The measure would still bar the preparation of food on site, or its service and consumption in rooms where a viewing or ceremony takes place.
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Legislature clears $38.7B state budget
The spending plan does not include the millionaire's tax championed by Gov. Phil Murphy, an omission that could set the stage for a series of line-item vetoes followed by override attempts.
Read More »Medical marijuana expansion bill heads to Murphy after passing Legislature
Assembly Bill and Senate Bill 20, which the lower house approved by 66-5 vote with 6 abstentions and the upper house approved in a 31-5 vote, retains many provisions of the original medical marijuana legislation.
Read More »Senate, Assembly approve tax break extension measure
The governor has promised that without reforms such as a cap on annual awards, he would veto the measure, even if it meant the state was left with no incentives.
Read More »Murphy suggests Sweeney is dragging feet on gun safety proposals
“The Senate President can do the right thing by moving the entire gun safety package to second reading. I urge him to do so. The whole package by the way, not just a few cherry-picked bills,” Murphy said Wednesday at a press conference in Westfield – a site chosen following the arrest last week of a Delaware man with a .45-caliber firearm and 130 rounds of hollow-point ammunition in front of an elementary school in the city.
Read More »Murphy hints at possible ‘corrective action’ on Legislature’s budget proposal
Gov. Phil Murphy alluded to the notion of nixing key priorities of the 2020 spending plan coming his way from state lawmakers if it does not include a millionaire’s tax, as well as fees on firearms, ammunition, opioid manufacturers and certain businesses with employees enrolled in Medicaid.
Read More »Norcross asks lawmakers for chance to testify on corporate tax breaks
The South Jersey political powerbroker at the center of the Murphy administration’s scrutiny and criticism into the state’s corporate tax breaks is asking lawmakers for the chance to testify on those incentives.
Read More »Assembly panel clears revised medical marijuana expansion bill
The Appropriations Committee voted 9-1, with one abstention, to advance the measure following nearly two weeks of closed door meetings between legislative leadership and Gov. Phil Murphy’s office.
Read More »Murphy ‘horrified’ by report on corporate tax breaks
“We’re not just dealing with a broken system, we’re dealing with a rigged system,” Murphy told reporters at a news conference in Trenton.
Read More »Lawmakers want to expand Angel Investor tax break
The expansion would let applicants get a refund from the state on up to 25 percent of their expenses, up from 10 percent under the existing program.
Read More »Lawmakers float tax break to encourage hiring adolescent workers
The measure seeks to mitigate the potentially deleterious effect to youth hiring following the passage of a $15 minimum wage law in the state.
Read More »EDA report highlights mismanagement, ‘special interests’ influence on tax breaks
Following the decision from a Superior Court judge on Monday against efforts to block the release of the task force's findings, the 75-page dispatch paints the Economic Development Authority as an agency lacking oversight and adequate procedures in place to vet applicants for New Jersey's corporate tax break programs.
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