Atlantic City

A key Hillary Clinton organizer will be in Atlantic City this weekend to address delegates to the National Federation of Democratic Women at Resorts Casino Saturday night. Adam Parkhomenko was co-founder (with Allida Black) of Ready for Hillary PAC, which spent the two years since Clinton left the State Department collecting donations and emails by the millions and building a social media presence. With the campaign now official, he has the title of Director of Grassroots Engagement.

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a ban on sports gambling in New Jersey, rebuffing an attempt to bring betting on professional and college sporting events to Atlantic City casinos and the state's racetracks. The state's appeal was led by Gov. Chris Christie and it argued that New Jersey was trying to limit illegal sports wagering and capture some of that money for the state treasury. New Jersey says an estimated $500 billion is bet illegally on sporting events each year.

The event its organizers call the "largest educational gathering of its kind in the world" - New Jersey Education Association's annual convention in Atlantic City - is canceled.
It had been scheduled for Nov. 8-9 in Atlantic City.
In addition to the devastation felt in convention destination Atlantic City, which took a near-direct hit in Hurricane Sandy this week, NJEA President Barbara Keshishian also noted that school districts all over the state are grappling with damage closer to h...