From the Concord Monitor: Legislators have put off deciding whether the second Monday in October needs a name change for this session. A bill that would have renamed Christopher Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day was retained in committee Tuesday, meaning it probably won’t be back this year. Read more here: https://www.concordmonitor.com/Indigenous-Peoples-Day-bill-retained-committee-sleeps-for-this-year-23595632 

The Borough Council voted unanimously Wednesday night not to replace the Columbus Day holiday with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, ending a debate that had started as a community discussion but quickly spread. Read more at this link: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/glen-rock/2019/05/08/columbus-day-glen-rock-nj-will-not-replace-holiday-with-indigenous-peoples-day/3651351002/