Some top Democratic legislators are endorsing the notion of entering into a truce with New York and Pennsylvania over incentives to keep the neighbors from poaching businesses from one another.
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Gaming growth slows in July after 1 year of sports betting and 2 new AC casinos
The latest figures from the Division of Gaming Enforcement marked the end of a 13-month streak of double-digit revenue increases.
Read More »Sweeney hopes to avoid forcing state treasurer to testify on spending freezes
The Legislature's top Democrat is pressing State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio to testify about why the Murphy administration froze $235 million in spending – and how that money could be released – but is stopping short of issuing a subpoena to compel her appearance.
Read More »Sweeney denies tax break amendment killed Camden supermarket
“We weren’t getting anywhere and we wanted to bring a supermarket to Camden,” Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-3rd District, said at a press conference Wednesday in Trenton. “It was Wakefern’s decision not to put a store in the city.”
Read More »NJ joins states suing Trump EPA over greenhouse gas emissions rule
The proposed Affordable Clean Energy rule from the administration’s Environmental Protection Agency violates the Clean Air Act, according to the suit filed Tuesday in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Read More »EDA expands program to boost NJ’s failing malls, office parks
The 21st Century Redevelopment Program provides grants of up to $50,000 to local governments for projects.
Read More »EDA approves film tax breaks for ‘West Side Story,’ ‘Joker’
Combined, the productions received $8.6 million in incentives for the movies which filmed in Newark, Paterson and Jersey City.
Read More »Carwash owner underpaid, denied overtime to immigrant workers, suit says
Eight workers are filing suit against their Elizabeth employer over allegations that they were often paid less than $5 an hour, working between six and seven days for 11-hour shifts.
Read More »EDA reviewing business tax incentives over wage theft violations
California-based GLTC Partners LLC is coming under scrutiny following revelations that a company it contracted with for a senior housing development in Trenton allegedly cheated workers out of payments.
Read More »Murphy approves local incentive to boost NJ’s failing malls, office parks
Under the measure municipalities can designate these places as “areas in need of redevelopment,” a status that allows them to provide economic stimuli to attract investment, businesses and jobs.
Read More »NJ to lift ban on food, drink at funeral homes for mourners
The new law, which permits refreshments to be served at the discretion of owners, goes into effect immediately.
Read More »Murphy approves bill to eliminate AirBnB tax on summer rentals
The governor’s office said the measure would “closely mirror the original intent” of the new tax, “which was to create parity throughout the rental industry by extending the existing tax on hotels” to AirBnB rentals.
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