The U.S. Department of Energy promised up to $47 million Wednesday to a Chinese-backed windmill project that has already been rejected twice by New Jersey regulators. Fishermen’s Energy says it hopes the federal funds will convince New Jersey to finally approve its plan to put five windmills about three miles off the coast of Atlantic […]
Jobs vs. Environment in Pinelands Pipe Plan Fracas
The age-old jobs-versus-the-environment clash is playing out again, this time in the New Jersey Pinelands, a million-acre spread of protected woods and wetlands that happens to be in the way of a proposed pipeline to fuel an old coal-burning power plant with natural gas. South Jersey Gas wants to build a 22-mile pipeline through the […]
Tech issues block people from NJ online bet test
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is allowing adults in the state to click a mouse or swipe a screen for a chance to win money, making it only the third state to offer online gambling. A five-day trial period of Internet gambling began Thursday night when players invited by casinos to test their […]
Engineering Firm Fined $1M for Illegal Donations
A major New Jersey engineering firm admitted Thursday that it made illegal campaign contributions, was fined $1 million and was banned from working on government contracts in the state for 10 years. Birdsall Services Group entered guilty pleas in state Superior Court in Toms River to money laundering and making false representations for government contracts. […]
Casinos ban gamblers from using Google Glass
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (AP) — U.S. casinos are forbidding gamblers from wearing Google Glass, the tiny eyeglasses-mounted device capable of shooting photos, filming video and surfing the Internet. Regulators say the gadgets could be used to cheat at card games. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement issued a directive on Monday ordering Atlantic […]
