Despite a statewide requirement that goes into effect on Sept. 7 for health care and other frontline workers to either be inoculated or adhere to routine testing, the governor has resisted the enactment of a universal standard at the state level.

The order does not extend to state employees, but the governor stressed that the option was still on the table. And, he warned, that if the state does not see a "significant" increase in vaccination rates, then "We are ready" and "willing to require" vaccinations as a condition of employment.

A nationwide poll from Monmouth University shows largely divided reactions to the latest development of the pandemic based on political affiliation.

$161 million from the state’s Transportation Trust Fund, a source of money filled via taxes levied on each gallon of gas sold, will go toward upgrading roads across the New Jersey's 21 counties.

Weeks after the enactment of the New Jersey Buy American Act, Canada's acting consul general in New York talks about the impulse behind such legislation, the areas of cooperation that remain for the U.S., New Jersey and Canada and the strength of the bilateral relationship.

The spread of the delta variant could slow down the national and state-level economic recovery. But an economic downturn of the magnitude of what occurred in March and April last year is unlikely, according to many economic experts. “The general view is it wouldn’t be anything like last year,” said Charles Steindel, the state’s former chief economist.

After a year of economic turbulence throughout New Jersey, the state is stepping away from its normally rational approach to paid leave policy. State lawmakers are considering a new paid sick leave bill that would create redundant benefits to which employees already have access while placing the unfunded costs of this unnecessary mandate directly on New Jersey businesses. By Aliya Robinson, senior vice president of retirement and compensation policy at The ERISA Industry Committee.

The governor assured that the state was not close to implementing the kinds of intense closures seen last spring. “I do not anticipate that we’re going to have to go through a lockdown in September or October or any other time,” he said. “If we have to do it to save lives, we will do it.”

Money ranges from a temporary offshore drilling ban to funds for upgrades to the state’s unemployment system, and relief for families hit by Superstorm Sandy nearly a decade ago.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark will host the first of two debates between the major party candidates for Governor of New Jersey,

The NJEDA is adding $75 million to the pool of dollars meant to subsidize commercial redevelopments, and adding another $75 million on top of the existing $50 million to a program meant to cover the costs of residential projects.

According to the latest data from the New Jersey Health Department, the state logged 1,017 new instances on Thursday, a mark not recorded since May 8.