“I am so excited about this room.” That’s how U.S. Sen. Cory Booker began his roundtable event for women small business owners Friday morning at Rutgers University’s Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy in New Brunswick.
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N.J. residents are unhappy with the high cost of taxes, poll says
The latest findings from Gallup Inc. suggest that 77 percent of New Jersey residents are unhappy with the high cost of state taxes.
Read More »Polls N.J. voters still don’t believe Christie’s response to Bridgegate
New Jersey voters are still not convinced that Gov. Chris Christie is telling the truth about his claims that he had no active role in the planning, execution or cover-up of the September lane closures at the George Washington Bridge, two new polls have found.
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N.J. lawmakers launch statewide paid sick-leave campaign
With mandatory paid sick-leave policies recently put in place in New Jersey’s two largest cities, lawmakers and advocates are now calling for a statewide measure.
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Small business owners Stronger NJ grant process not working
In its storefront window visible from Bay Avenue in Highlands, Francesco’s Italian Restaurant proudly displays that it is currently celebrating 30 years in business.
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Hampshire, CrownPoint unveil plans for Harrison apartment project
The Hampshire Cos. and CrownPoint Group will soon break ground on a 104-unit apartment complex in Harrison, joining the long-running effort to turn the town's industrial waterfront into a rail-served urban community.
Read More »Flexibility for small businesses Adjustment to ACA lifts limits on deductibles
Small businesses potentially regained some flexibility to buy health insurance plans when Congress and President Barack Obama last week tweaked a provision of the Affordable Care Act.
Read More »NJRA launches campaign to ensure tipped workers get right wages
The New Jersey Restaurant Association in Trenton launched an online campaign today to make the state's tipped employee wages easier to understand, which included sending information to New Jersey legislators regarding the enforcement of the current laws.
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Jerseyans pushing ‘Made in USA’ movement to reshore more manufacturing
Major League Baseball imports hand-stitched balls from Costa Rica for America's pastime.
Levi's, the denim icon of American culture, are made on almost every other continent but North America.
And the steel used to construct our nation's most symbolic building, the Freedom Tower, came from a mill in Luxembourg.
U.S. adds 192,000 jobs in March, unemployment remains stagnant at 6.7 percent
The U.S. Bureau of Labor reported Friday that 192,000 jobs were filled this past March, contributing to the steady increase of available work seen during the first quarter of 2014.
Read More »Bergman, Time Equities lease Cherry Hill office space to G.S.A.
Bergman Real Estate Group and Time Equities Inc. have leased 20,000 square feet of Cherry Hill office space to the U.S. General Services Administration, the building owners said Thursday.
Read More »EDA to begin offering N.J. entrepreneurs one-on-one access to investors
Come June, the state Economic Development Authority will begin making a quarterly commitment to giving Garden State entrepreneurs individual access to angel investors and venture capitalists.
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