The president's $1.9 trillion infrastructure plan has been characterized as the largest federal economic intervention since President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal nearly a century ago, and could be what the nation needs to kick-start the post-COVID economy recovery.

NJBIZ spoke with Tony Coscia on the 50th anniversary of the rail service's founding for a glimpse of its future under the president's new plan.

An increase approved by the Port Authority in 2018 pushed many employees out of Medicaid eligibility prompting this legislation, which Gov. Phil Murphy estimated could affect more than 10,000 workers at Newark airport, whose jobs include baggage claim, wheelchair attendants, security, passenger verification agents and retail workers.

As of April 22, the agency reached the threshold of personnel it needed, 390, with 393 in total; a level the agency hadn’t met in a decade.

United Airlines plans to add the only nonstop service to Dubrovnik on Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast beginning in July.

Officials say current rail levels are somewhere between 20% and 25% of what they were before the pandemic, while bus passengers are at 50% and light rail ridership is at 55%.

Prior to the pandemic, the airstrip saw 47% of the airport's total use; it was last improved in 2012.

“Any scheme that discriminates against New Jersey commuters will not be supported by me or my administration, and god willing that’s something we can work out,” the governor said.

U.S. Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Bill Pascrell said they would press U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg - whose department oversees the Federal Highway Administration - to stop or at least pause the plan to allow for more public input.

Dan Scarpulla will be in charge of maintaining and optimizing the digital systems that enable the firm to continue running efficiently and to protect important data.

Twenty-five environmentally-friendly trains with the capability to switch between diesel and electric, which will increase mechanical reliability and operational flexibility, are preparing for entry into service.

The business manager of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825 talks about what the Biden administration's $2 trillion infrastructure plan could mean for New Jersey.