A Budget Fight is Brewing over How New Jersey Should Spend $3 Billion in Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds
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 More from NJ.com.
Big portion brunches, beer hall among 8 new restaurants coming to Tropicana
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 eight new dining and entertainment concepts some of which will open this summer. Read […]
Bally’s Atlantic City Celebrates Its Renovations On Memorial Day Weekend
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 OFFICIAL RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY Thursday, May 26 Bally’s Hotel Lobby & Carousel Bar […]
NJEDA has provided nearly $5.5M in grants to over 230 small businesses through main street recovery program since October
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 Street Recovery Program. The NJEDA has already issued nearly $5.5 million in grants through the Main Street Recovery Program. Governor Phil Murphy’s […]
Rethinking NJ bail reform to keep suspects charged with gun crimes off streets
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 Cryan (D-Union) called the agreed-upon amendments to his legislation […]
Atlantic City Electric Continues Efforts to Help Customers and Communities Power Through: Contributing, Time, Money and More to Make A Difference
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 organizations. These events further strengthen the company’s commitment to power a cleaner and brighter […]
Annual food bank event returns, raises $100,000
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 entertained with music performed by the Eddie Morgan Duo at the food bank’s township warehouse, capable […]
NJ sports betting remains national model
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 handles over the last seven months. To date, that is […]
ReNew Jersey summit tackled its economy
The 2022 New Jersey Chamber of Commerce ReNew Jersey Business Summit & Expo held April 13-14 in Atlantic City provided an excellent forum to learn about the state’s economy, ask questions and provide excellent recommendations. The summit opened discussion on ways to ignite New Jersey’s economy with a focus on financial incentives for business, making […]
Judge rules in county’s favor in request for PILOT law reconsideration
A Superior Court judge on Monday upheld a previous judge’s ruling that changes to a payments-in-lieu-of-taxes law for Atlantic City’s casinos violated a 2018 court settlement with Atlantic County. Superior Court Judge Michael J. Blee denied the state’s request for reconsideration in his ruling, siding in favor of Atlantic County officials, who’d sued the state […]