Six organizations will receive the funding from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development to provide training and support to individuals whose work has been interrupted due to the opioid epidemic under The Opioid Recovery Employment Program, or Pathways to Recovery.

The Thursday morning vote followed more than an hour of closed-door discussions and lengthy public comments from the Board of Public Utilities' five members, who voted 4-1 to approve the subsidies.

The biopharmaceutical company said the previously announced sale was brokered through the state Economic Development Authority’s New Jersey Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer program for New Jersey’s 2018 Fiscal Year.

New York will become the first major city in the country to implement such a measure when it goes into effect in 2021. Critics say it could add thousands of dollars in commuting costs a year for residents.

The governor will also receive an honorary doctor of Humane Letters at the university's 103rd Commencement exercises.

In a harshly-worded diatribe against Gov. Phil Murphy over his stance on tax incentives, Christie accused the current administration of making New Jersey “an inhospitable place to do business,” due to rhetoric surrounding the Grow New Jersey program.

Gov. Phil Murphy has asked for the resignation of five appointees to the state's Economic Development Authority – and has already received one.

Most of the affected companies are among those that trade the credits, which business advocates and executives contend creates problems for the buyers and sellers.

In just two days, the state's Board of Public Utilities is set to make a decision on whether to grant the subsidy to PSEG’s three nuclear plants, which the utility giant argues is vital to keeping the plants open.

New Jersey would be among the first states to adopt a uniform fiduciary standard, one of the many financial reforms widely sought by consumer advocates and many members of the financial industry after the 2008 financial crisis.

The New Jersey Institute of Technology has joined a growing initiative introduced to encourage Newark employees to live in the city.

Senate President Stephen Sweeney is skeptical of reports from last week which indicate that criminal lobbying was conducted as a means to craft the New Jersey's tax break program.