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Government

Mar 10, 2014

Report Federal prosecutors subpoena records from Port Authority chairman

According to a Wall Street Journal report Monday, federal prosecutors from Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s office have subpoenaed records from Port Authority chairman David Samson, a Gov. Chris Christie appointee and co-founder of the powerful West Orange-based law firm Wolff & Samson.

Mar 10, 2014

Christie takes fourth among potential GOP presidential candidates in CPAC straw poll

A year after being snubbed altogether by the Conservative Political Action Conference, Gov. Chris Christie spoke at the annual event held last week in National Harbor, Md., getting a warm reception after skewering the media, White House and congressional Democrats in a brief but fiery appeal to the conservative base.

Mar 7, 2014

Sidamon-Eristoff makes budget case to business community at N.J. Chamber event

In a few weeks, state Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff expects public hearings on Gov. Chris Christie’s recently unveiled fiscal year 2015 budget to begin.

Mar 6, 2014

N.J. saw lobbyist spending rise by more than 2 million in 2013

An annual lobbying report released Thursday by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission shows that total lobbying expenditures in the state jumped 3.8 percent in 2013.

Mar 6, 2014

Survey Gov. Christie has high marks in business community, economy worrisome though

Gov. Chris Christie has high marks among business executives, according to the results of The Alloy Silverstein Group's most recent quarterly survey of New Jersey and Philadelphia CEOs and CFOs.

Mar 5, 2014

Ex-Port Authority deputy Baroni lands job with well-known law firm

Bill Baroni, the former top Gov. Chris Christie appointee to the Port Authority who resigned in December just ahead of the eruption of the George Washington Bridge scandal, has a new job.

Mar 5, 2014

Developers Signs of promise #8212 and progress #8212 for new residential projects in downtown Newark

Frank Giantomasi has been around Newark long enough to know about the daily ebb and flow of its central business district.

Mar 5, 2014

Democrats introduce bill prohibiting employers from considering employment status in hiring decisions

Two Democratic state Senators introduced a bill last week that would prohibit employers from factoring-in an applicant’s employment status in hiring decisions.

Mar 4, 2014

Ethics complaint filed against Port Authority chairman David Samson

Port Authority chairman David Samson, also the co-founder of powerful West Orange-based law firm Wolff & Samson, is the target of a new ethics complaint filed with the state Ethics Commission by the New Jersey Working Families Alliance.

Mar 3, 2014

Poll Cory Booker in position to defeat any Republican challenger

According to a new Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press Poll released Monday, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat, seems poised to defeat any Republican challenger in his bid for re-election this November.

Mar 3, 2014

Candidate QA Newark mayoral candidate Ras Baraka talks rebranding with NJBIZ

Those who can remember Newark both in its industrial heyday and its years of decline have to admit one thing: The high-profile tenure of former Mayor Cory Booker put the city back on the map. Where it goes from here will be decided in May, when it will pick between Shavar Jeffries and Ras Baraka. NJBIZ got a chance recently to sit down with both...

Mar 3, 2014

Candidate QA Newark mayoral candidate Shavar Jeffries puts focus on neighborhoods

Those who can remember Newark both in its industrial heyday and its years of decline have to admit one thing: The high-profile tenure of former Mayor Cory Booker put the city back on the map. Where it goes from here will be decided in May, when it will pick between Shavar Jeffries and Ras Baraka. NJBIZ got a chance recently to sit down with both...