A Monmouth University Poll found 35 percent of respondents lost income either due to a decrease in hours worked or to a decline in business.

As grocery stores, pharmacies, warehouses and others look to fill open positions, with some offering perks including temporary pay raises, the state is looking to connect seekers and employers through its COVID-19 jobs portal.

Hoboken-based GovPilot is launching free offerings to allow New Jersey governments to access its platform to help them deal with COVID-19.

New Jersey can expect “precipitous declines” in a slew of taxes, according to a bond disclosure the State Treasury filed on March 23.

The warning was particularly targeted at restaurants still offering dine-in options for customers, or bars that continue serving liquor, which could result in a disorderly persons offense, or a second, third or fourth-degree crime.

The 12-measure legislative package is, according to Senate President Stephen Sweeney, just the first of more to come that he anticipates quickly moving through the state Legislature to the governor's desk.

"We need you to just stay at home," the governor said. "We have to change our behaviors."

The CEO of the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program argues that the governor should resist calls to create a hierarchy of manufacturing firms, some of which would be forced to close.

The site will reopen Saturday at 8:00 a.m.

Gov. Phil Murphy and the heads of New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania are pressing the Trump administration for $100 billion in aid to help finance their efforts against the coronavirus, and to plug gaping holes in their respective state budgets.

Claims filed in New Jersey between March 8 and March 14 were 20 percent higher than for the same week in 2019.

The creation of the New Jersey Educators Health Plan and the Garden State Health Plan would save $670 million a year for the school districts, $404 million for teachers and $30 million for the state.