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Voters in Metuchen and Collingswood will have the opportunity tomorrow to approve or deny funding to improve mental health services in local schools. In Metuchen, a 'yes' vote would cost the average taxpayer about $133 a year ($700,000 in property taxes). In Collingswood, it's $48 a year ($225,000 in property taxes). But education wonks argue that a ballot question isn't how mental health services should be funded. A student can't learn if she's suicidal, advocates say, so therapists and psychiatrists are essential. Two options would fund mental health services without asking voters: lifting districts' two percent spending increase cap, and working to permanently factor in these services in the school funding formula, which is a statewide distribution of aid. (NJ.com)

More than $5 million has flooded into Jersey City this year over a local ballot referendum that would regulate short-term rentals like Airbnb. It's not a ban, though that disinformation has spread via Keep Our Homes, an Airbnb-backed group. On the other side is the hotel lobby, which has spent $1 million. Here's what the referendum would do: mandate regular safety inspections, restrict rentals in bigger buildings (four units or more), and limit listings to no more than 60 days per year when the property owner doesn't live onsite. (NJTV News)

A former regional director at Starbucks who oversaw 100 stores in four states is suing the company, alleging she was fired because she voiced support for a manager — also a white woman — who called Philadelphia police last year in an incident that garnered national attention. "I was terminated because I am white," she writes. She also claims she was targeted for defending a district manager who was placed on leave as "not racist." (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)