A report commissioned by New Jersey’s casino industry warns of a deep economic loss stemming from a potential ban of smoking on the casino floors: up to 2,500 jobs at the casinos could be lost, and gambling and non-gambling revenue could fall as much as 10.9% and 6.5% respectively, while tax revenue could fall by as much as $44 million.

The funds were spread across 219 separate deals and mark a nearly 224% increase from the $1.7 billion of venture capital dispersed in 2020.

The proposal from the governor's office would provide assistance for 1.5 million of the former and 600,000 of the latter, and comes as several Senate Republican lawmakers say they plan to introduce a bill to provide automatic, refundable tax credits to anyone that earned less than $500,000 last year.

The decision from Moody’s Investors Services gives a nod to “the state's continuing trends of strong revenue and liquidity and its steps to more aggressively address liability burdens, including completion of a debt-reduction program and increased pension contributions.”

The Steve Sweeney Center for Public Policy will bring “together the best experts and rigorous researchers to develop pragmatic, short- and long-term solutions that improve our state’s competitiveness, grow our economy, develop our workforce, enhance our quality of life and make the state more affordable for everyone who wants to study, work, live and retire here,” according to its namesake.

“This executive order ensures that our COVID-19 vaccination requirements for covered workers in medical and high-risk congregate settings are able to properly keep themselves and those whom they care for safe,” the governor said in a statement accompanying the order.

Under the proposed “Motorist Fueling Choice and Convenience Act,” the state would essentially scrap a law that's been on the books since the 1940s that prohibits self-service gas in the Garden State.

“There’s no mistake our first committee that I authorized was on the singular topic of affordability and property tax relief,” newly installed Senate President Nicholas Scutari, D-22nd District, said in a recent News12 New Jersey interview.

That's in light of the fact that the agency has awarded more than $4 billion in capital projects over the past four years that are currently underway or will soon enter the procurement phase.

The U.S. Department of the Interior is in the process of selling more than 488,000 acres located in a stretch of shallow ocean water near the coasts of the Garden State and Long Island known as the New York Bight.

The two-day ReNew Jersey Business Summit is meant to stand in for the organization's annual Walk to Washington, which was canceled this winter for the second year in a row amid COVID-19 uncertainties.

Members of the Biden team and city officials came out to celebrate the start of the work that will redevelop Albett Village, built in the 1950s and located in the Cramer Hill neighborhood.