Today: September 16, 2024
Today: September 16, 2024

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Offshore wind energy plans advance in New Jersey amid opposition

Two major offshore wind power projects are taking steps forward in New Jersey

Offshore wind energy plans advance in New Jersey amid opposition
News

Boston Market restaurants shuttered in New Jersey over unpaid wages are allowed to reopen

Labor officials in New Jersey have lifted a stop-work order that had temporarily shut down more than two dozen Boston Market restaurants in the state

Boston Market restaurants shuttered in New Jersey over unpaid wages are allowed to reopen
News|Political

Menendez gains a primary opponent as calls for his resignation grow after indictment

Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey has announced that he will run against Sen. Robert Menendez in the state’s Democratic primary for Senate next year, saying he feels compelled to run against the three-term senator after he and his wife were indicted on sweeping corruption charges

Menendez gains a primary opponent as calls for his resignation grow after indictment
News|Political

Democratic Sen. Menendez rejects calls to resign and says cash found in home was not bribe proceeds

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey is rejecting calls to resign, saying that nearly half a million dollars in cash found in his home was from personal savings, not from bribes

Democratic Sen. Menendez rejects calls to resign and says cash found in home was not bribe proceeds
News|Political

Menendez tells Senate colleagues he won't resign, remains defiant amid bribery charges

New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez remains defiant in the face of federal bribery charges, telling a room full of his Senate Democratic colleagues that he has no plans to resign

Menendez tells Senate colleagues he won't resign, remains defiant amid bribery charges
Business|Environment|News

Wind power project in New Jersey would be among farthest off East Coast, company says

A New York company plans to build an offshore wind energy project 42 miles off New Jersey

Wind power project in New Jersey would be among farthest off East Coast, company says
News|Political

Judge plans May trial for US Sen. Bob Menendez in bribery case

A judge is planning a spring trial for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife

Judge plans May trial for US Sen. Bob Menendez in bribery case
News|Political

Report of fatal New Jersey car crash fills in key gap in Menendez federal bribery investigation

Nadine Menendez, now the wife of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, killed a man with her car in December 2018 and left the scene without being charged

Report of fatal New Jersey car crash fills in key gap in Menendez federal bribery investigation
News|Political

NJ attorney general looking into 2018 investigation of crash involving Nadine Menendez

The New Jersey attorney general’s office has opened an inquiry into how local law enforcement handled an investigation into a December 2018 car crash that involved Sen. Robert Menendez’s wife Nadine, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the situation

NJ attorney general looking into 2018 investigation of crash involving Nadine Menendez
News|World

Largest Hindu temple outside India in the modern era opens in New Jersey

After 12 years of planning and construction, the largest Hindu temple outside India in the modern era is ready to open to the public in Robbinsville, New Jersey

Largest Hindu temple outside India in the modern era opens in New Jersey
Business|Environment|News|Technology

Orsted puts up $100M guarantee that it will build New Jersey's first offshore wind farm by 2025

The Danish wind energy company Orsted has put up a $100 million guarantee that it will build New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm

Orsted puts up $100M guarantee that it will build New Jersey's first offshore wind farm by 2025
Business|News|Sports

Sports, internet bets near-record levels in New Jersey, but 5 of 9 casinos trail pre-pandemic levels

Sports betting and internet gambling were at near-record levels in New Jersey in September, and nearly half of the Atlantic City casinos won more money from in-person gamblers than they did before the COVID19 pandemic

Sports, internet bets near-record levels in New Jersey, but 5 of 9 casinos trail pre-pandemic levels
Business|Environment|News

Born after Superstorm Sandy's destruction, 2 big flood control projects get underway in New Jersey

A decade after they were envisioned in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy’s destruction, two of the largest flood control projects designed to protect densely populated cities in New Jersey just outside New York City are getting underway

Born after Superstorm Sandy's destruction, 2 big flood control projects get underway in New Jersey
Business|Environment|News

Former coal-fired power plant razed to make way for offshore wind electricity connection

A giant smokestack that was part of the landscape for millions of tourists heading to beaches on the southern New Jersey shore came down Thursday

Former coal-fired power plant razed to make way for offshore wind electricity connection
Business|News|Political

Orsted scraps 2 offshore wind power projects in New Jersey, citing supply chain issues

Danish energy developer Orsted is scrapping two large offshore wind power projects off the coast of New Jersey, adding uncertainty to a nascent industry the Biden administration is counting on to help transition away from the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels

Orsted scraps 2 offshore wind power projects in New Jersey, citing supply chain issues
Business|Economy|Environment|News

Wind industry deals with blowback from Orsted scrapping 2 wind power projects in New Jersey

Wind energy developer Orsted is writing off $4 billion, due largely to the cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey whose financial challenges mirror those facing the nascent industry

Wind industry deals with blowback from Orsted scrapping 2 wind power projects in New Jersey
Political

AP Election Brief | What to expect in New Jersey's general election

Every seat in the New Jersey Legislature is up for grabs in Tuesday’s general election

AP Election Brief | What to expect in New Jersey's general election
Business

Ship shortage dealt death blow to Orsted's NJ offshore wind hopes

Danish energy firm Orsted's shock decision to cancel two offshore wind farms off New Jersey this week was based in large part on big delays securing the ship it needed to

Ship shortage dealt death blow to Orsted's NJ offshore wind hopes
Business|Environment|News|Political

Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals

The cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey is the latest in a series of setbacks for the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry, jeopardizing President Joe Biden's goal of powering 10 million homes by towering ocean-based turbines by the end of the decade

Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals
Business|Environment|Political

Orsted wants out of $300M forfeiture for scrapped New Jersey offshore wind farms

Offshore wind power company Orsted is trying to get out of a $300 million guarantee it agreed to pay New Jersey in the event it failed to build its first wind farm off the state’s coast

Orsted wants out of $300M forfeiture for scrapped New Jersey offshore wind farms
Business|News

Atlantic City casino profits fall 7.5% in 3rd quarter of 2023

New Jersey gambling regulators say Atlantic City’s casinos and two internet-only entities earned $281 million in the third quarter of this year

Atlantic City casino profits fall 7.5% in 3rd quarter of 2023
News

Major New Jersey mall reopens after bomb threat - governor

The American Dream Mall in New Jersey has reopened after briefly being evacuated while police investigated a bomb threat, state Governor Phil Murphy said in a post on the X social media

Major New Jersey mall reopens after bomb threat - governor
Business|News|Sports

Internet casinos thrive in 6 states. So why hasn't it caught on more widely in the US?

In the 10 years that it has been operating in New Jersey, internet casino gambling has generated nearly $7 billion in revenue for casinos and their affiliates, sent over a billion dollars in tax revenue to the state’s coffers, and helped keep Atlantic City’s nine casinos afloat while they were shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic

Internet casinos thrive in 6 states. So why hasn't it caught on more widely in the US?
Business|News|Political

Casino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet again in New Jersey Legislature

A bill that would end smoking in Atlantic City's casinos continues to go nowhere

Casino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet again in New Jersey Legislature
Business|News|Political

Trainers at New Jersey police seminar disparaged women, made 'inappropriate' remarks, officials say

A new state comptroller report finds that a police training seminar in New Jersey included instructors making lewd comments about women, encouraging officers to pull people over for no reason and showing a photo of an ape after talking about pulling over a 75-year-old Black man

Trainers at New Jersey police seminar disparaged women, made 'inappropriate' remarks, officials say

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