Story highlights New Jersey state government was shut down FridayMost parks, recreational services had been closed(CNN) New Jersey beaches and parks that had been closed because of a government shutdown should be open to the public Tuesday for the Fourth of July, state legislative leaders said. Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto announced at a news conference that a budget compromise had been reached. Those recreation areas should be open for business Tuesday, the Fourth of July, Sweeney and Prieto said. "The most important thing is, we opened the state of New Jersey again. We opened all those beaches, all those services," Prieto said.

Source: CNN July 04, 2017 02:26 UTC