Though no date has been set yet – the governor is hoping for a start by July 4 – Hard Rock and Resorts are both out with details about how they'll seek to keep customers and staff safe.
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NJ universities must submit 10-point reopening plan for the fall
Hybrid learning, face masks, reduced classroom sizes: “Colleges this fall and summer will not look the same as they did last year,” outgoing State Secretary of Higher Education Zakiya Smith-Ellis said Wednesday.
Read More »NJ needs ‘surgical,’ targeted reopening post-pandemic, NJBIZ panel says
While initial responses to the COVID-19 outbreak required a hammer, speakers from Montclair State University, First Bank, IUOE Local 825 and the Chemistry Council of New Jersey discussed the scalpel-like precision that will be needed moving forward to get the state back on track.
Read More »NJ labor department plans to borrow $1.7B for unemployment aid
Amid COVID-19, the state has experienced its highest unemployent rate since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began collecting state-by-state data in 1976—15.3 percent
Read More »Over 31K businesses applied for NJEDA COVID-19 relief. Half might not get it
Between 16,000 and 18,000 businesses will receive money, applicants will be notified by the weekend, and money will go “out the door in the next couple weeks,” CEO Tim Sullivan said June 16 at the governor's daily COVID-19 press briefing.
Read More »Stage 2 compliance so far, so good, Murphy officials say
With New Jersey entering the second phase of reopening Monday, the only violation issued on Day 1 was by local police to an unnamed restaurant in Paterson, which according to New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Pat Callahan had “hundreds of people inside and out.”
Read More »New Jersey to construct 200 acre ‘wind port’ to build, ship wind turbines (updated)
Set for deep in South Jersey, the Murphy administration says the location will serve as the staging area for the state’s burgeoning offshore wind industry, and a site to produce turbines.
Read More »State Senate approves casino tax breaks to aid pandemic-hit industry
New Jersey's nine gambling halls shuttered their brick and mortar locations March 16, under an order from the governor, and have seen most of their revenue drop by triple digit percentages.
Read More »NJ lawmakers advance 2nd cannabis decriminalization bill in June
The Assembly legislation mirrors many features of a measure introduced in the state Senate earlier this month, with many passages and sections in both bills identical word-for-word.
Read More »NJ casino industry relying on internet gaming to get by, state data shows
May's numbers showed a 124.1 percent increase from what the house took in during the same month last year.
Read More »What personal services will look like in NJ come June 22
The new rules for beauty salons, barber shops, cosmetology shops, day and medical spas, electrology facilities, hair braiding shops, massage parlors, nail salons, tanning salons and tattoo parlors.
Read More »Latest NJ COVID-19 restrictions lifted: Fireworks, garage sales, event planning
The state sees more allowances for services as it enters “Stage 2” of its reopening and the COVID-19 pandemic slows down across New Jersey.
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