The registry will create a free online portal where investors exploring offshore-wind-related projects in New Jersey can find state-based companies to partner with or purchase from.

The expanded loan program will make financing of up to $5 million available to potential brownfield site purchasers and current brownfield site owners. The action is part of the governor's efforts to drive targeted investments in underserved communities.

In its inaugural joint survey, Rutgers' Eagleton Institute of Politics and FDU’s polling units said that of those polled, no official - not Murphy, Booker, Menendez, Sweeney, or Christie - scored a favorable majority with New Jersey residents.

Fourteen projects are looking to make movies in New Jersey using the state's newly established film tax credit program, which was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy last summer.

In a letter titled "Better Choices for New Jersey," delivered to the state EDA's board meeting on Tuesday, a group of activist organizations said that the agency “rushed through billions in corporate subsidies to profitable and politically connected corporations without adequate oversight or accountability, and may even have turned a blind eye to fraudulent tax incentive applications.”

The excursion aims to connect entrepreneurs to the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration the largest source of early stage funding in the country.

The NJ Transit crisis that stranded fans attending WrestleMania 35 at MetLife Stadium on Saturday threatens the success of future events, including the World Cup, the American Dream complex and other potentially-lucrative occasions, such as future Super Bowls and WrestleManias, state Sen. Paul Sarlo said.

The debate over what role taxes has - or hasn't - played in residents staying in or fleeing from the state has fallen largely along party lines, with Republicans and pro-business groups arguing the high cost of living has prompted an exodus, and liberal advocates arguing the state has assets which continue to make it desirable.

Following reports the FDA is investigating dozens of seizures afflicting teenagers who use e-cigarettes, Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce has written letters to the chairs of the Assembly and Senate Law and Public Safety committees urging action on her proposed legislation to ban the possession of such products by individuals under 21 years of age.

Another “challenging” summer could be in store for New Jersey Transit riders, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday morning, despite staffing increases and the full installation of a federally mandated emergency braking system, both meant to alleviate symptoms that previously created commuting nightmares for riders.

New Jersey’s liquor laws remain substantially similar to those enacted at the end of Prohibition in 1933. Though provisions have been grafted onto the statutes over the years, the serial additions have created a set of rules that are outdated and complex. “The old rules are not serving New Jersey now, the old rules are serving the license holders. But in fairness to them they played by the rules.”

Senate President Stephen Sweeney said Friday that New Jerseyans should not expect more revelations about companies gaming incentive programs, like Jackson-Hewitt was purported to have done at the first meeting of a panel convened to scrutinize wrongdoing in such programs.