On Tuesday attorneys representing New Jersey will present more arguments for legalizing sports betting in the state before the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. They will face attorneys from the four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA, arguing that language in a ruling from 2013 gives New Jersey the legal authority to allow…
Your New Jersey driver’s license and your insurance card may be going digital. The New Jersey Senate approved a bill this week that will fund a study to see if it’s feasible for drivers to have digital copies of their license and insurance. The bills were unanimously approved by the Senate. Under terms of the…
On Monday the N.J. State Senate confirmed Gov. Chris Christie’s nomination to the Pinelands Commission. Robert Barr from Ocean City was approved despite opposition from environmental advocates, who were removed from the Senate chambers for booing legislators over the vote. Barr will succeed Robert Jackson of West Cape May, who voted against a controversial South Jersey Gas pipeline…
The Record newspaper reports that police in New Jersey have issued more tickets for vehicle safety violations in the past five years. The Record reviewed statewide court records and found that nearly 100,000 tickets for poorly maintained lights were issued just last year, a 13.7 percent increase from 2009. Tickets for chipped or broken windshields rose…
Gas prices actually slipped a little bit in New Jersey last week. A new gasoline price survey by Mid Atlantic AAA shows that the average price for a gallon of gasoline in New Jersey is $2.27, which is two cents cheaper than last week. This ends a five week span of seeing gas prices going…
New Jersey Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno announced this week that the state enjoyed its best ever year in tourism revenue in 2014. Guadagno attended the tourism conference in Atlantic City on Thursday and announced that the tourism industry generated $42.1 billion in revenue for the state, which represents a 3.8 percent increase over 2013. Tourism…
New Jersey’s pension system isn’t just bad, its the worst in the entire country among the states. The National Association of State Retirement Administrators released a new study showing the Garden State had the most underfunded pension among states. New Jersey and Pennsylvania were the only two states with payments under 50 percent of what…
The state Supreme Court has ruled that courts will now be in charge of affordable housing. The state’s highest court voted 6-0 to strip the state of control, saying the Christie’s administration has violated laws on affordable housing. According to the ruling, trial courts will have say on individual town’s affordable housing obligations.
If the republican presidential primary were held today, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie would not win the nomination. A new McClatchy-Marist College poll shows Christie earning just six percent of the vote from republicans, with much more support going behind Jeb Bush and Scott Walker. The only only republican earning double digit support was Mike…
Now that Margate has scrubbed a big dune project in its community, a massive beach fill project in Long Beach Island is next up. State officials confirm that Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company will conduct a big beach fill on that island starting in about four weeks. Two dredges will pump sand from a…