The 84-page report highlights a culture in the NJEDA of "getting to yes," even if the agency could not determine whether applying companies were at risk of leaving the state.

In 2017, a 12-member group Gov. Chris Christie convened two years earlier issued a list of recommendations to universities on curtailing assault on campus. This week, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a measure to create a new body to continue that work.

The governor originally put $235 million on hold from the state's 2020 spending plan in June 2019, amid opposition from lawmakers.

The program will focus on eight industries: life sciences, information technology, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, transportation and logistics, food and beverage, finance and insurance, and film and digital media.

In 2019, casinos in Atlantic City made more than $3 billion for the first time since 2012.

“While we can all support the concept of a ‘fairer and stronger’ economy, the social programs that comprise the 'fairer' economy must be paid for by the economic progress of a stronger business climate,” said New Jersey Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Bracken.

“Trenton tried their way. And, history is clear – that way failed. New Jersey hobbled its way through economic recovery because their choices failed to create jobs and failed to raise incomes,” the governor said in Tuesday's prepared remarks.

The measures are aimed at preserving several provisions to shield against the uncertainty of federal health care.

The governor is expected to pitch his millionaire's tax and efforts to change the "culture of Trenton" this afternoon in Trenton.

The bill sets a goal for the state to have 330,000 electric vehicles on the road by the end of 2024, and a total of 2 million by 2035; it also calls for benchmarks to institute infrastructure to support these new cars.

The bills passed Jan. 13 as part of a package of six that lawmakers sent to the governor. He will have until Jan. 21 to sign or veto.

The governor has signaled a willingness to sign the flavor ban and more after a task force he put together over the summer unveiled a host of recommendations to clamp down on vaping.