“This executive order ensures that our COVID-19 vaccination requirements for covered workers in medical and high-risk congregate settings are able to properly keep themselves and those whom they care for safe,” the governor said in a statement accompanying the order.
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NJ lawmakers propose ending ban on pumping your own gas
Under the proposed “Motorist Fueling Choice and Convenience Act,” the state would essentially scrap a law that's been on the books since the 1940s that prohibits self-service gas in the Garden State.
Read More »Senate panel approves tax bracket changes, affordability bills
“There’s no mistake our first committee that I authorized was on the singular topic of affordability and property tax relief,” newly installed Senate President Nicholas Scutari, D-22nd District, said in a recent News12 New Jersey interview.
Read More »NJ Transit won’t hike fares for fifth year in a row
That's in light of the fact that the agency has awarded more than $4 billion in capital projects over the past four years that are currently underway or will soon enter the procurement phase.
Read More »Jersey Shore area gets $4.4 billion in bids for offshore wind projects
The U.S. Department of the Interior is in the process of selling more than 488,000 acres located in a stretch of shallow ocean water near the coasts of the Garden State and Long Island known as the New York Bight.
Read More »Murphy to keynote NJ Chamber’s April biz conference
The two-day ReNew Jersey Business Summit is meant to stand in for the organization's annual Walk to Washington, which was canceled this winter for the second year in a row amid COVID-19 uncertainties.
Read More »$145M affordable housing complex breaks ground in Camden
Members of the Biden team and city officials came out to celebrate the start of the work that will redevelop Albett Village, built in the 1950s and located in the Cramer Hill neighborhood.
Read More »CRC wants to know how it should use cannabis tax dollars
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission wants to hear from you: The organization will hold three meetings to gather public input on how the funds should be utilized for social equity projects.
Read More »Choose NJ draws 32 businesses to set up or expand in the Garden State last year
That adds up to 7,629 new or retained jobs, on top of $1.6 billion in capital investment toward local businesses.
Read More »NJ business groups forge partnership to boost manufacturing
The New Jersey Business & Industry Association and New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program established Manufacturing Counts “to unite, broaden and strengthen the support of manufacturing businesses throughout the state."
Read More »Report: Casino smoking ban could cost 2,500 jobs, have major hit to revenue (updated)
According to Joe Lupo, president of Hard Rock Atlantic City and of the Casino Association of New Jersey - the latter of which commissioned the study - said visitation to the seaside resort is already at a 20-year low, while the workforce is half of what it was in 2003.
Read More »Murphy’s office taps 4 new economic advisors
The additions will work under the deputy chief of staff on economic development, and alongside the corporate affairs coordinator, to gauge the state's COVID-19 recovery.
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