Legislation to authorize Internet wagering at Atlantic City casinos to enable New Jerseyans to wager on casino games via the Internet was released yesterday by an Assembly panel.
There's a growing trend of employers demanding Facebook passwords from potential employees. Some are also asking for access to all social media sites of which a job-seeker is a member.
While Governor Chris Christie may think the legislature's budget committee hearings are pretty much a waste of time, the chairman of the Assembly budget panel doesn't see things that way.
As part of the budget signed into law by Governor Chris Christie in June 2010 the state can lay claim to the proceeds of unused gift card, money orders and/or traveler's checks.
Because he and Democrats are now battling over which taxes to cut, not which taxes to increase, Governor Chris Christie's new mantra is, "We've already won the argument."
Today, the full Assembly is scheduled to vote on a measure that would require employer notification when relocating call center services to a foreign country, and would bar employers who move these type of operations from benefiting from financial resources from the state.
Budget season is ramping up in New Jersey. For the past decade Lou Greenwald has been chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee, but there's a new sheriff in town and his name is Vinnie Prieto.