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Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News…As police crackdown on campus protests across the county, Rutgers students head into day four of their encampment facing a crackdown deadline of their own;   Plus, amid growing unrest…The U.S. House of Representatives moves a bill defining antisemitism to help universities enforce anti-discrimination laws;  Also, EARLY DETECTION of breast cancer can save lives, so initial screening will now begin at age 40 for all women; And, a FINAL FAREWELL….public officials, colleagues and family pay their respects to congressman Donald Payne Jr. 

Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News…Hundreds of student activists from Columbia University were removed and arrested last night after the NYPD stormed its campus but PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS continue  including one just outside Rutgers Law School; Plus, students across the country are calling for their universities to ‘DIVEST FROM ISRAEL’ … what do those calls really mean? Also, in a historic shift, the D.E.A is inching toward RECLASSIFYING CANNABIS as a less dangerous drug , what it could mean here in a state where it’s already legal; And, hundreds line up to pay their final respects to Donald Payne Jr. as he lies in state here in Newark. 

Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News…Thirteen arrests at Princeton University as students continue their sit-ins and protest of the war in Gaza; Plus, students at Eastern Regional High speak out in solidarity, accusing their administrators of censorship after several were suspended for a planned pro-Palestinian walk-out; Also, the state looks to POWER UP… approving another round of offshore wind projects, but Jersey shore mayors are pushing back; And, BIRD FLU WARNING…concerns here in the Garden State after cases of the virus are confirmed in several states across the county.

Tonight on NJ Spotlight News: Rutgers University students set up an encampment on campus to call for the school to divest from Israeli companies as college protests continue to escalate across the country; Small business owners worry about the impact of a potential ban of TikTok; Dozens of social justice groups are pushing the NJ legislature to pass a bill that would end the state's practice of prohibiting those with criminal convictions from serving on juries; The Centre Pompidou museum project in Jersey City is in jeopardy after the NJ EDA sent a letter to the Jersey City Redevelopment Authority threatening to pull state funding; NJ Spotlight News introduces its next video in our "Gotta Know Jersey" series to help the public better understand New Jersey's budget process.

Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News…More protests supporting both Palestine AND Israel pop up at colleges nationwide, as students at Princeton University occupy the campus for a second day; Plus, Congressman Donald Payne Jr.’s death  leaves a vacant seat in Congress, what is the succession plan at a critical time in the nation’s capital? Also, check your mailbox, the FIRST newly designed mail-in ballots *without* the party line layout are arriving; And, if you’re planning a trip to midtown Manhattan this summer …. start saving your money... the congestion pricing toll begins June 30th.
 
 

Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News…PROTESTS AT PRINCETON … Two students are arrested after building a "Gaza solidarity encampment,"with a roughly a hundred other supporters amid growing campus protests nationwide; Plus, REMEMBERING DONALD PAYNE JR., Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman pays tribute to her late colleague and friend; Also, PROTECTING LGBTQ STUDENTS, Advocates are calling on school districts to readopt a policy aimed at protecting transgender students; And, PRE-K FALLOUT…Private Child Care centers are on edge, worried about losing children as the state expands universal pre-k programs.