Utility workers on strike

Here are the top New Jersey news stories for Monday:

⬛ The biggest killer of those under 40 in NJ is hard to stop

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Another wave of the overwhelming opioid epidemic may be making the battle more dangerous than ever before.

Professionals in the industry are hoping the Garden State can continue its new run of declining annual overdose numbers, despite fentanyl's infiltration into the illegal drug market at essentially an unstoppable pace.

⬛ Report: Taxpayers fled NJ in 2020, and it's easy to see why

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It's been long known as the worst in the nation for property taxes. Its residents are said to pay the most in taxes over a lifetime compared to folks in any other state.

So you may not be surprised to learn that New Jersey performs quite badly in a tax migration analysis released on Wednesday by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation.

Looking at IRS data from tax years 2019 and 2020, NTUF determined that the Garden State lost more than $3 billion in taxable income from one year to the next, thanks to folks leaving New Jersey to live somewhere else.

⬛ South Jersey electric workers strike — will your lights stay on?

AC Electric workers working on power lines Oct. 24, 2022. (Atlantic City Electric via Facebook)

Hundreds of Atlantic City Electric workers have gone on strike Sunday after their contracts expired following months of negotiations.

AC Electric is the power company for 560,000 customers in South Jersey, according to its website. The Exelon subsidiary operates in eight counties including Burlington, Ocean, Gloucester, Camden, Salem, Cumberland, Cape May, and Atlantic.

⬛ NJ woman, 19, dies weeks after unsolved double shooting

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PATERSON — A young city woman has died nearly three weeks after a mid-October shooting and police are still trying to identify a suspect.

Zahriy Moore, 19, died on Friday, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office said.

Moore was one of two victims struck by gunfire during a shooting in broad daylight on Oct. 17.

Police found Moore and the other victim, William Clyburn, 18, of Paterson,

⬛ Custodian put his bodily fluids and worse on kids food, cops say

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A 25-year-old school custodian has been accused of performing raunchy, unsanitary acts on cafeteria utensils and food, which later was offered to elementary students.

Giovanni Impellizzeri, of Vineland, worked for the Upper Deerfield Township school district at the Elizabeth F. Moore School, which runs from grade 3 to 5, according to the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office.

NJ school districts with the highest median teacher salaries

These were the highest median teacher salaries during the 2022-23 school year budget, according to data compiled by the New Jersey Department of Education. We begin with districts whose median salaries are at least $95,000 and work our way up to the highest median salary.

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NJ 'perv' teachers, coaches busted in the past two years

There have been a number of educators, coaches and private teachers facing criminal charges for sexual offenses around New Jersey, between 2023 and 2022 alone.

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Top 30 school districts in NJ spending the most per pupil

These are the most expensive school districts in the state of New Jersey. Based on 2021-22 school year budget and enrollment figures, these are the districts spending the most per student. We only included districts with at least the state average enrollment of about 2,100 students.

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