Steve Sweeney

New Jersey's elected leaders reached agreement on a $15 minimum wage – by 2024 for most, 2026 for seasonal and small-biz workers and 2027 for farm workers.

Gov. Phil Murphy says his agenda for 2019 starts with the things that didn’t get done in 2018 – and that could include another dose of 'tax fairness.'

Democratic legislative leaders propose to raise taxes on short-term vacation rentals, like those common along the Shore, and sales of million-dollar homes.

Higher prices wouldn't start until late 2018 at the earliest. They could raise costs $41 a year for homeowners and a half-million for big industrial users.

New Jersey lawmakers back from Colorado after checking out that state’s marijuana industry say they saw nothing to deter them from legalizing it in the Garden State in 2018.

We have been talking daily about the significant and ever-mounting financial problems currently facing Atlantic City on the city purpose tax side.

At a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Gov. Christie said the state will assume vast control over Atlantic City's money and decision-making, saying the city cannot get its own financial house in order and, "the only thing that is really holding Atlantic City back is its governmental …

Following calls for the State to take over the World's Play Ground, an Atlantic City Councilman is calling for a community mobilization meeting.

Along the boardwalk, the owners of Trump Taj Mahal say that casino will stay open through a threatened November 13th closing date. Over on the marina side of town at a press conference, questions arose about the long term future of Bally's.

At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian says there are as many as six potential buyers for Revel Casino Hotel.

As Atlantic City works through the middle of a five-year plan to revitalize the city, one law maker is hinting at the possibility of giving voters an opportunity to vote on allowing casinos in North Jersey before 2016.

So far, State Senator Barbara Buono is the only Democrat to officially announce that she's running against Governor Chris Christie this November.