DEP commissioner on NJ’s climate goals; Sen. Vin Gopal on school funding | Chat Box

On Chat Box, David Cruz talks with Shawn LaTourette, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection. LaTourette discusses plans to revitalize Liberty State Park, the latest on the controversy around lead pipe removal in Newark and the progress of Gov. Murphy’s climate initiatives. Then, Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Monmouth), chair of the Senate Education Committee, talks about education funding in Gov. Murphy’s upcoming budget address, a bill that would lift the property-tax cap to help schools facing cutbacks and how to combat learning loss four years after the start of the pandemic.

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