NJ NEWS COMMONS: NJ WILL REPLACE ALL LEAD WATER PIPES IN NEXT DECADE
Monday, July 26, 2021
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NEWS, SPORTS, COMMENTARY, POLITICS for Gloucester City and the Surrounding Areas of South Jersey and Philadelphia
NJ NEWS COMMONS: NJ WILL REPLACE ALL LEAD WATER PIPES IN NEXT DECADE
Monday, July 26, 2021
On Thursday, Gov. Phil Murphy signed three bills that aim to replace every single lead water pipe in the state within the next decade. The $2.65 billion effort will be paid for via water companies and perhaps federal funding. This makes New Jersey the first state in the nation to have a "hard target" to get rid of lead pipes, an expert at New Jersey Policy Perspective says. (NorthJersey)
NJ TAKES 1ST STEPS TO CLEAN UP 23-MI. STRETCH OF WATER
The state's Department of Environmental Protection will begin work on a proposal to establish the Lower Hackensack River as a federal Superfund site, DPA Commissioner Shawn LaTourette said on Friday. If it is recognized as such, the state would receive federal funding and support to clean up the area and potentially pursue action against the site's polluters. (TAPinto Newark)
MURPHY SIGNS BILL REQUIRING CIVIC ED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Last week, Gov. Phil Murphy signed Laura Wooten’s Law, which will make a civics curriculum mandatory in middle and high schools. The law is named in honor of the nation's longest-serving poll worker, who worked the polls for 79 years. “The lack of civics knowledge creates a challenge to maintaining a perfect union, establishing justice, and ensuring domestic tranquility," said Democratic state Senator Shirley Turner, the bill's primary sponsor. (WHYY)
ASSEMBLY ED. CHAIR HINTS AT NEED FOR NJ MASK MANDATE
State Assembly Education Committee Chairwoman Pam Lampitt appears to be the first politician in New Jersey to side with both the American Academy of Pediatrics and Dr. Anthony Fauci, who recently said that schools should require masks for adults and children above the age of two. Here's what she said:
"The most recent guidance from the [CDC] states that masks should be worn indoors in schools by all individuals over the age of 2 who are not fully vaccinated. The American Academy of Pediatrics has gone one step further in recommending that all staff and students over the age of 2 wear masks, regardless of their vaccination status. In light of these recommendations, New Jersey schools should, at the very least, consider implementing a mask mandate for all unvaccinated individuals in our school buildings." (ROI-NJ)
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