State law requires public agencies and departments to consider different impacts from changing or renewing state regulations, such as jobs, small business, the economy, housing affordability and racial and social justice. Under Senate Bill 2345, which the Senate approved in 40-0 vote at its Monday session, the state would expand the definition of small business ...
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Bill would boost manufacturing training programs
Under Senate Bill 2839, the state will appropriate $250,000 to the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program Inc., which the federal government will match with $250,000 of its own money. NJMEP would use the funds to boost its workforce development programs, support entry-level training, provide credentials to state residents and offer employment to the state’s underserved ...
Read More »NJ Transit meets PTC deadline, Murphy says
Gov. Phil Murphy announced New Jersey Transit has completed the installation of positive train control in advance of a Dec. 31 deadline.
Read More »Murphy calls for extension of ACA enrollment
Gov. Phil Murphy responded to a federal judge in Texas who struck down the Affordable Care Act (ACA) claiming its mandate requiring people to buy health insurance was unconstitutional. "Friday night's ruling by a judge in Dallas threw the final hours of the Affordable Care Act's 2019 open enrollment period into disarray,” Murphy said in a statement late Friday.
Read More »Murphy administration rolls out steps to rejoin multistate greenhouse gas cooperative
The Murphy administration unveiled steps for how it will rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in 2020 after withdrawing from the multistate cooperative eight years ago.
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NJ joins with Pennsylvania in suit to protect women’s health coverage
In a statement Friday, the office of New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said the Affordable Care Act generally requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to cover preventative care and screenings for women.
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Lawmakers prep for arrival of self-driving cars 
While the technology may still be years off, New Jersey lawmakers are actively preparing for the day when autonomous vehicles begin to make their way onto the state’s roadways.
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Renters feeling effects of Airbnb tax call for change in law
Lawmakers want to revise the Airbnb tax, signed into law as part of the 2019 budget package, after operators of many summer shore rentals said they were hit by the tax as an unintended consequence after it took effect Oct. 1.
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No deal on minimum wage marijuana bill unlikely this year, top Dems say
Meanwhile, the prospect is looking more unlikely that lawmakers and Murphy will approve a bill legalizing adult-use marijuana before 2018 ends. Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, after emerging from the meeting with Murphy, said they made progress ironing out disputes over a bill to increase the minimum wage, but several issues ...
Read More »Murphy administration picks 9 workspaces for NJ Ignite program
The governor’s office and Economic Development Authority made its picks for the nine collaborative workspaces where life science and technology startups can receive rent assistance under the NJ Ignite program, which the Murphy administration unveiled in July.
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As tax law closes charitable deduction, NJ looks to corporate citizens for help
During Investors Bank’s Art of Thriving: Not-for-Profit Conference on Wednesday in Edison, many regional and local businesses highlighted corporate giving they have taken part in throughout their communities. Sally Glick, chief growth strategist at accounting firm Sobel and Co., said many companies will begin having a “corporate social responsibility” to help their communities. “You have ...
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NJ sports betting reaches nearly 1 billion
Patrons bet a record $330 million in the state’s sportsbooks during November, according to data released Wednesday by the Division of Gaming Enforcement.
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