New Jersey files defense of sports betting effort
Claims that New Jersey's plan to allow legal sports gambling violates federal law are meritless, the state wrote in a court filing in response to efforts by four major U.S. pro sports leagues and the NCAA to stop gambling from beginning this weekend.
N.J. still considering Lockheed tax break
(AP) State economic officials have delayed action on a bid by defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp., of Bethesda, to get $107 million in New Jersey tax breaks for a facility […]
N.J. officials say Rice got no special treatment
Ray Rice, the former Baltimore Ravens running back shown in an elevator video punching his then-fiancee, didn’t get special treatment by avoiding jail and probation, according to New Jersey prosecutors.
Sobering thoughts amid casino revelry
From the day it opened in April 2012, Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City loomed as a shimmering, $2.6 billion monument to misguided optimism.
N.J. detective acquitted in Annapolis road-rage shooting
A New Jersey detective was acquitted Wednesday of first-degree murder and other charges in the shooting of a driver during a case of road rage in Maryland.
Revel Casino: Without buyer, we’ll shut down
Atlantic City's Revel Casino Hotel warned its staff Thursday that it will shut down this summer if a buyer can't be found in bankruptcy court.
New Jersey debates judicial retirement age
Non-complete clauses, high-speed trains, preventing justice delayed round out the roundup.
Cardin Proposes Criminalization of Revenge Porn
Spurned lovers in Maryland beware: Posting sexually explicit photos and videos of your ex – so-called revenge porn – could land you in jail if one state lawmaker has his way.
N.J. court agrees to allow same-sex marriages
Same-sex marriages will begin within days in New Jersey after the state’s highest court ruled unanimously Friday to uphold a lower-court order that gay weddings must start Today and to […]
Former celebrity lawyer receives life sentence
NEWARK, N.J. — A defense attorney who once had a roster of celebrity clients and boasted of having tried hundreds of cases in federal court was sentenced there on Monday […]
DWI breath test gets green light from N.J. high court
NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey can continue to use an alcohol breath test in drunken driving cases that has been the focus of years of litigation and at one point […]
O’Malley: Booker’s experience an asset for N.J.
TRENTON, N.J. — Cory Booker’s experience as mayor of New Jersey‘s largest city would be a big asset in the U.S. Senate, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said Thursday as he […]






