DECIDING TODAY ON CHRISTIE'S SUCCESSOR
Polls are open until 8 p.m. across the state as voters choose the next governor and consider two ballot measures. NJ.com offers a guide to the governor's race, in which Republican Kim Guadagno and Democrat Phil Murphy are the major party candidates. News 12 New Jersey provides information about the ballot questions. Don't know where to vote? You can find your polling place here.
LOCAL ELECTIONS REFLECT DIVISIVE POLITICAL CLIMATE
The stark divisions that have marked national politics over the last year are also reflected in New Jersey's local elections, NJ Spotlight reports. Fliers have been distributed anonymously in Edison calling for two candidates in the school board election, a Chinese-American and an Indian-American, to be deported. In Hoboken, mailers have suggested that a Sikh mayoral candidate is a terrorist.
JURY DELIBERATING IN MENENDEZ BRIBERY TRIAL
After an eight-week trial, jurors began deliberating Monday about whether Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat, was guilty of bribery when he accepted gifts from a wealthy doctor, Salomon Melgen, NJTV said. In a three-hour summation, Menendez's lawyer contended that the two men are friends and that any gifts from Melgen to Menendez were given with no strings attached.
$1 MILLION EFFORT AIMS TO HELP CHILDREN AVOID ASTHMA ATTACKS
For children with asthma, a sudden attack can force them to miss school or send them to the hospital. With money from the Nicholson Foundation, a pilot program will send health workers to the homes of children with asthma to identify triggers, like cigarette smoke and dust mites, and emphasize the importance of medication, The Record reports. The state will provide money for a three-year evaluation of the program.
BLOOMFIELD SCHOOLS WEBSITE HACKED; ISIS VIDEO POSTED
An "ISIS-sponsored YouTube video" was displayed on the website of the Bloomfield School District for about two hours Monday, The Record reports. The district said that the company that hosts its website was hacked early Monday morning. The FBI and other agencies are investigating the incident, the district said.
