U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s campaign clinched the $1.7 million it said is vital to qualify for the Oct. 6 debate round in the Democratic presidential primaries and stay in the 2020 race – raking in over $2 million, according to a Monday statement. The Booker campaign announced on Sept. 21 that it would likely have to drop out of the ...

As climate change and pollution increasingly enter the public discourse, most New Jersey adults support the broader concept of banning plastic bags, but few support any of the concrete steps that such restrictions entail, according to a new poll released Monday. The Sept. 30 report by the Monmouth University Polling Institute showed that 65 percent of adults supported a ban ...

Former Gov. Chris Christie defended his 2010 decision to pull the plug on the construction of the new Hudson River tunnels contending that the financing scheme would have left New Jersey on the short end of the stick. “Bad deal for New Jersey taxpayers, bad project, and I’m proud. It’s one of my proudest moments as governor to have the ...

Former Gov. Chris Christie defended the corporate tax break program he signed into law and dismissed his successor’s task force scrutinizing the incentives as a “political charade,” even as a federal investigation mounts into how tax breaks were awarded, with a focus on Camden. “The goal of the Grow [New Jersey] program in Camden was to bring more private sector ...

Former state Sens. Ray Lesniak, a Democrat, and Joe Kyrillos, a Republican, proposed a bonus similar to the now-expired Economic Redevelopment and Growth gap financing program, which fills a portion of the difference between project costs and the cash businesses have on hand.

The submissions are for year one of the BPU’s three-year initiative, under which 40 percent of the energy generated would have to go to low-and-moderate income households.

“[Senate President Stephen] Sweeney… understands the trials and difficulties associated with starting or expanding a business and has been a strong advocate,” CCSNJ Senior Vice President Christina Renna said in a Thursday morning statement from the Senate Democrats Office.

“Suez has to make an investment to everybody in the region to make sure it’s reaching every single household,” Sen. Brian Stack said during a legislative hearing on the Water Quality Accountability Act. “There’s got to be a major advertisement and major ways to reach out into the community.”

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said the state's hospital-based programs would link hospitals and medical facilities with different community-level health and social service organizations.

“Let there be no mistake… were it not for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s direct engagement of Subaru… Subaru would be located in a state other than New Jersey,” President and CEO Thomas Doll told the Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth Strategies.

All four businesses slated to testify received Grow New Jersey incentives, but according to Economic Development Authority documents obtained by NJBIZ, none of them have had their payments put on hold.

To stay in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker's team said it needs to raise an additional $1.7 million by Sept. 30.