The Senate unanimously approved the legislation, but advocates complained that because it was amended to exclude state court judgments from protections.
Q. I just got married, and my wife just told me she had a bankruptcy three years ago when we first met. She never told me this before. What will this mean for us buying a house or a car and our financial future? (I’m not happy about this…)
“If they come up with something, great,” Christie said of a legislative compromise. “If they don’t, then bankruptcy would be the only option. And while I would regret having to go down that road, it is a road that I will have no choice but to go down.”
Lately the bumps for an industry that's brought wealth and jobs to this town are getting bigger -- bankruptcies of major producers, pollution rules that have made burning coal more expensive and the decline of a once-promising export market.
Atlantic City officials are entertaining the idea of declaring bankruptcy a day after several pieces of legislation that would help provide funding to the city failed to be signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie.