“Let’s not forget that on Election Day, there was a strong message given to everybody that affordability was a big issue for New Jersey,” Tom Bracken, who heads the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, said during a press conference hosted by his organization, the New Jersey Business & Industry Association and the New Jersey chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses on Dec. 14.
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Report: NJ pension can’t survive without cuts to benefits, investment shift
Despite the state's recent good fortune with its public worker fund, Garden State Initiative found in a recent dispatch that the system is still vastly underfunded and cannot hope to dig itself out of its current financial circumstances without steep cuts to future benefits and adjustments to its investments and contributions.
Read More »Murphy reiterates vow of no new taxes in first budget of 2nd term
The past four spending plans have included a variety of increases, including a millionaire’s levy on those earning above $1 million a year, and higher contributions for the state’s most profitable businesses.
Read More »Murphy: 70% of state workers fully vaccinated
The governor said the numbers represented "a good start and it’s going to get better, it needs to get better.”
Read More »Lawmakers take aim at pandemic unemployment tax hikes (updated)
Similar proposals gained traction over the summer, after the Department of Labor and Workforce Development revealed that New Jersey businesses would have to pay $252 million starting in October to replenish the state’s unemployment fund - the first of three such increases.
Read More »Key bill to slow Garden State ‘warehouse sprawl’ sees movement
“By taking these steps to exclude farmland from being classified as a redevelopment area or rehabilitation area, we are ensuring the protection of these vital spaces and preventing further warehouse sprawl, which will help keep New Jersey green for decades to come,” said outgoing Senate President Stephen Sweeney, a sponsor of the legislation.
Read More »COVID jobless benefits end this month for 80K in NJ
The state Labor Department is offering several return-to-work assistance programs, such as help with job searches, resume-writing, interviewing skills, and education and training.
Read More »Lawmakers weigh more COVID-related business tax breaks
The latest proposal would provide credits for wages that certain small businesses paid to employees to keep them on board over the course of the public health emergency.
Read More »Trenton seeks feedback for downtown neighborhood grant
By participating in online survey, community members will help inform projects designed to revitalize and rejuvenate the area located in and around the capitol's State, Broad, Front and Warren corridors.
Read More »Sellinger confirmed as US Attorney for District of New Jersey
Philip Sellinger is currently co-managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig’s Florham Park office, a position he's held since 2002 after spending 18 years at Sills Cummis & Gross in Newark.
Read More »NJEDA halts $50K loan to bus company owners over alleged hiring cover-up
In February 2019, an F&A school bus driver transporting 12 special-needs children in Newark crashed the vehicle into the wall of a building, and had allegedly overdosed on heroin at the time. Police had to revive the driver using Narcan.
Read More »NJ to spend additional $48.6M on film, TV & media tax breaks
Seven awards were doled out for the program at the New Jersey Economic Development Authority's last board meeting of 2021. The initiative has picked up some of the tab for 30 productions in the state since its reintroduction in 2018.
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