Poll: Most reject trans identity

Here are the top New Jersey news stories for Wednesday:

⬛ NJ poll: Schools should notify parents of gender identity changes

(AP Photo/Pavel Golovki/@NJPECoalition via Twitter/Edwin J. Torres/NJ Governor’s Office).

https://nj1015.com/nj-adults-in-poll-schools-should-notify-parents-of-gender-identity-changes/

In a Monmouth University Poll released on Tuesday, 77% of New Jersey adults — including 81% of parents — said that middle schools and high schools should be required to notify parents if their child wants to be identified as a different gender.

⬛ NJ woman hearing 'voices' hits 7 people on NYC street, police say

Crash involving a car driven by a New Jersey woman on West 36th Street in Manhattan 8/20/23 (CBS New York via YouTube)

Imani Lucas, 29, was driving a 2013 Honda Accord east on West 36th Street and went through the intersection with 6th Avenue around 11:50 p.m. striking six males and one female, the NYPD said in a statement.

⬛ Christie jumps to 2nd with double-digits in NH poll

Chris Christie (Photo: Joe Raedle, Getty Images)

Christie's strategy of bashing former President Donald Trump seems to have paid off for now as he has jumped ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in an Echelon Insights-Republican Main Street Partnership poll of 800 likely New Hampshire presidential primary voters.

⬛ Staffing level concerns drive ongoing nurses strike at RWJUH

Striking nurses from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (Renee Bacany)

NEW BRUNSWICK — Nineteen days into their strike against Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center, nurses remain steadfast in their reasons for walking off the job.

Over 1,700 nurses represented by United Steelworkers Local 4-200 started walking the picket lines on Aug. 4 after talks between the two sides broke down. Both sides last talked Wednesday without any agreement.

⬛ Wind shift brings smoky smell from NJ's Dragway Wildfire

Dragway Wildfire in Waterford Township 8/21/23 (NJ DEP)

The fire along Jackson Road inside Wharton State Forest in the Atco section of Waterford Township near the old Atco Dragway has burned 1,700 acres and is 95% contained as of the latest update from the state Forest Fire Service.

The biggest private info breaches in NJ health care

As of August 2023, these are the top data breaches reported by hospitals and health care institutions in New Jersey in the past 24 months. These cases are under investigation by the Office for Civil Rights of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

New Jersey residents and companies donating the most to Chris Christie

These are the New Jersey residents and businesses who have donated the most money to former Gov. Chris Christie's presidential campaign and to the super PAC supporting Christie. Numbers are as of June 30, 2023.

Examples why 440/287 can be both potentially dangerous, and unnecessarily confusing

As if the traffic on NJ-440 & I-287 isn't bad enough.

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