The initiative will make low-interest loans up to $350,000 available to for-profit organizations and grants of up to $350,000 available to nonprofits and local government units.
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New law to ramp up NJ’s child tax credit program for 2021
The legislation is a bid to boost the state's workforce. According to a Dec. 2 statement from the Assembly Democrats, more than 88,000 additional families could benefit from the expanded tax subsidy program.
Read More »Child care tax credit expansion lands on Murphy’s desk
Proponents of the measure contend that anything that increases access to such services is vital to help many New Jerseyans- especially women - get back into the workforce.
Read More »Choose NJ head Lozano leaving for Hackensack Meridian next year
Jose Lozano previously worked for the health care system prior to his time with the Murphy administration.
Read More »Top Dem lawmaker seeks pension overhaul in lame duck
The proposal is part of the so-called “Path to Progress” reforms Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-3rd District, has championed since 2018 as a means to cut taxes.
Read More »Lawmakers approve $700M of COVID-recovery spending (updated)
The proposal calls for major spending on Hackensack Meridian Health, the New Jersey Wind Port in South Jersey, and hundreds of millions of dollars toward other projects meant to bolster the state’s health care infrastructure and the economy.
Read More »Where the most cash flowed in 2021 legislative elections
This year marked the first time that two legislative races in a single year topped $6 million in expenditures, said Jeff Brindle, the executive director of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.
Read More »NJBIA survey: 3 in 4 NJ employers faced hiring shortages this year
The organization also found that 28% of respondents said they plan to sell their business or cease operations due to the pandemic restrictions and cuts to both revenue and staffing. Some were more optimistic: 37% said they did not plan to make any changes and another 31% has adopted a wait-and-see attitude.
Read More »Murphy proposes $700M in COVID recovery spending
Gov. Phil Murphy is asking lawmakers to approve $700 million in COVID-19 recovery spending to bolster health care infrastructure and support New Jersey’s post-pandemic economic rebound. The proposals must be cleared by the Legislature’s Joint Budget Oversight Committee. Murphy, in a Nov. 26 announcement, said legislative leaders have agreed to approve the funds. “This proposal ...
Read More »Murphy seeks OK to spend $252.6M of COVID relief funds
All the spending must be cleared by the bipartisan Joint Budget Oversight Committee, which includes Republican and Democratic lawmakers from the state Senate and Assembly.
Read More »Murphy, Ciattarelli ran 2nd-most expensive NJ gubernatorial race
The candidates combined to spend nearly $49 million, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Outside groups spent another $41.7 million, for total expenditures of $90.6 million.
Read More »Poll: Taxes have been top worry in NJ for 50 years
“The more things change, the more they stay the same - at least when it comes to how residents view taxes,” said Ashley Koning, the director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University.
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