Following more than three months of zero gaming activity indoors, and still dealing with capacity and amenity restrictions, nine casinos continue to operate heading into the new year.
Many institutions have, at least for now, completely or mostly eliminated their typical requirement that standardized test scores be included with prospective students' applications.
In June, the county recorded the highest year-over-year unemployment rate increase (379%) in the United States, according to a report out of Stockton University.
"The damage that the left has done to education and especially that of higher education is worse than a pandemic or the after-affects of a world war," Dennis says.
And as a local university plans to open hundreds of rooms to students along the main casino strip, advocates for responsible gambling warn that younger minds have a better chance of getting hooked on addictive behaviors.