In response to the continued closure of the Atlantic City Rail Line by New Jersey Transit, Assemblymen Vincent Mazzeo and John Armato are asking the agency to announce when the rail line will reopen. NJ Transit discontinued the Atlantic City Rail Line to install positive train control in 2018. It plans to reopen the line ...

New Jersey’s top three elected officials will not be meeting on Thursday to discuss legalizing marijuana and a $15 minimum wage, NJBIZ has learned. Gov. Phil Murphy; Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-3rd District; and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, D-19th District, tentatively planned to meet today, but it was postponed, according to three sources, all of ...

30 small business owners attended the first Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Program class presented by the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey and the state’s Economic Development Authority, in Bordentown. Overall, the program is set to include 18 training sessions in addition to workshops and counseling sessions regarding bonding and insurance, business ...

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority had little oversight and accountability over the $11 billion of tax credits it awarded since 2005, making it difficult for the agency to determine if companies actually delivered on their promised jobs and economic activity, according to an audit the Office of the State Comptroller released Wednesday. Gov. Phil ...

The two were flanked by Rep. Donald Payne Jr., D-10th District, and Rep. Albio Sires, D-8th District, at a press event in Terminal B of Newark Liberty International Airport. The partial government shutdown began on Dec. 22 when President Donald Trump said he would not sign a budget to fund nine federal agencies if Congress ...

Brennan, in the suit filed Monday, is seeking damages and changes in the way the state handles confidential investigations.She came forward last year with allegations that in 2017 while a volunteer for Phil Murphy’s campaign, Al Alvarez sexually assaulted her. Brennan said she attempted to notify the administration repeatedly but was ignored.“Through her own experience, ...

In New Jersey, Democrats flipped four of five congressional districts from red to blue, leaving Rep. Chris Smith, D-4th District, as the sole Republican representing New Jersey when the entire House was sworn in on Jan. 3rd for the 116th Congress. And although Democrats lost two seats in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Bob Menendez held ...

Americans are moving out of New Jersey more than any other state in 2018, according to a study released by United Van Lines.

The Hudson County Chamber of Commerce and New Jersey Business and Industry Association announced Friday they would join several regional and statewide business advocacy groups, as well as real estate-developer Mack-Cali and some of its subsidiaries, in suing Jersey City and New Jersey to strike down a recent law allowing some cities to enact a one percent payroll tax.

Gov. Phil Murphy; Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-3rd District; and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, D-19th District, have tentative plans to meet on Jan. 10, legislative sources confirmed. The sources requested anonymity on the matter. The meeting would come days ahead of Murphy’s first State of the State address to highlight his first year in office, ...