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There are about 15,000 computer science job vacancies in New Jersey — and yesterday, Gov. Phil Murphy announced the state will provide $2 million in grants to support computer science coursework in schools. This funding will also help schools create computer science program from the ground up. Murphy said the state hopes to support students who are under-represented in this field, including female students and students of color. (WHYY)

Insurance- and political power-broker George Norcross loaned $600,000 to General Majority, a super PAC "closely associated with him," Matt Friedmanreports. Dated Oct. 28, this loan marks the first time Norcross has funded the super PAC under his own name — and it launched in 2013. The same day, General Majority spent that amount on political ads supporting Democrats: $350,000 for ads in the 8th district, and $250,000 for the 1st district. (Politico)

A lawsuit recently filed in federal court alleges that a Muslim police officer in Jersey City faced harassment within his own department for his beard, even though he was allowed to grow it via a religious accommodation. The suit describes how the department's religious accommodation policy changed in a confusing way that led to harassment, from permitting only a half-inch, "neat and clean" style to an "un-manicured" style — still a half-inch. 11 officers in the city's police department work with religious accommodations. (Jersey Journal)