>>> FUNDING AND FOR NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS DIVIDED BY THE EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION, MAKING PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREAT FOR EVERY CHILD.

BARNABAS HEALTH, LET'S BE HEALTHY TOGETHER.

AND COMMITTED TO THE CREATION OF A NEW LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE FOR NEW JERSEY.

>>> FROM NJ PBS, THIS IS NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.

>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS MONDAY.

IT IS CALLED THE ELECTIONS TRANSPARENCY ACT BUT CRITICS OF THE BILL THAT HAS JUST PASSED THE STATE SENATE SAY IT WILL DO ANYTHING BUT MAKE ELECTIONS IN NEW JERSEY MORE TRANSPARENT.

THE BILL ALLOWING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS TO DOUBLE WOULD ALSO GIVE GOVERNOR MURPHY A ONE-TIME SHOT AT APPOINTING COMMISSIONERS TO THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION.

WHILE THE HEAD SAYS THE TIMING IS NOT COINCIDENT AND AS SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT, DAVID CRUZ, TELLS US, IT'S PART OF WHAT IS CALLED A CONSPIRACY TO OUST HIM AND GIVE MURPHY CONTROL.

>> IT'S ALMOST A JIHAD.

AND THE TINY LITTLE PIECES ARE DISASSEMBLED AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR RENDERING ELEC INEFFECTIVE.

>> ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSIONER COMPLAINED ABOUT WHAT HE THINK IS THE TRANSPARENCY ACT AS THEY ARE STICKING TO THE STORY THAT IT ALL STARTED WITH AN ALLEGED COMPLAINT ABOUT A COMMENT THAT ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSIONER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IMAGE OF BRINDLE, MADE IN AN EMAIL.

WHAT IT HAS MORPHED INTO IS A BILL THAT MOCKS ITS VERY NAME.

>> IT IS IRONIC THAT THEY CALL IT THE TRANSPARENCY BILL BUT IT'S ANYTHING BUT TRANSPARENT.

>> THE MAIN POINT OF CONTENTION IS THE BILL NOT ONLY SHRINKS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FROM 10 YEARS TO TWO YEARS FOR COMPLAINTS GIVES THE GOVERNOR A 90 DAY WINDOW TO APPOINT NEW COMMISSIONERS TO THE BODY WITHOUT ADVICE AND CONSENT FROM THE SENATE.

THE SENATE PRESIDENT WHO HAS ASSURED THE BILL TO HIS CAUCUS SAYS CRITICS ARE GOING TO CRITICIZE.

BUT HE DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE APPOINTMENT LEEWAY GIVING THE GOVERNOR THE BILL WHO RELY ON MURPHY KEEPING HIS WORD.

>> THERE IS PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS CRITICIZING AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS GETTING RID OF COURTESY AND ALLOWING THE GOVERNOR TO PUT PEOPLE THAT ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED ON THE ELECTION BOARD AND WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT UNDER CONTROL.

THIS WEEK SOMEONE GOT FINED $32,000 FOR 2016 CAMPAIGN AND THERE IS NO DETERRENT EFFECT IN DOING THAT.

WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT FILINGS IN REAL TIME AND NOT WASTING OUR TIME WITH STUFF THAT HAPPENED IN 2016.

>> WHEN YOU SAY THEY ARE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BET THAT THEN WHO SAYS THEY ARE QUALIFIED AND NOT JUST PARTISANS HANDLING THE GOVERNOR'S BUSINESS?

>> WE ARE INSURED THAT THEY OF ARE THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE THREE IN HOLDOVER AND ONE IS VACANT AND THEY COULD'VE BEEN REPLACED ALREADY.

>> YOU ARE ASSURED THAT THEY ARE PEOPLE OF HIGH QUALITY BY WHOM?

>> MY CONVERSATION WITH THE GOVERNOR.

>> THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BLASTED THE MEASURE BUT EVEN FROM A MAJORITY CAUCUS, THERE WAS TREPIDATION EXPRESSED ON THE FLOOR TODAY.

>> THE CHANGES IN THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS WILL REMOVE THE SELECTION OF ELECT COMMISSIONERS FROM A PUBLIC, INDEPENDENT AND BIPARTISAN PROCESS TO ONE THAT ELIMINATES ALL CHECKS AND BALANCES BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.

>> FOR EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM WHO VOTES YES ON THIS BILL TODAY, JUST REMEMBER, IF YOU SPEAK OUT ON SOMETHING, WE WILL HAVE ELEC SOLELY APPOINTED BY ONE PERSON AND THEY WILL HAVE TO PRIORITIZE IN THE TWO YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS WHO THEY GO AFTER.

I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF IT IS PEOPLE WHO SPEAK OUT OR DO NOT TOE THE LINE.

>> ELEC IS MEETING SMALL TOMORROW IN THE ALLEGED COMPLAINT ON BRINDLE COULD BE A TOPIC OF IT.

IT IS UNCLEAR IF IT WILL STAY ON THE SAME FAST TRACK IT HAS BEEN ON OR IF CRITICS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SLOW DOWN THE MARCH TWO TRANSPARENCY.

>>> JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, MORE THAN 150 NEW JERSEY SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE FACING ANOTHER ROUND OF STEEP CUTS THAT LIKELY WOULD'VE FORCED STAFF LAYOFFS AND REDUCED STUDENT PROGRAMS BUT TODAY THE DISTRICTS WERE GIVEN A LIFELINE AFTER THE SENATE PASSED A BILL TO RESTORE MORE THAN $100 MILLION IN STATE AID.

IT WOULD ALLOW EACH OF THE DISTRICTS TO REQUEST TWO THIRDS THE AMOUNT THEY WOULD'VE LOST THIS YEAR AND FOR SOME THAT IS A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND FOR OTHERS IT IS TENS OF MILLIONS.

THE BILL WAS INTRODUCED BY THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE CHAIR AND THE SENATOR, TWO DEMOCRATS BOTH IN SWING DISTRICTS THIS ELECTION YEAR WITH SCHOOLS THAT WERE FACING MAJOR CUTS.

IT NOW MOVES TO THE ASSEMBLY FOR ABOUT AND OF THE GOVERNOR IS EXPECTED TO SIGN IT.

>>> A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH FOR PATIENTS, THAT IS A MESSAGE FOR NURSES AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO RALLIED DEMANDING NEW STAFFING ROLES FOR HOSPITALS.

NURSES HAVE LONG CALLED FOR CHANGE TO STAFFING PRACTICES THAT THEY SAY LEAVE NURSES RESPONSIBLE FOR TO MAKE MANY PATIENTS.

THE NURSE TO PATIENT RATIO LEAVES THE PATIENT WITHOUT PROPER CARE AND LEADS TO WORKER BURNOUT AND LEADS TO A NURSING SHORTAGE.

THE BILL SPONSORED BY THE STATE SENATOR AND ASSEMBLYWOMAN WOULD CREATE INCREASED STAFFING RATIOS IN HOSPITALS AND THE RALLYING CRY TODAY HAS THE BILL NOW BEFORE THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY FINDS IT IN CRISIS.

>> NURSES AND OTHER HEALTHCARE WORKERS HAVE MIGRATED OUT OF THE FIELD IN SUCH ALARMING NUMBERS THAT MANY SAY THAT THEY WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE AS PATIENT IN THE HOSPITALS WHERE THEY WORK.

NURSES AND OTHER HEALTHCARE WORKERS HAVE MIGRATED OUT OF THE FIELD AND THEY CONTINUE TO MIGRATE OUT OF THE FIELD.

WE NEED TO STOP THE BLEED.

WE NEED TO STOP NURSES FROM MIGRATING OUT OF THE PROFESSION.

THE WAY TO DO THIS IS TO LEGISLATE ENFORCEABLE STAFFING STANDARDS.

>> WE JUST MARKED THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWNS AND FOR MANY, COPING FEELS LIKE IT'S SLIPPING OUT OF YOU.

BUT FOR SOME THE LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS CONTINUE MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS AFTER THE ILLNESS.

DOCTORS ARE STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE LONGER COVID AND HOW BEST TO TREAT THE LONG-SUFFERING PATIENTS.

IN OUR ONGOING SERIES, LIVING WITH COVID, BRENDA FLANIGAN TAKES A LOOK AT WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM LONG COVID AND HOW THEIR LIVES ARE BEING ALTERED.

>> TODAY, I CAN SAY I AM MORE THAN HOPEFUL.

>> IT TOOK HER THREE YEARS FROM SUFFERING FROM LONG COVID TO GET HERE AND CANNOT REMEMBER HER 17 DAYS ON HER VENTILATOR, FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AGAINST THEM BY REASON MID-MARCH 2020 DURING THE INITIAL ASSAULT.

NEW JERSEY HAD SHUT DOWN DURING THE STATEWIDE STATE HOW MORTAR AS COVID RAMPAGED.

SHE FOUGHT FOR LIFE AND MADE IT HOME BUT THAT MARKED THE BEGINNING.

>> I HAVE PROBLEMS WALKING WITH PAIN AND MY LEGS AND AN UNBEARABLE AMOUNT OF PAIN AND CONSTANTLY FATIGUED.

FOR ME THE LOW POINT WAS NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THERE FOR MY DAUGHTER, PREPARING FOR HOMECOMING AND I FELT LIKE A HORRIBLE MOTHER.

MY DAUGHTER CAME HOME TO ME AND SAID MOM, YOU'RE HERE.

IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE HERE.

>> THE FAMILY STEPPED UP AND CARED FOR HER AT HOME ALONG WITH VISITING NURSES AND THERAPISTS.

SHE GOT COVID VACCINATIONS AND BOOSTERS.

LIKE MANY LONG COVID PATIENTS SHE IS RECOVERING THAT IS NOT BACK TO WORK YET.

>> YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING CRAZY, NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

>> LONG-HAUL COVID IS ONE OF THE REPERCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE SORT OF FORGOTTEN ABOUT, LITTLE BIT, AS WE STARTED TO OPEN OUR LIVES BACK UP.

>> THE DOCTOR SAYS IN NEW JERSEY AN ESTIMATED 12% OF ADULTS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING POST-COVID SYMPTOMS FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS.

THE CARE AFTER COVID TELE-CLINIC HAS SEEN 850 PATIENTS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS FOR ONGOING ISSUES.

>> DIFFICULT TO GET TO WORK, TO KEEP UP WITH HOUSEWORK, CANNOT MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIALIZE THE SAME WAY THEY DID PREVIOUSLY.

AND THERE IS OFTEN A PERCEPTION THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WITH LONG COVID IS WEAK OR FEIGNING ILLNESS TO GET OUT OF WORK.

>> SHE NOTES ONE RECENT OMICRON STRAINS DROVE SPIKES IN ACUTE COVID CASES, STUDIES NOW SHOW IT'S EARLY STRAINS THAT LINGER.

>> THEY TENDED TO PRODUCE, WE THINK, A LOT MORE LONG-HAUL, LONG-TERM SYMPTOMS THAN THE OMICRON VARIANTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO.

>> ANOTHER FACTOR COULD BE VACCINES.

>> IF YOU WERE VACCINATED BEFORE YOU GOT COVID, THERE IS PRETTY STRONG AND GROWING EVIDENCE THAT YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE POST-COVID SYMPTOMS.

>> ADULTS ARE NOT ALONE IN DEALING WITH IT AS IT IS STILL IMPACTING KIDS.

STUDIES ARE UNDERWAY TRYING TO GAUGE THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THE VIRUS.

>> WE ARE FINDING THAT COVID IS A MEANINGFUL ILLNESS, AT LEAST SOME OF THE TIME IN AT LEAST SOME CHILDREN.

>> A RUTGERS STUDY OF 2000 KIDS WOULD YIELD MORE DATA IN SIX MONTHS AND WHAT THEY HAVE OBSERVED -- >> EVEN CHILDREN WITH MILD COVID, THREE MONTHS AFTER BEING SICK, 85% OR 86% OF PARENTS SAY THEY ARE BACK TO NORMAL.

>> THE PANDEMIC IS OVER IN THE MINDS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.

COVID IS STILL OUT THERE.

>> SHE BATTLED LONG COVID SINCE MARCH 2020 AND IS FINALLY EASING BACK INTO LIFE.

>> TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND I WAS GOING, OH MY GOD, I THINK I'M OKAY.

IT WAS SORT OF LIKE THE FIRST DAY THAT I FELT NORMAL.

>> A LONG COVID PATIENTS WANT THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR STRUGGLE AND OFFER SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

>> AS BAD AS IT SEEMS RIGHT NOW, IT WILL GET BETTER.

>> THE LOCKDOWN IS OVER BUT THE HEALING CONTINUES.

>>> IN OUR SPOTLIGHT AND BUSINESS REPORT, A GAMBLE THAT ATLANTIC CITY IS WILLING TO MAKE, CREATING A NEW TOURISM ECONOMY RUN CAMBRON --CANNABIS FOR THEIR OPENING TWO MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES INTO THE CANNABIS LOUNGES, AN EFFORT TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THE TOURIST CITY FOR WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE.

THE INDUSTRY WILL ALSO FOCUS ON GIVING BACK TO ATLANTIC CITY, A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN HARMED BY THE WAR ON DRUGS.

>> HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE CANNABIS HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM QUIZ >> YOU NO LONGER TO BE A REGULATOR AT THE CASINO TO BE CONSIDERED A HIGH ROLLER.

ATLANTIC CITY WILL BE HOME TO TWO MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES AND TWO CANNABIS LOUNGES.

A PROFESSOR OF CANNABIS STUDIES SERVED AS THE MODERATOR FOR WEBINAR FOCUSED ON TURNING ATLANTIC CITY INTO A CANNABIS TOURISM DESTINATION.

>> TWO OF THE BIGGEST DISPENSARIES AND BIGGEST CONSUMPTION LOUNGES IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY WILL BE IN ATLANTIC CITY.

ONE COMPANY AND THEY ARE REMODELING THE CLARIDGE HOTEL.

THE CLARIDGE HOTEL IS 10,000 SQUARE FEET.

YOU WILL HAVE A 10,000 SQUARE-FOOT DISPENSARY AND A CONSUMPTION LOUNGE UPSTAIRS THAT IS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE.

THAT IS A LOT OF SPACE.

THEN YOU HAVE A CROSS FROM THE HARD ROCK, A FACILITY THAT WILL BE RUN BY FAYE GOLDING WHICH HAS A 4000 SQUARE-FOOT DISPENSARY AND 4000 SQUARE-FOOT CONSUMPTION LOUNGE UPSTAIRS THAT IS A COMBINATION OF INDOOR OUTDOOR FACILITY.

IN BOTH CASES, PRIVATE PARTIES CAN RENT THE AREAS.

>> TODAY, EVERYONE HAS A BETTER IDEA AND UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF THE WAY CANNABIS CAN BRING JUST NOT JUST TOURISM BUT TO PATIENTS.

AS WE SEE IT MEDICALLY AS A NEED FOR MEDICINAL STANDPOINT FOR OUR PATIENTS AND CONSUMERS BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE CONSUMERS THAT WANT TO HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE.

>> SHE IS OWNER OF TWO OF THE DISPENSARIES AND CONSUMPTION LOUNGES.

>> WE WILL BE LOOKING TO HIRE LOCALLY AND WE WILL ALSO BE HIRING ENTRY PROGRAMS.

30% OF JOBS WILL COME THROUGH ENTRY PROGRAMS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT JUST REACHED BACK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THOSE SURROUNDING US BUT ALL OF US INVOLVED IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY IN SOME WAY WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE BECAUSE WE WANT TO BRING EVERYBODY FORWARD SUCCESSFULLY.

>> IT'S A HOTELS, RENTALS, AIRPORTS, UNDERSTANDING WHAT CANNABIS IS TODAY, RAPIDLY INNOVATING AND EVOLVING AS WELL AS THE CANNABIS STAKEHOLDERS UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS TO BE AN ATTRACTION AND EXPERIENCE TO VISITORS WHICH IS A DIFFERENT LENS THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE TRANSACTION.

>> THE FOUNDER OF THE CANNABIS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL WHICH PROMOTES THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE CANNABIS TOURISM.

>> FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS IT IS RIGHTING THE WRONGS ON THE WAR ON DRUGS AND THOSE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THAT WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED AND TARGETED AND OFTEN TIMES INCARCERATED IN CANNABIS WAS ILLEGAL.

>> WE WILL BE THE EAST COAST CANNABIS.

>> THE DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES AND SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR THE CITY.

HE SAYS DESPITE ORIGINALLY RECEIVING PUSHBACK FROM SOME CITY LEADERS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CANNABIS TOURISM, CANNABIS EDUCATION AND A VISION SEALED THE DEAL.

>> WE WANT YOU TO PURCHASE YOUR CANNABIS HERE, CONSUMING HERE, CHECK OUT A FESTIVAL, CONVENTION, GO TO ONE OF THE STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES, KNOWING WE ARE A UNIQUE TOWN.

WE HAVE 17,000 ROOMS, 95% OF THE ROOMS ARE AT THE CASINO A FEDERALLY REGULATED SO WHERE WOULD THE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO SMOKE AT?

THEY CANNOT SMOKE OUTDOORS OR IN THE CASINOS SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CONSUMPTION LOUNGES ARE SAFE, FRIENDLY AND OUR STATE OF THE ART LOUNGES.

>> THE TWO DISPENSARIES AND CONSUMPTION LOUNGES ARE THE BEGINNING OF THE VISION AND THEY EXPECT TO SEE MORE MARIJUANA BASED BUSINESSES APPLYING FOR LICENSES AS ATLANTIC CITY ROLLS THE DICE TO ATTRACT VISITORS.

>>> AFTER TUMULTUOUS WEEK IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY LAST WEEK, STOCKS ENDED UP TODAY, CONFIDENT THAT A BACKING BANKING CRISIS MAY BE AVOIDED.

>> SUPPORT FOR THE BUSINESS REPORT PROVIDED BY NEW JERSEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCING A SUMMER EXPO MARCH 14 AND 15 AT HARRAH'S IN ATLANTIC CITY.

EVENT DETAILS ARE ONLINE AT NJ CHAMBER.COM.

>> QUICKLY BECOMING KNOWN AS A CENTRAL ESTATE AFTER TWO TEAMS PUT UP HUGE PERFORMANCES.

15 SEED PRINCETON UNIVERSITY BEAT OUT SEVEN SEED MISSOURI IN THE SECOND ROUND.

GIVING US FLASHBACKS TO THE SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY CINDERELLA RUN THAT ENDED THAT TEAM IN THE ELITE EIGHT.

PRINCETON HAS TO PUT UP A STRONG FIGHT AGAINST CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY AND THE SWEET 16 AIRING IN PRIME TIME THIS FRIDAY.

WE WILL BE ROOTING FOR ANOTHER PRINCETON UPSET.

NO UPSET WAS QUITE A SHOCKING IS A 16 SEATED FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY TAKING DOWN NUMBER 1 PURDUE ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

THAT WIN EARNED FDU A MATCHUP AGAINST ATLANTIC LAST NIGHT.

THAT GAME ENDED IN DEFEAT FOR FDU BUT NOT WITHOUT A BATTLE.

>> ALL EYES ARE NOW ON PRINCETON AS FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON BASKETBALL NOT BE JOINING THE SWEET 16.

FDU ENDED HIS SEASON AFTER BECOMING THE DARLINGS OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.

ENTER THE FANS FROM NEW JERSEY TRAVELED HUNDREDS OF MILES TO COLUMBUS, OHIO TO WATCH THEY NIGHT END OF THEIR SEASON AFTER ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE UPSETS.

>> I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THE TEAM.

WE OVERCAME A LOT OF THINGS.

EVERYBODY IMPROVED.

>> GOING TOE TO TOE THE LAST FEW DAYS WITH TWO GREAT TEAMS AND DID NOT BACK DOWN, DID NOT GO AWAY AND WE ARE NOT JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> I WANT TO GET BACK HERE.

IF I FEEL THAT WAY THEN THE PLAYERS DO TOO.

>> FEW EXPECTED FDU TO SURVIVE PURDUE SO TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS WERE A LITTLE LAST MINUTE.

>> WE ARE RUNNING ON A FEW BEERS AND A FEW COFFEES.

>> WE DID NOT SLEEP FOR 36 HOURS STRAIGHT THAT WE DID SLEEP LAST NIGHT.

>> WE GOT HOME AT 12:00 LAST NIGHT FROM THE BAR AND WE ARE RUNNING ON STRAIGHT VIBES AND FUMES.

>> WE WERE UP ALL NIGHT AND BOUGHT TICKETS.

>> IT WAS SEVEN AND HALF TO 8 HOUR DRIVE AND MADE TWO STOPS.

>> WATCH PARTIES GAVE PEOPLE A FRONT ROW SEAT IF THEY CANNOT MAKE IT TO OHIO AND THOSE WHO DID WERE JOINED BY THOUSANDS OF NEUTRAL COLLEGE BASKETBALL FAN SUPPORTING THEM.

EVEN THE BAND FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON WORD FDU SHIRTS AND PLAYED THEIR FIGHT SONG.

THERE WAS STILL A TON OF PRIDE FROM PLAYERS ' FAMILIES.

>> I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM AND I KNOW HE GIVES ALL TO THE GAME.

>> IT WAS A GOOD GAME.

>> TO THE STUDENTS AND ALUMNI WHO CAME TO COLUMBUS.

>> WE MADE HISTORY AND PROVED THAT EVEN WITH THE ODDS AGAINST YOU, YOU'RE SO ABLE TO ACHIEVE A LOT THROUGH BELIEF.

>> IS ONE OF THE BEST COACHES I'VE EVER SEEN.

CALM, QUIET AND FORCEFUL.

THE KIDS REALLY HAVE TAKEN TO HIM AND THEY ARE IN THE BEST CONDITION OF ANY TEAM I'VE EVER SEEN.

>> IT'S GREAT TO SEE FDU PRIDE BE BACK IN WET -- NOW WE ARE ON THE MAP.

>> WE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HOW WE FEEL WE WERE SECRET THAT WE ARE NOT A SECRET ANYMORE AND THE STORY THE PLAYERS ARE TELLING ON THE COURT IS THE SAME STORY WE TELL EVERY DAY IN HER CLASSROOM.

>> PRINCETON WILL CONTINUE THE JERSEY TEAM SOLO THEY TURNED A PAIR OF MAJOR UPSETS OF THEIR OWN INTO THE FIRST TRIP TO THE SWEET 16 SINCE 1967 SPURRED TO HAVE A SPOTLIGHT AND SEE WHAT PRINCETON BASKETBALL IS ALL ABOUT, IT IS SELFLESS WITH A LOT OF HUMILITY.

THERE IS A LOT OF LEAVE THE JERSEY IN A BETTER PLACE THAN WHERE YOU FOUND IT.

I'M EXCITED THE PLAYERS ARE DISPLAYING NOT ONLY HOW GOOD THEY CAN PLAY ON THE COURT BUT THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE OFF THE COURT AS WELL.

>> IF FDU HAD WON THE GAME, THEY WOULD BE PLAYING AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NEXT WEEKEND NOT TO FAR FROM THE CAMPUS AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SOMETHING.

INSTEAD, COLLEGE BASKETBALL FANS ACROSS NEW JERSEY WILL WATCH PRINCETON PLAY IN THE SWEET 16 TAKING ON CREIGHTON IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

>>> THE NEXT EPISODE IN OUR 21 DIGITAL FILM SERIES IS ONLINE.

IT EXAMINES THE SIMPLE QUESTION OF IS WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE STATE AFFECT HOW YOU LIVE.

21 PROFILES ONE PERSON IN EACH OF THE 21 COUNTIES AND LOOKS AT THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS THAT AFFECTS THAT PERSON'S LIFE.

WE ARE INTRODUCED TO HUDSON COUNTY'S SHAILA WHO STARTED A BUSINESS THAT FOCUSES ON HORTICULTURE AND PLANT-BASED MEDICINE.

SHE NOW HAS BIGGER ASPIRATIONS AS SHE HAS BECOME ONE OF THE ONLY WOMEN IN NEW JERSEY WITH A LICENSE TO GROW CANNABIS.

REPRESENTATION IN THE SPACES PERSONAL FOR SHAILA WHOSE FATHER STILL INCARCERATED FOR SELLING MARIJUANA >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

IN THE PIECE, YOU MENTIONED YOUR DAD HAS BEEN INCARCERATED FOR SELLING MARIJUANA AND YOU NOW YOURSELF ARE ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN IN THE STATE TO BE LICENSED TO GROW CANNABIS.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?

>> I AM JUST SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO STAND STRONG FOR A BODY OF MARGINALIZED PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUFFERED DUE TO THE CRIMINALIZATION OF THE PLANT AND I'M HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO INNOVATE IN THIS INDUSTRY.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN LICENSED AND THE CHALLENGE NEVER MEANS FINDING A LOCATION WHICH IS NOT A UNIQUE CHALLENGE BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF FOLKS OF GHANA LICENSE ARE FACING.

DETAIL WITH THE STRUGGLE IS AND WHAT GOES INTO FINDING THE RIGHT LOCATION.

>> AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE BASICALLY LOCAL NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS, TRYING TO FIND THE PROPER LOCATION THAT IS ZONED WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS OPTED IN AND ALLOWS CANNABIS OPERATIONS WITHIN THEIR CITY.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE ZONING IS QUITE TRICKY AND ALSO IN ORDER TO RAISE CAPITAL FOR THE THESE SPACES, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A HAMSTER WHEEL.

YOU NEED THE CAPITAL FOR THE SPACE AND YOU NEED THE SPACE TO THE PROPER FINANCIAL MODEL TO RAISE THE CAPITAL SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF US ARE IN THIS POSITION.

>> THE STATE FOCUSES ON SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS, WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED ON ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BY THE WAR ON DRUGS AND YET THERE ARE ALL OF THESE HURDLES.

DOES IT FEELS LIKE THE HURDLES ARE INSURMOUNTABLE AND THE EFFORT IS NOT SUPPORTING THE BUSINESSES IN THE WAY THE STATE SAID IT WANTS TO CLEAN >> IT JUST TAKES THE RIGHT KIND OF PERSONALITY.

YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT AND PERSEVERE IN THIS INDUSTRY BECAUSE IT IS SO NEW AND EVEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACCESS TO CAPITAL ARE ENTERING THE MARKET AND I DO WISH THERE WAS MORE SUPPORT FOR SMALL SOCIAL EQUITY OPERATORS SUCH AS MYSELF SO WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HELP GETTING INTO THE MARKET.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THIS FORWARD AS YOU STILL WATCH YOUR DAD BEHIND BARS?

>> IT'S VERY PAINFUL TO HAVE TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE CRIMINALIZATION OF THE PLANS BUT THAT GIVES ME THE POWER AND THE STRENGTH TO FORGE FORWARD AND CONTINUE ON MY PATH BECAUSE I FEEL GRATEFUL TO BE IN THIS POSITION.

>> WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST ON YOUR JOURNEY.

>> YOU COULD MEET ALL THE OTHER EXTRAORDINARY RESIDENCE AT MY IN JTB.ORG.

>> SAYING GOODBYE TO THE VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ACTIVIST WAS SHOT AND KILLED PATTERSON PLEASE DURING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS EARLIER THIS MONTH AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE PATTERSON HEALING COLLECTIVE, A GROUP TRAINED IN DE-ESCALATION TAG SIX THAT THEY SAY COULD'VE SAVED HIS LIFE IF THEY HAD NOT BEEN BLOCKED BY POLICE.

HIS COFFIN WAS CARRIED OUTSIDE THE FUNERAL HOME ON SATURDAY AND LATE LAST WEEK THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE RELEASED POLICE BODY CAM VIDEO IN 911 CALLS IN THE OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING.

THAT WILL DO IT FOR US.

YOU CAN NOW LISTEN TOSPOTLIGHT NEWS WHERE WE STREAM, DOWNLOAD IT AND CHECK US OUT.

FOLLOW US ON OUR SOCIAL PLATFORMS ALONG WITH NJSPOTLIGHTNEWS.ORG TO KEEP UP ON ALL THE NEWS IN THE STATE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT AND WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>>> SERVING NEW JERSEY BUSINESSES FOR OVER CENTURY AND AS PART OF THE GARDEN STATE WE HEAL HELP COMPANIES KEEP THEIR VEHICLES ON THE ROAD AND EMPLOYEES ON THE JOB AND PROJECTS ON TRACK.

WORKING TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES FROM ILLNESS AND INJURY TO KEEP GOODS AND SERVICES MOVING ACROSS THE STATE.

WE ARE PROUD TO BE PART OF NEW JERSEY.

MJM, WE'VE GOT NEW JERSEY COVERED.