Personal care businesses must close by 8 p.m. Thursday if they cannot adhere to the guidelines laid out to curtail the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Phil Murphy announced.

The more than 10,000-square-foot site will be used as Lighthouse Pregnancy Resource Center's new corporate headquarters.

Carolyn Powell will lead overall HR strategy for the bank, which announced it would merge with SB One on March 12.

Gov. Phil Murphy’s office confirmed that the state’s application with the SBA cleared. Now, businesses can indicate they suffered losses as a result of the outbreak to qualify for the Economic Injury Disaster program.

“We’re trying to open up one in the south. I had a good conversation with some folks to try to do something in the south,” the governor said during a media appearance on the radio station 1010 WINS.

The governor unveiled his $40.9 billion spending plan in February, but the unrest from the coronavirus has thrown much of that proposal into chaos. The state's current budget has a $1.5 billion projected surplus, including a $401 million rainy day fund to ride out economic recessions.

Each of the bank's more than 300 team members received a $500 stipend to facilitate the transition to working remotely.

"As I look across this country what is emerging are pockets of intensity. ... You see that evolve, it depends on the distribution of the patient population. We are using data analytics to try and understand that better so we can predict what our capacity demands are going to be."

Drivers were last impacted by an increase in 2012, when charges went up 53 percent and 50 percent on the Turnpike and Parkway, respectively, to fund a $7 billion capital plan.

Withum Managing Partner and CEO Bill Hagaman offers some advice on how to navigate the COVID-19 crisis.

A spokesperson for the school said the university librarian was asked to develop a plan requiring the fewest staff members, in the fewest libraries, that will still allow it to meet obligations to students.

The recent development of the first implantable cardiac monitor and patient alerting system for acute coronary syndromes – and a time crunch – necessitated the move.