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Assembly lawmakers are set to advance a bill to defray unemployment insurance tax hikes on businesses Thursday, their bid fueled by the state’s ample surplus cash. The automatic tax hikes are intended to replenish New Jersey’s unemployment trust fund, which pays out...

The effects of high inflation – and ongoing efforts to rein it in – are looming large as New Jersey lawmakers get ready to draft a state budget that must be adopted within a matter of weeks. With annual inflation running over 8% nationally, New Jersey is flush with...

COVID-19 will continue to infect and hospitalize a growing number of New Jerseyans well into July, according to the state’s latest predictions, but the level of severe disease – and likely death – is expected to remain fairly stable all summer. While some experts see...

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap announced the sale of Lighthouse Plaza located at 300 Atlantic Ave. in Atlantic City. The 189,935-square-foot mixed-use property sold for $17 million, according to Sean Beuche, regional manager of the firm’s...

A new bus service from Philadelphia and Manhattan to five towns on the Jersey shore begins Thursday. OurBus will launch the new routes on May 19, the company said, to Absecon, Ventnor, Margate, Ocean City and Wildwood. They will include the “first and only direct...

New Jersey’s casinos, horse tracks that offer sports betting and the online partners of both types of gambling outlets won $422 million from gamblers in April, up 20% from a year earlier, figures released Monday show. And the casinos’ core business, revenue won from...

During National Nurses Week, we reflect on the immeasurable impact of our nursing community. Our nurses are expert clinicians, educators, friends, confidants and more, often in the same moment. They provide a personal connection that’s so important to achieving the...

Edmund DeVeaux looks forward to a time when a cannabis store downtown in your community does not draw any more notice than a liquor store or a restaurant. “You wouldn’t think twice about the fact that there is a liquor store on Main Street,” he said. “It will just be...

Surmounting a two-year pandemic stumbling block, runners were finally able to rock and roll across the Boardwalk on Sunday. The inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Atlantic City half marathon began at Bader Field, reached near West Atlantic City, went down into Ventnor and...

Kendall Nunamaker and her family of five in Kennewick, Washington, faced impossible math this month: How to pay for gas, groceries and the mortgage with inflation driving up prices? Like many other working families, the Nunamakers are grappling with the 8.3% inflation...

If you’re a small business owner who belongs to an underrepresented group, you may be eligible for certain business certifications that can help you access more government contracts and private-sector opportunities. Certifications for groups like women, minorities,...

Gas prices hit record highs in New Jersey as the average cost of a gallon of unleaded regular climbed to $4.47, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). The average cost of a gallon of regular is up nearly 25 cents from a week ago and nearly 37 cents...

New Jersey received $6.2 billion through the American Rescue Plan signed by President Joe Biden in March 2021. Most of that money remains unspent, and the Murphy administration has yet to release a detailed plan for more than $3 billion that is still unallocated. Read...

New Jersey loves to eat and Tropicana in Atlantic City is betting that its reimagined food and beverage offerings will be a winner. Caesars Entertainment is investing $400 million into its Atlantic City properties and Tropicana is using a portion of that to roll out...

May 4, 2022 - Bally’s Atlantic City, under new ownership, will debut its property-wide renovations including the all-new Bally’s Tower featuring 750 newly renovated rooms, a new hotel lobby, Carousel Bar, and The Yard on Memorial Day Weekend. GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION...

In celebration of National Small Business Week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced plans to open applications for its Micro Business Loan next month, which will make additional funding resources available through the Authority’s Main...

In what would be the first changes to the state’s criminal reform law, key New Jersey lawmakers have reached agreement on amendments that would scale back efforts by some urban mayors to keep more people accused of gun crimes in jail pending trial. State Sen. Joseph...

Atlantic City Electric is wrapping up a series of events as part of the company’s celebration of National Volunteer Month, where hundreds of employees are participating in nearly a dozen different events across South Jersey in support of local communities and...

After going two years without hosting its annual Night of 300,000 Meals, the Community FoodBank of New Jersey returned the fundraiser to its township location Thursday. Local restaurants supplied 225 patrons with food and specialty cocktails while they were...

When New York launched mobile betting back in January, a lot of analysts and experts expected New Jersey to see a pretty significant decline. But the evidence suggests that New Jersey continues to hold its own, with its sportsbooks breaking the $1 billion mark in six...