Before Hollywood, there was Fort Lee. At the turn of the century, the Hudson River borough was home to nearly a dozen film studios. Amid COVID-19, the state’s burgeoning film industry is learning to navigate the pandemic.

Oral arguments took place last week in a court case arising from the 2018 Medical Marijuana Program Request for Applications, which has had the New Jersey Department of Health wrapped in litigation with seven appellants since announcing the winners of six medical cannabis licenses nearly two years ago.

Nearly 150,000 online bets were placed on last night’s presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden - the last time the two candidates faced off head-to-head before Nov. 3.

A bill that a Senate panel approved Thursday would have the State Treasury look at how tax dollars could be captured during the pandemic, which by some estimates can drag on well into 2021.

Data released Thursday by the New Jersey Department of Health show the highest counts of positive cases come from Essex, Union and Hudson counties, as the state logs its fifth consecutive day of more than 1,000 new daily instances of the virus.

The Garden State came in seventh among states for Economic Injury Disaster Loan approvals, and the U.S. Small Business Administration is still accepting applications for the program from qualified small businesses.

During an interview on 1010 WINS AM radio, the governor said that he and everyone at the table had taken off their masks. “Obviously, you can’t eat or drink through a mask,” he said. “At the table, you're having a drink, you're eating something."

The state labor department said the federal unemployment relief payments, which max out at $1,800, will be distributed over the next two business days.

“Too many people are not just unemployed, but they’re giving up, and this is an effort to track them down and bring them back,” the governor said announcing the initiative at Camden County College in Blackwood.

Oct. 21 also marks the fourth day in a row that the state logged more than 1,000 new positive cases of the virus, according to data from the New Jersey Department of Health.

“I will now, unfortunately, have to take myself off the field,” Murphy said in the middle of a press announcement at Camden County College in Blackwood, prompting him to immediately leave the event.

Draftkings and FanDuel will both allow patrons to place wagers on topics as varied as which candidate goes first, the questions that will be asked to President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, insults that the two might hurl at each other, or the color tie they will each wear.