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law360.com The state of New Jersey has adopted a so-called property taxpayer bill of rights entitling property owners to clarity surrounding the real estate assessment process and how to bring an appeal, an attempt to empower New Jersey residents saddled with the nation’s highest property taxes. Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed bill A-4007 into law

NorthJersey.com Construction workers have returned to American Dream Meadowlands. (Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey.com) In another key step before revival of the American Dream Meadowlands project is assured, the interest rate for investors on more than $1 billion in bonds was set on Wednesday. That sets the stage for formal bond purchase agreements to be signed on Thursday or Friday.

BondBuyer.com American Dream bonds priced after a week-long delay Wednesday morning, paving the way for completion of a New Jersey megamall 15 years after the project was conceived. The $1.1 billion tax-exempt revenue bond transaction to finance the final construction phases of the retail/entertainment complex next to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. originally was