Up to two awardees will use the funding to participate in the Small Business Administration's Veteran Federal Procurement Entrepreneurship Training Program.

With the public health emergency lifted, employers face tighter layoff notice requirements.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

James Fakult began his two-year term on June 3, succeeding outgoing PNC Bank New Jersey Regional President Linda Bowden.

“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.

“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