New Jersey

Strong demand was reported for the $68.3 million transaction.

With state funding sinking, New Jersey Transit needs a new dedicated revenue stream to support operations, a public policy group urges.

The organization New Jersey Policy Perspective issued the report.

Longtime bond attorney Jeremy A. Spector has retired as executive director for the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority after nearly two years leading the higher education conduit issuer through record volume.

They outlined the importance of the $13 billion tunnel linking Amtrak and New Jersey Transit to Penn Station.

New Jersey’s Cooper University Health announced plans to acquire three Catholic hospitals in a deal that would create the state’s fourth largest healthcare chain.

Two companies are to invest more than $250 million into the agency’s 16 highway service areas.

Adequate funding for transit is a heightened focus, says Nick Sifuentes, the new chief of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill late giving the state an alternative route to shedding Atlantic City public safety staff.

New Jersey’s plan to slash Atlantic City’s fire department by 50 members was blocked by a superior court judge.

S&P Global Ratings said it has revised its outlook on the state of New Jersey to stable from negative.

Gov. Chris Christie said the bond-funded mall and entertainment venue will deliver billions in tax revenue to the Garden State.

The senator advocated an aid package for Atlantic City.

The region's slipping volume reflected a national trend.

New Jersey lawmakers are seeking to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade vocational-technical schools to meet a statewide shortage of middle-skilled workers.

New Jersey’s plan to transfer lottery revenues toward pension funding fails to tackle the state's
immediate liability woes, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

New Jersey is on track for revenue growth in 2018 after a strong start to the new fiscal year with July tax collections, according to State Treasurer Ford M. Scudder.

New Jersey’s Essex County neared the top of the bond rating charts 15 years after sitting in triple-B territory.

New Jersey’s pension funds will benefit significantly from a new law that mandates irrevocable contributions from the state’s lottery for the next 30 years, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

The borrowing will pay for settlements with six casino properties.