The state’s Economic Development Authority released $52.7 million in tax breaks to 31 companies even as the agency ramps up its scrutiny of New Jersey’s now-expired corporate incentive programs to make sure businesses are following the rules. Only 10 of the projects involved, amounting to $11.6 million, received awards under the Grow New Jersey program. ...

Three India-based technology consulting companies with operations in New Jersey will expand their presence, adding approximately 1,250 jobs. The new jobs are a direct result of face-to-face meetings Gov. Phil Murphy has conducted during his seven-day trade mission in India, according to his office. The companies have decided to increase their presence without any tax ...

Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz, R-21st District, is calling on the Murphy administration to release NJ Transit President Kevin Corbett’s vetting documents. Corbett is being scrutinized for receiving a sizable tax break from Mendham Township because he raises sheep on 5.5 acres of his 6.24 acre home under New Jersey’s Farmland Assessment Act. “It’s time they step ...

Parsippany-based Pacira BioSciences, Inc., a provider of innovative non-opioid pain management options, announced on Thursday the appointment of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to its board of directors. Christie served as the 55th Governor of the State from Jan. 2010 to Jan. 2018. “We are honored to welcome Governor Christie to the Pacira board ...

August marked the fifth consecutive month that New Jersey’s unemployment rate continued its downward trend. The state’s unemployment rate edged lower by 0.1 of a percentage point to 3.2 percent – the lowest monthly rate since state-level records began in 1976 – and remained below the national unemployment rate of 3.7 percent, according to estimates ...

Most New Jerseyans see Sen. Cory Booker as a better running mate than a winning presidential candidate, according to a Monmouth University Poll. Half the public also sees Booker as having some responsibility for Newark’s water issues, the poll found. Booker’s performance as the state’s junior U.S. senator has a 45 percent approval rating. While ...

About a third of women feel they have fewer opportunities at work than men, according to a survey by Taft Communications and the New Jersey Business & Industry Association. The fourth annual New Jersey State of Diversity Survey also found that 21 percent of men believe women have more opportunities than men. Younger respondents were less likely ...

Senate President Steve Sweeney, D-3rd District,  met with officials from the three top tobacco companies, where he challenged them to take immediate action to reduce the use of e-cigarettes and other electronic smoking devices by young people. Senator Sweeney summoned officials from Juul, Altria and Reynolds to a meeting in Trenton, where he urged them to ...