The move is meant to help cash-strapped businesses and follows a similar move by federal officials.

Between Nov. 1, 2020 and Jan. 31, 2021,  a total of 269,560 state residents signed up for health insurance under Get Covered New Jersey.

For this past Sunday’s Big Game, patrons wagered $117.4 million across 12 retail sportsbooks and 21 online and mobile apps, according to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.

Bergen, Essex and Union counties all saw tax bills above $12,000; while Hunterdon, Morris and Somerset counties all had tax bills above $10,000.

“We administered our first vaccine on Dec. 15 and, from there, it took us 29 days to cross the quarter-million threshold. And it took another 10 days beyond that for us to exceed 500,000,” Gov. Phil Murphy said. “It has only taken us 16 days for us to administer the next half-million shots.”

Applications for the Brownfields Loan Program are open now through April 13 so that developers, property owners and prospective buyers can turn contaminated sites across the state into commercial, resident, retail or mixed-use projects.

Senate Republicans have sought a bipartisan investigation to understand the policy and management failures of the Murphy Administration that led to preventable deaths, destroyed businesses and jobs, and left millions of New Jerseyans without access to important services and support.

A bill legalizing adult-use marijuana continues to stall in Trenton. Assembly quorum call and committee hearings for Feb. 8 have been delayed 10 days to Feb. 18.

Many of the businesses that will utilize this new funding were forced to close for several months amid the height of COVID-19’s first wave, or dramatically scale back operations for months on end.

The Biden administration issued several new COVID-19 worker safety guidelines on Jan. 29 in what officials said was a first step in bolstering worker protections against the virus and preventing outbreaks in the workplace. The guidance from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is part of an effort to create uniform nationwide standards on what’s expected of businesses.

New Jersey Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo assured New Jerseyans that their benefits are on the way.

Hospitals and other health care providers will be required to report data on a bimonthly basis to the New Jersey Department of Health on the number of cases and fatalities among health workers and emergency personnel.