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New Jersey Sports Betting Law

Phil Murphy Signs Law Legalizing Sports Betting in New Jersey

The bill signing caps a seven-year effort by the state to bring Las Vegas-style sports gambling to the state’s struggling casinos and racetracks.
By Christian Hetrick
New Jersey Sports Betting Bill

New Jersey Legislature Passes Bill to Legalize Sports Betting

New Jersey would be the second state outside Nevada to allow sports betting after the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on sports wagers.
By Christian Hetrick
Women changing their name after marriage exacerbates the issue.

New Jersey Assembly Passes Bill Banning Child Marriages

Nearly 3,500 children were married in New Jersey between 1995 and 2012, including 163 who were between the ages of 13 and 15.
By Christian Hetrick

New Jersey Lawmakers, Pro Sports Leagues Clash Over Sports Betting Bill

By Christian Hetrick

Most New Jerseyans Don’t Want to Share Sports Betting Revenue With Leagues

By Christian Hetrick
NJ could soon protect trans individuals seeking health care coverage from discrimination.

New Jersey Lawmakers Send Transgender Rights Bills to Phil Murphy

By Christian Hetrick
Women changing their name after marriage exacerbates the issue.

New Jersey Assembly Shelves Vote on Banning Child Marriages

By Christian Hetrick
New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney.

Steve Sweeney Urge States to Reject Sports Betting ‘Integrity Fee’

By Christian Hetrick
The New Jersey state house.

New Jersey Lawmakers Advance Bill Capping Sick Leave Payouts

By Christian Hetrick
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is under fire for his response to the Ray Rice incident. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

NFL Commissioner Goodell Calls on Congress to Regulate Sports Betting

By Christian Hetrick
The Assembly chamber in the New Jersey statehouse.

No ‘April Surprise’ Revenue Surge for New Jersey State Budget

By Christian Hetrick
Phil Murphy.

Phil Murphy Signs Bill Boosting Salaries for Judges, Cabinet Officers

By Christian Hetrick

New Jersey Won’t See Tax Windfall From Sports Betting, Lawmakers Say

By Christian Hetrick

NJ Politics Digest: Lawmakers Can’t Rely on April Surprise For Revenue Needs

By Steve Cronin

NJ Politics Digest: Victims Agency Seems More Concerned About Paying Bureaucrats

By Steve Cronin

New Jersey Lawmakers Try (Again) to Ban Smoking on the Beach

By Christian Hetrick
New Jersey lawmakers proceeded with legislation that could help local property tax owners keep their tax breaks.

Phil Murphy Signs SALT Workaround to Trump Tax Law

By Christian Hetrick

Phil Murphy Names Marcus Hicks As Acting Corrections Commissioner

By Christian Hetrick

Linda Carter to Run for Jerry Green’s Assembly Seat

By Christian Hetrick
Phil Murphy

New Jersey Now Has the Strongest Pay Equity Law in the Country

By Christian Hetrick

Phil Murphy Signs Bill Banning Offshore Drilling in New Jersey

By Christian Hetrick
Craig Coughlin.

Craig Coughlin Proposes Tax Amnesty Program to Raise Revenue for Budget

By Christian Hetrick
Cannabis is displayed at the Higher Path medical marijuana dispensary in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, Calif.

New Poll Says Most New Jerseyans Support Legalizing Marijuana

By Christian Hetrick
ASSEMBLYMAN JERRY GREEN. The Union County Democratic Party chairman.

New Jersey Assemblyman Jerry Green Dies at 79

By Christian Hetrick
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