Attorney General Gurbir  Grewal and the Office of the New Jersey Coordinator for Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies, or NJ CARES, said on Oct. 8 that that state is getting $1 million in federal grant funds to help counties continue, expand and enhance Operation Helping Hand programs that help combat the opioid epidemic. According to ...

Only 20 companies that received tax breaks have outlined their employment practices as the agency seeks to determine whether and to what extent the businesses hired local residents, women and minorities.

According to the Economic Development Authority, there is $52.6 million left of the $75 million allocated for the incentives this year, not enough to meet demand.

A study authored by Stockton University criminal justice assistant professor Ruibin Lu examining Washington and Colorado found there were no statistically significant long-term effects of adult use legalization laws, save for one exception: a decline of burglary rates in Washington. 

Among the honorees were Assemblyman Richard Dancer and Sen. Vin Gopal, who received Outstanding Legislator awards.

David Campbell was previously a senior adviser at the office, and for four years he worked at various posts within the U.S. Department of Commerce, and before that the private sector, all of which centered on trade.

On average, individual market rates for 2020 remain 1.4 percent lower than 2018, according to the Department of Banking and Insurance.

Last month, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone introduced the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which would lower scripted drug costs by allowing the federal government to negotiate reduced prices for Americans, stopping drug companies from charging more in the U.S. than in other countries for the same drugs, and creating a $2,000 out-of-pocket limit on prescription drug costs for seniors through Medicare Part D.

Current head of the Gateway Development Corp. and chair of banking and real estate services at Newark-based law firm Sills Cummis & Gross, Jerry Zaro will be one of Gov. Phil Murphy's three representatives.

Cory Booker’s inability to move his poll numbers leaves New Jersey Democrats pessimistic about his presidential campaign despite the enthusiasm he continues to generate on the stump.

New Jersey is attractive to productions companies because, “[w]e’re close to New York City, but our rents are more competitive,” said Nick Shears, director of leasing and marketing at Hugo Neu Realty Management LLC. “The tax credits are also a huge incentive."

The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety received the award from the COPS Office’s Anti-Heroin Task Force Program at the Department of Justice, which provides two years of funding directly to law enforcement agencies in states with high per capita levels of primary treatment admissions for heroin and other opioids.