Gov. Phil Murphy announced grant awards totaling $2.8 million to seven New Jersey businesses and colleges for training programs that will employ 480 new apprentices within the next 12 months.

The new minimum wage law could increase state revenue as more money paid to employees turns into more disposable income and more tax dollars collected from workers and employers.

New Jersey’s landmark victory in the Supreme Court last year, which overturned a ban on sports betting, led to a tsunami of activity that reportedly generated more than $1 billion of wagers after just over six months. The state’s take was only a sliver of that, reportedly $10.4 million in taxes in 2018, but focusing on that number understates the importance of professional and collegiate sports to New Jersey’s economy, according to some experts.

Chris Christie knows how to call attention to himself. His ability to use the attention to benefit anyone but Chris Christie, though, is less than stellar. And his ability to use that attention to benefit himself turns out to be mixed, at best.

NJBIZ spoke with owners of small and local businesses across the state and found that many were unclear about the details of the legislation Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law on Feb. 4 in Elizabeth.

The New Jersey Business & Industry Association is supporting a bill to have New Jersey enter a multistate compact for the licensure of registered professional nurses and licensed practical nurses.

The head of the Economic Development Authority, the agency tasked with overseeing billions of dollars in state tax breaks, is expected to testify at a Feb. 11 legislative hearing on the effectiveness of those incentives, NJBIZ has learned.

A new bill would ramp up the severance pay for laid-off employees, nearly double the notification period and bar employers from laying off workers six months before and up to two years after a bankruptcy.

Senate Bill 3410, approved in a 5-0 vote, establishes the Gateway Development Commission, a new bi-state agency that would accept and disperse private and federal dollars to finance the massive Gateway project, which includes a $12 billion trans-Hudson tunnel and the replacement of the Portal North Bridge.

Credit ratings agency Moody's has upgraded the municipality of Newark’s bond ratings from a Baa1 positive outlook to a Baa2 positive outlook.

Guns rights activists filed a lawsuit in New Jersey against Attorney General Gurbir Grewal over his efforts to clamp down on the online proliferation of 3-D printed plastic guns, arguing his actions are violations of the freedom of speech and right to bear arms.