New Jersey

The state of New Jersey set a new sports betting record in the month of September with $1.01 billion placed in wagers. The record came with the return of the NFL and College Football games. What Happened: New Jersey is the first state to hit the $1 billion mark, according to PlayNJ. Legalized in...

Much of the focus on state laws regulating independent contractor status has been on California and its embrace of the ABC test through the AB5 regulation, whose exclusion from the state's trucking sector hangs on a battered injunction. But it may be New Jersey that is at the head of the move to...

Representatives of Nasdaq Inc (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and other major exchanges will meet with the Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Nov. 20 in Austin as they consider relocation of their trading platforms from New Jersey to Dallas, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth reported Tuesday. What Happened: The meeting was...

The state of New Jersey set a new monthly record for all states with $748.6 million in September sports betting wagers. September Record: The total is up 68% year over year and passes the $668 million total from August, which was a monthly record at the time. Through the first nine months of the...

A proposed tax bill in New Jersey reportedly has stock exchanges reconsidering the location of data centers in the Garden State. What Happened: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is courting the Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) to move its data centers to Texas, he said in a tweet Wednesday.  I've been talking...

Sports betting hit an all-time high for any state with New Jersey's $668 million total in August.  New Jersey's Sports Betting Receipts: New Jersey's total sports betting handle hit $668 million in August, more than double the $315 million reported in July. Online sports betting...

According to nationwide data from Insurify Insights, the average percentage of drivers in America who’ve been cited for speeding stands at 12.67%, or 1 in 8 drivers, as of June 2020. Benzinga has analyzed data from among over 2 million registered drivers to determine the 10 states where...

Registered voters in New Jersey are expected to vote in favor of adult-use marijuana legalization in November — but uncertainty surrounds the pending legislation.  "Cannabis advocates looking forward to creating an adult use regulated and taxed cannabis marketplace...

New Jersey-based medical cannabis dispensary Harmony Dispensary recently announced the release of a cannabis strain named after prominent cannabis advocate, entrepreneur and retired Army Specialist Leo Bridgewater. Harmony said it chose to honor the vocal advocate for Bridgewater’s commitment...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that Rick Cotton, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), had tested positive for the coronavirus and was under quarantine. Lenis Rodrigues, a PANYNJ public information officer, said Cotton "is currently asymptomatic...

A major interchange near the approach to the George Washington Bridge in northern New Jersey is the nation's top trucking bottleneck for the second straight year, according to the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). The intersection of I-95 and SR 4 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, tops the...

As New Jersey's legislature readies another bill this year aimed at worker misclassification, a series of other newly signed laws that give the state greater investigatory and punitive powers poses an even larger risk to motor carriers hiring owner-operators to haul their freight, according to one...

New Jersey is the newest battleground for motor carriers that use owner-operators, as the state Senate takes up legislation aimed at limiting what workers can be considered independent contractors. On Thursday, the labor committee is scheduled to debate S4204, a bill introduced by New Jersey Sen....

The Buffalo Bills will travel to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey this weekend to take on the New York Giants. Some of their fans will likely only go part of the way, getting off I-90 just past Syracuse. There, they'll be able to hit one of the upstate casinos with a sportsbook and bet on the NFL...