Prudential Retirement, a unit of Newark-based Prudential Financial Inc., announced Wednesday that the city of El Paso, Texas, has renewed its defined contribution plan agreement.
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Government
N.J. sports betting case now in hands of federal appeals court
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia heard oral arguments Tuesday in New Jersey's latest legal attempt to bring sports betting to its casinos and racetracks.
Read More »COAH chaos Dawdling municipalities may have to act quickly on projects or face builder suits
Christiana Foglio has seen this scenario play out in more than a few New Jersey towns over the years: A builder is tapped to develop a site slated for a residential project, but that's as far as it goes once local officials decide to take the wait-and-see approach.
Read More »State gained 12K jobs in January, but recovery still has a ways to go
New Jersey put up some relatively big gains in terms of jobs during January, but not all of the data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday was as rosy.
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Updated Nation’s uninsured population drops more than 7 percentage points
About 16.4 million adults nationwide have gotten health coverage through the Affordable Care Act, which has played a major role in the decline of the nation's uninsured rate, from 20.3 percent in the fall of 2013 to 13.2 percent in March 2015, the federal government announced Monday.
Read More »Camden genetic research center gets 14M NIH grant
The Coriell Institute for Medical Research in Camden announced it has won a $14 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance the work of the institute, which maintains a diverse collection of samples from human genetic diseases.
Read More »Atlantic City casino revenue down 14.8 percent in February
Some of Atlantic City’s remaining casinos appear to have boosted their market share after four of their competitors closed their doors last year, but overall gaming revenue continues to decline.
Read More »Old Bridge tech company offered 13M in EDA incentives to stay, expand
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority voted Thursday to approve a 10-year, $13.1 million Grow New Jersey award for iCIMS Inc., an Old Bridge-based software services company that is looking to expand.
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Voters support nurse staffing level law, union poll finds
A poll by the state's largest nurses union found 73 percent of voters support a law setting a maximum number of patients each nurse could be required to care for. The union, which is advocating for legislation to increase nurse staffing levels at hospitals and in other health care settings, commissioned the poll and released its results Thursday.
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Fulop’s budget reflects Jersey City’s building boom
A highly touted surge in construction is bearing fruit for Jersey City's tax rolls, and the city's second-year mayor is now looking ahead to policies that he hopes will continue that growth.
Read More »N.J. payrolls grow by 3,400 jobs in February
New Jersey picked up some additional jobs in February, according to Roseland-based payroll and human resources firm ADP.
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Sweeney ‘Co-pays are to keep people from utilizing health care’
Under a health care pilot program for public employees proposed last month by Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford), co-payments, out-of-pocket costs and deductibles when visiting primary care doctors would be a thing of a past.
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