Legislators want to add another $505 million in pension payments for the 2022 Fiscal Year on top of the $6.4 billion the governor already proposed. That would make this year’s spending plan the first time since the 1990s that the staff has met its full yearly pension obligation.

Included: $500 rebates to more than 760,000 New Jersey families, which will carry a price tag of roughly $319 million, according to the governor's office.

A new Fairleigh Dickinson University poll finds that 48% of New Jersey voters would pick the incumbent, while 33% said they would select former Assemblyman Jack Ciatterelli for the state's highest office. That’s amid a slide of Gov. Phil Murphy's overall approval into lukewarm territory as the state moves away from the pandemic that lifted his ratings last year.

A  bill sponsored by one of the state’s most influential lawmakers would overhaul New Jersey’s workplace discrimination and sexual harassment laws. And labor rights organizations and women’s rights groups say the proposal includes much-needed reform to clamp down on these practices as they run rampant in the workplace.

When NJBIZ last checked in on the state of showbiz in the Garden State in October few producers were willing to talk about what they were up to. Film and television production all but shut down during the pandemic, with few exceptions for projects that imposed strict standards for social distancing, mask usage and sanitization. But now, with New Jersey reopening, industry insiders are more forthcoming.

Hitting Gov. Phil Murphy's self-imposed goal two weeks early, as of June 18 a total of 4,748,031 people in the Garden State were inoculated against the virus--or roughly 70% of the adult population, according to state health data.

The offices of U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker said RWJBarnabas Health is slated to get $26.3 million from FEMA, while Hackensack Meridian Health will receive $11.5 million.

Data released June 17 by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics show the state added 13,600 positions, most in the private sector.

Under the initial timeline, lawmakers were aiming to pass the spending plan out of committee on June 17 and hold a full floor next week. Now that entire process, including the actual public presentation of what legislators would like to see included, will happen at some point next week.

The former state attorney general and current Lowenstein Sandler partner talks about the Newark Police Foundation, which he chairs, and why businesses should help improve community policing.

The New Jersey Business Action Center is offering assistance to employers in the form of a six-part series featuring Resources for Nonprofits; Government Procurement: Making Government Your Customer; Technical Assistance Opportunities; Financial Resources; COVID Safety in the Workplace & NJDOL Resources; and Lesser-Known Resources Provided by the Government.

Under the program, the organization will provide grants to the city's seven police precincts to develop and implement a community policing program that prioritizes youth engagement.