“The ‘rally around the flag’ effect the pandemic has had on Gov. Murphy’s ratings in the past year is inevitably coming to an end,” said Ashley Koning, an assistant research professor who heads the polling institute.

“Let’s not kid ourselves. The public health emergency is over. The pandemic is not,” the governor said during his COVID-19 briefing on June 7 in Trenton

The PPE Manufacturing Tax Credit will run over three years and allocates $10 million for 2020, 2021 and 2022. It’s part of the broader $14.5 billion New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020, meant to help fuel the state’s rebound from the COVID-19 recession.

“We’ve seen tens-of-thousands of small business owners in New Jersey benefit from this grant program offered by the NJEDA since it was initially launched in April of last year, so we’re very grateful to receive this additional funding that will help us fulfill many more requests for financial assistance,” reads a statement from NJEDA head Tim Sullivan.

“[N]ow is the right time to take this action, particularly as the final limits on gatherings are lifted tomorrow,” reads a joint statement issued on June 3 by Murphy, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Senate President Stephen Sweeney shortly after the bill was approved by the full state Legislature.

Sixty-one percent of residents said they would support some type of credential that would establish evidence that someone was inoculated against COVID-19.

The British ambassador to the U.S. talks about her recent meeting with Gov. Phil Murphy, the importance of the relationship between the U.K. and New Jersey, and the role diplomats can play in rebuilding strong manufacturing supply chains.

The state is rolling back one of its final rounds of pandemic restrictions, as the spread of the virus plummets and more than 4.1 million people are fully vaccinated.

"[N]ow is the right time to take this action, particularly as the final limits on gatherings are lifted ... " reads a joint statement issued by the governor, Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin. "With passage of this bill today and its signing tomorrow, followed by the governor's signing of an executive order terminating the Public Health Emergency, we will move closer to normal than at any time since March 2020."

“If we’re in a position to make larger contributions it’s to our benefit to do that because it saves us a great deal of money in the long haul,” said Assemblyman John Burzichelli, who chairs the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

Leaders from Pure Genesis, OCan Group LLC and Garden State Harvest, each armored with industry experience in other states, will provide input and feedback to the Cannabis Regulatory Commission and the public in the hopes of helping to craft a strong state policy.

There are currently three participants in New Jersey: Cleantech Open Northeast, Morgan Stanley Multicultural Innovation Lab and now VentureWell’s Aspire Program.