The Red Bank-based financial institution said Thursday it expects to close separate deals with Two River Community Bank and Country Bank on or about the first of the year.

The Garden State’s online and retail sportsbooks handled in excess of half a billion dollars in a single month, reaching $562.7 million in November; a new record for the New Jersey sports betting market.  And at the current pace, it won’t be long before the state reaches $6 billion, according to analysts from PlayNJ.com. “New Jersey sportsbooks ...

The Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-3rd District, Thursday said he wants to be able to propose a new, “dedicated source of funding” for NJ Transit before Gov. Phil Murphy introduces his budget in March. Lawmakers and the Murphy administration are grappling with how to finance the beleaguered mass transit agency without having to raise fares. ...

New Jersey joined with Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia in declaring their commitment Thursday to develop an action plan that will put hundreds of thousands more zero-emission trucks and buses onto their roads. Mary Barber, director of regulatory and legislative affairs of the Environmental Defense Fund, told NJBIZ that ...

The Port Authority Board of Commissioners approved a 2020 budget on Thursday consisting of $3.4 billion for operating expenses and $3.6 billion for capital spending. The Port Authority operates Newark Liberty International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, bridges, and tunnels in New Jersey and New York City. About $2.1 billion will pay ...

The partnership will allow at least 5,000 car dealers to list vehicles for sale, rent, or rent-to-own to ride-share drivers.

In particular, the bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate prices for certain medicines — something current law prohibits CMS from doing.

NAI James E. Hanson said it brokered a 5,374-square-foot lease to Edge Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine LLC.

Congress failed to delay the return of the health insurance tax, meaning more obligations will be piled onto businesses and residents in a state already named as having “the worst tax climate in the nation for doing business” by the Tax Foundation.

The “Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Act” effectively amends New Jersey’s state tax code to a system similar to what was in place prior to 1993, under which S corporations, LLCs and other business partnerships directly paid the state income tax liability of their owners and partners.

According to the company, each share, and warrant to purchase one share, of common stock were sold at a combined public offering price of $0.90.