Kevin McKinnon, the president of KJM International in Atlanta, is always on the lookout for locations for the startup companies he represents. As the head of an economic development company, that's his job.

NJBIZ has learned that Children's Specialized Hospital CEO and President Amy Mansue has been named the next chair of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, succeeding Public Service Enterprise Group Chairman and CEO Ralph Izzo.

The Assembly Regulatory Oversight Committee advanced a bill Monday that would repeal a 1959 law prohibiting businesses from holding both a liquor license and a license to operate amusement games.

Since New Jersey retooled its incentive offerings with the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act in 2013, awards have been approved for several big-ticket projects across the state. NJBIZ caught up with Economic Development Authority CEO Melissa Orsen and President Tim Lizura to talk about incentives statewide.

The 2015 Downtown NJ Annual Conference, “Your Downtown: The New Frontier,” took place on Thursday at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway.

There’s a clever tale to be told about being in the bio business in New Jersey:

It’s not something one typically hears from companies — a genuine wish for a competitor’s success.

Rather than amend a bill he sponsored that called for a moratorium on the state's economic incentive programs, state Sen. Raymond Lesniak ultimately decided to withdraw the legislation when it came before his Senate Economic Growth Committee on Thursday.

Though state Sen. Raymond Lesniak announced late last month that he would no longer be pursuing a moratorium on the state's economic incentive programs, a bill he's sponsoring calling for such a measure and other reforms to the programs is scheduled to come before the Senate Economic Growth Committee on Thursday.

The Economic Development Authority voted Tuesday to approve a 10-year, $16 million Grow New Jersey award for jewelry manufacturer Frederick Goldman to build a 59,500-square-foot facility in Secaucus instead of West Nyack, New York.