News Voices: New Jersey is helping to build deep relationships between newsrooms and communities across the state in ways that benefit both groups.

If you’re a pay-TV subscriber you’re probably shelling out hundreds of dollars a year for that little box your cable company forces you to rent. This is just one of the many ways in which cable companies have a lock on what we see — and don’t see — on our TV screens.

In California, AT&T’s money and influence has the power to bend reality for some members of the California legislature.