New Jersey

Atlantic City officials will discuss the possibility of filing for bankruptcy protection at an emergency city council meeting.

Pending pension litigation will play a key role in determining whether New Jersey’s low credit rating improves or worsens in 2016, according Moody’s Investors Service.

Atlantic City Mayor Donald Guardian is eyeing bankruptcy after Gov. Chris Christie rejected a financial rescue package.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie allowed legislation to create an Atlantic City financial rescue package to lapse, leaving the struggling gambling hub at risk of running out of cash by April.

Atlantic City Emergency Manager Kevin Lavin stopped short of recommending bankruptcy in his second report on the financially strapped Jersey Shore gambling hub.

New Jersey tax collections are up 3.9% at the halfway point of the 2016 fiscal year, according to the State Department of Treasury.

Atlantic City’s casino operators lost 6.5% in revenue last year compared to 2014, according to figures New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement released on Jan. 13.

New Jersey’s proposed casino expansion into the northern part of the state is a potential credit negative for Atlantic City, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Three New Jersey Senators announced plans Tuesday to introduce legislation that would have the state assume management of Atlantic City’s troubled finances.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie lashed out during his annual State of the State address at an amendment approved by Democratic lawmakers to require quarterly pension payments.

New Jersey legislative leaders and Gov. Chris Christie reached an agreement Monday on a measure to expand casino gambling beyond Atlantic City.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is slated to sell $149 million of revenue bonds later this week to refund old debt.

The New Jersey Legislature has approved a revised version of an Atlantic City rescue package that incorporates recommendations laid out by Gov. Chris Christie.

November toll traffic on the Atlantic City Expressway was down 1% from the year-earlier period, according to the South Jersey Transportation Authority.

A Dec. 19 deadline for Atlantic City to pay the Borgata $62 million in tax refunds has passed and now the casino giant is asking a judge to order the payment.

Atlantic City, N.J. was kept on credit watch negative Friday by Standard & Poor’s pending a resolution of Gov. Chris Christie’s conditional vetoes of a rescue package approved by the legislature last June.

New Jersey tax collections are up near the midway point of the 2016 fiscal year, but still lag behind projected revenue growth, according to the State Department of Treasury.

Moody's Investors Service affirmed its junk-level Caa1 Atlantic City, N.J. general obligation credit rating and kept a negative outlook late Friday citing uncertainty on whether there will be enough cash to make debt payments.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved a $7.9 billion spending plan for 2016 that includes $1.2 billion for debt service.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has agreed to partner with the federal government in advancing plans for a planned new Gateway Tunnel rail project connecting New Jersey to Manhattan