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A measure that would prohibit smoking in Atlantic City's casinos moved forward Monday after three years of going nowhere, heartening casino workers who say they are literally sick and tired of having smoke blown in their faces at work. The New Jersey Senate health committee approved a long-delayed bill to impose a smoking ban in Atlantic City's nine casinos. It was the first step in a long chain of necessary approvals, and it came as the movement by many casino workers to implement a ban entered its fourth year.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, is asking Gov. Phil Murphy to stop his continuing efforts to develop offshore wind farms off New Jersey s coast until he can show it will not damage tourism, fishing and the marine ecosystem.
Bills to expand health insurance coverage to cover cochlear implants for young people, link Atlantic City International Airport to Atlantic City via transportation projects, and streamline municipal courts were signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Phil Murphy.
Bills to expand health insurance coverage to cover cochlear implants for young people, link Atlantic City International Airport to Atlantic City via transportation projects, and streamline municipal courts were signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Phil Murphy.