Up to two awardees will use the funding to participate in the Small Business Administration's Veteran Federal Procurement Entrepreneurship Training Program.
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With the public health emergency lifted, employers face tighter layoff notice requirements.
Read More »Murphy admin cancels plans for Newark natural gas plant
The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission in North Jersey is pulling the plug on a proposal that would provide back-up power to a sewage treatment facility in the Brick City, citing opposition from environmentalists.
Read More »Senate panel approves retroactive COVID sick leave for workers
Under the legislation, employees would be entitled to up to two weeks to self-quarantine if they are experiencing symptoms, if they are awaiting test results, or caring for a sick family member or child.
Read More »Grant program to help Atlantic City, Trenton, Paterson kick-start projects
Funding is coming out of the $14.5 billion economic incentive package and entails rounds of up to $250,000, and then $750,000, in pursuit of developing and beginning those plans.
Read More »NJ gears up $10M of loans for businesses recovering from COVID
Loans will be capped at $100,000 per company and last 10 years with a 0% interest rate and deferred payments for the first two years. NJEDA officials expect the loan pre-registration period to open in July.
Read More »State officials expect new revenue windfall of more than $5B (UPDATED)
With New Jersey now flush with cash, Republicans who sued to block a $4 billion borrowing proposal are scrutinizing the plans, saying that the new debt was never necessary and that they were justified in their attempts to stop it.
Read More »Ciattarelli to face off with Murphy for gov’s seat this November
Jack Ciattarelli won the Republican nomination, shaking off two pro-Trump candidates in the primary, engineer Hirsh Singh and pastor Philip Rizzo, campaigning on a more moderate conservative agenda.
Read More »New poll shows Murphy with 2 to 1 lead over Ciattarelli
Fifty-six percent of voters said they would pick Gov. Phil Murphy for a second term if the election was held today, compared to just 24% who favored former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican frontrunner.
Read More »NJ Chamber of Commerce taps JCP&L head as board chair
James Fakult began his two-year term on June 3, succeeding outgoing PNC Bank New Jersey Regional President Linda Bowden.
Read More »Ahead of primaries, Murphy’s approval slides from 2020 pandemic high
“The ‘rally around the flag’ effect the pandemic has had on Gov. Murphy’s ratings in the past year is inevitably coming to an end,” said Ashley Koning, an assistant research professor who heads the polling institute.
Read More »Murphy: COVID still not over despite lifting public health order
“Let’s not kid ourselves. The public health emergency is over. The pandemic is not,” the governor said during his COVID-19 briefing on June 7 in Trenton
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