The owner of a company that won a $400,000 contract with the city of Camden was handed the prison sentence for cheating workers out of $155,000 in wages and attempting to mislead investigators looking into the surrounding allegations.

New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Zakiya Smith Ellis announced funding for the Hunger-Free Campus Act, to address food insecurity among students, which became law in May.

While worries persist among business owners, many have yet to feel pinched by higher costs of the state's increasing minimum wage.

While Kansas-based Lockton Affinity is licensed by NJDOBI as an insurer, the National Rifle Association is not, and licensed producers cannot permit unlicensed people or entities to conduct business for them in the state.

The Economic Development Authority unveiled the first step toward engaging partners for the New Jersey-Israel Innovation Partnership Initiative by issuing a request for interest from Garden State-based companies.

Organizations listed on the site include Cooper Hospital, Camden County Community College, Campbell's Soup Co., Virtua Health, Rowan University and Conner Strong & Buckelew.

Altogether, support for infant care will have increased by nearly 40 percent under Gov. Phil Murphy's tenure – from about $724 a month to $994 by Jan. 1.

“There is no evidence the number of economic tax incentives bear any relation to the broader performance of a state’s economy,” Jackson Brainerd, fiscal affairs policy specialist for the National Conference of State Legislatures, said during testimony at Thursday's Senate committee meeting on the state's economic growth strategies. “And there is quite a bit of evidence that tax incentives often fail to achieve their stated goals and can have a negative impact on a state’s fiscal health.”

“The answer could be a flexible cap, where you have an annual cap but when you have a really terrific economic opportunity, you have the ability of the executive and legislative branch to come up with an addition in that given year,” Sen. Bob Smith told reporters following a hearing of the Senate tax incentive committee, which he chairs.

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said the Jersey City Employment Training Program board of directors unanimously voted Katrice Thomas to oversee the nonprofit agency.

Thursday’s meeting at 10:00 a.m. in Committee Room 4 of the Statehouse Annex Building will feature academic figures in economics, redevelopment and urban policy. 

“It’s absolutely critical we extend these programs, but if the system behind them is broken, it’s just as dangerous continuing with them as is,” Assemblyman Ryan Peters said of the proposed legislation.