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The latest stories
April 30 stories
- Horizon increases access to telehealth — to help patients … and providers
- CANJ, AtlantiCare announce plan to reopen A.C. casinos
- Princeton establishes relief fund to help local community efforts in response to COVID
- Murphy talks commission: ‘We need folks who have seen it all, done it all, from a different angle’
- Verizon donates $2.5M grant LISC to support small businesses hurt by COVID-19
- Labor Dept.: Unemployment in N.J. tops 900K since COVID-19 hit
- Murphy visits Trump, returns with big haul of test kits and PPE — but not money
- Good news, bad news: Hospital numbers going in right direction, but there was single-day record for fatalities (460)
Editor’s Picks (our best stories)
- Horizon increases access to telehealth — to help patients … and providers
- Frazier, Tilghman, Lozano to head groups that will create blueprint to reopen N.J.
- Why Hispanic businesses on Main Street are being left behind — and why it’s so hard to fix the problem
- We asked N.J.’s labor commissioner 50 questions on unemployment benefits — he answered them all
- Plasma transfusions cure two COVID-19 patients at Virtua Voorhees Hospital
- Meet 1st two N.J. patients who recovered from COVID-19 thanks to newly approved plasma treatment
- Big-city buy-in: Newark leaders say investing more B2B dollars locally would key post-pandemic recovery (Editor’s Desk)
- Keystone Folding Box Co. has simple name, but could have big role in complex, COVID-related pharma packaging
- Are women better suited to lead in times of crisis? (Editor’s Desk)
- Audible to team with Newark restaurants to provide 100,000 meals to residents
- Cloudy forecast at the Shore: Monmouth president ponders rules of a return to campus
- At Rowan, ‘Everything is on hold’: Houshmand, in face of outbreak that could devastate South Jersey, says everyone needs to find inner strength to confront COVID-19 crisis
- In search of PPE — and everything else a hospital needs
- Tipping point: Mental health expert says 2-week mark could easily be psychological test for homebound N.J. workers
- Everybody eats as ‘2 Pizzas 4 Good’ supports first responders, small businesses
- The ROI-NJ Podcast: Jeff LeBenger on the COVID-19 outbreak
- The ROI-NJ Podcast: Mike Maron on COVID-19
- ‘You don’t want to get it’: Holy Name CEO Maron, back on the job, reflects on recovering from COVID-19 — and tough road ahead for hospital
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April 29 stories
- It’s time to reopen N.J. — carefully — for sake of its small businesses (Op-Ed)
- Rising Tide Capital partners with #GiveTogetherNow to provide small business grants
- Event planning during COVID-19: Remember 4 keys to success (Op-Ed)
- TD Bank allocates $25M to organizations engaged in COVID-19 fight
- Honeywell to produce hand sanitizer in response to shortages due to COVID-19
- Group of senators offers advice for Murphy commission, including call for reopening of outdoor activities
- Poll: Pandemic increases the way New Jerseyans view their quality of life
- Commercial real estate experts say social distancing may become design factor on par with traditional staples like sustainability
- DOL to begin making unemployment payments to independent contractors this week
- Murphy relents, will open parks (and golf courses) this weekend
April 28 stories
- Why women should lead transformation of workplace culture post-COVID (Op-Ed)
- Murphy vows to build N.J.’s stockpile of PPE for next health emergency
- NJM Insurance Group giving $400K to COVID relief
- Most business owners think they could reopen safely, but have major concerns, according to NJBIA survey
- Governor announces members of Restart and Recovery Commission
- Murphy keeping N.J. golf courses closed, despite openings in N.Y., Pa.
Our latest edition (April 27)
April 27 stories
- Murphy: Reopening rules likely will apply statewide, not by region
- Atlantic County officials know COVID-19 could shake up aviation, but they’re ready and willing to embrace change
- NJM’s Livingston cautions that workers’ comp legislation tied to COVID-19 could have unintended consequences
- ‘We are an industry that is about more than putting money in a landlord’s pocket’ (Editor’s Desk)
- At IPZ, diversity of clients — and sectors represented — always is on display
- Poll: N.J. feels COVID-19 impact harder than rest of U.S.; Shore-goers expect summer to not happen
- McWeeney: How NJ Bankers is showing its strength — dedication — during crisis (Op-Ed)
- Frazier, Tilghman, Lozano to head groups that will create blueprint to reopen N.J.
- Career Classroom: Doing their part — Vocational schools’ teachers, students use skills, equipment, supplies to help in fight against COVID-19
- Show & Tell: How company leaders have responded to the challenges brought on by COVID-19
- Murphy unveils six-step process to eventually reopen N.J.
- Murphy on reopening parks (maybe), the Shore by Memorial Day (perhaps — with restrictions), music venues (not anytime soon)
- CVS plans to bring COVID testing to store locations
Topping 100K cases (April 24)
April 24 stories
- Why Hispanic businesses on Main Street are being left behind — and why it’s so hard to fix the problem
- University Hospital teams with software company Epic to build data systems at Meadowlands field hospital
- Forecast predicts coronavirus-related unemployment in N.J. to peak at 27%
- Boxcar, normally in car-parking business, has started providing drive-thru groceries instead
- Rutgers announces tuition freeze, leadership pay cuts; to consider furloughs, layoffs
- Sobering stat: N.J. tops 100,000 COVID-19 cases
ROI-NJ’s Q&A on unemployment benefits with Robert Asaro-Angelo (April 23)
- We asked N.J.’s labor commissioner 50 questions on unemployment benefits — he answered them all
- N.J. labor commissioner answers questions from workers filing for unemployment benefits
- N.J. labor commissioner answers questions from owners, independent contractors on unemployment benefits
April 23 stories
- Insurance industry veteran’s new organization aims to help individual agents navigate COVID crisis
- Planned Cos. launches $500K COVID-19 response fund to support employees
- As COVID-19 affects tenants,’ residents’ finances, Mack-Cali details April rent stats
- Quest Diagnostics begins COVID-19 antibody testing
- M&T’s Comiskey on how bank got so many PPP applications through (96%), why he’s looking forward to another round
- Goya finds business model has helped it thrive during COVID-19 crisis
- Rutgers’ COVID tests give N.J. hope mass testing could come in near future (Editor’s Desk)
- N.J. dealt setback by U.S. Treasury over COVID-19 aid
April 22 stories
- Forget PPP: Here’s what restaurant sector really needs (Editor’s Desk)
- Hair growth company donating up to $100K to stylists in need due to COVID
- EDA launches entrepreneur loan guarantee program
- N.J. preparing for fall surge of COVID-19 — just to be safe
April 21 stories
- United Airlines donating airline travel to health care workers, cargo space to move supplies
- ‘This is the opportunity to fix some of the inherent flaws the state has’ (Editor’s Desk)
- For Mercury, stay-at-home doesn’t mean no contact — as insiders talk policymaking on webinar
- NFIB survey: 80% of PPP applicants did not get selected for funding
- 5 tips for company PR programs during COVID-19 crisis (Op-Ed)
- Poll: Most residents approve of Murphy, state’s social distancing measures
- Plasma transfusions cure two COVID-19 patients at Virtua Voorhees Hospital
- Meet 1st two N.J. patients who recovered from COVID-19 thanks to newly approved plasma treatment
- N.J. says it’s ready as COVID-19 cases slowly spread south
April 20 stories
- N.J. names three representatives to multistate economic council
- ‘If we “untie” the system, there will be blood on our hands’ (Editor’s Desk)
- N.J. outlines depth of testing needed to reopen state
- Rutgers doctors, University Hospital say use of COVID-19 survivors’ plasma presents ‘real hope for saving lives’
- N.J. now has 3 counties with more than 10,000 cases — likely to hit 100,000 cases statewide by next weekend
- Atlantic County prepares for economic recovery after COVID-19
- South Jersey Economic Review: COVID-19 could contract GDP by up to $5.1B in 2020
- N.J. Pandemic Relief Fund announces statewide health grants
- PadInMotion aims to increase digital connections as reduced hospital visits have led to isolation
- Murphy on future: ‘Personal health creates economic health’
April 17 stories
- Walk-out songs: ‘This is a way everybody can get reenergized and realize that what we’re doing is making a difference’
- 10 questions (and answers) about EIDL, PPP loan programs
- Industrial cold storage demand to increase as result of COVID-19 pandemic
- Rite Aid in Waldwick to offer COVID-19 self test beginning Saturday
- Subaru of America partners with Feeding America to provide 50M meals to those affected by COVID-19
- Keystone Folding Box Co. has simple name, but could have big role in complex, COVID-related pharma packaging
- Leading in a pandemic: Best practices in communication (Op-Ed)
- Big-city buy-in: Newark leaders say investing more B2B dollars locally would key post-pandemic recovery (Editor’s Desk)
- N.J. is ‘cautiously optimistic’ it has reached one COVID-19 peak — but not as optimistic about relaxing social distancing regulations anytime soon
April 16 stories
- Brother International donates industrial sewing machines to manufacturers making masks
- NJ Transit’s Corbett has COVID-19, but is working in isolation
- COVID-19’s impact: N.J.’s sportsbooks fall short in March while online casinos flourish
- Murphy keeping schools closed for 4 more weeks, but holds out hope of reopening
- Murphy on dozens of deaths at Andover Twp. long-term care facility: ‘We are outraged’
- Murphy on potential $9B bond sales: ‘We are going to have some serious cash flow challenges’
April 15 stories
- Horizon implements PTO plan for employees volunteering for front lines of COVID-19 fight
- At Amazon and CVS Health, plenty of applicants despite pandemic
- Salary cut, hiring freeze, construction halts: The new normal for higher ed in N.J.
- You got your stimulus check. Now what? N.J. Society of CPAs has some ideas
- When it comes to handshakes, hugs and high-fives, Murphy thinks social rules have forever changed
April 14 stories
- Self-serve gas is common-sense safety during coronavirus crisis (Op-Ed)
- Full-service fears: Gas station owners, attendants can’t distance themselves from drivers, N.J.’s laws
- #GirlTalkTakeover’s Music, Meals & More fundraiser aims to boost spirits as Newark Beth Israel fights COVID-19
- Unemployment update: N.J. says more than 60% of claims that needed a review have been processed
- Decision on schools coming Friday — Murphy hints there may be multiple options
Our April 13 edition
April 13 stories
- State to require face coverings when picking up food, riding NJ Transit
- Ruling lets law students join firms while awaiting delayed bar exam — and they appear eager to hire
- Are women better suited to lead in times of crisis? (Editor’s Desk)
- Horizon gives $2M to state’s Pandemic Relief Fund
- Wakefern announces $1M donation to help food banks during COVID-19 pandemic
- Show & Tell: Coronavirus-related job losses and insurance
- Food Fella: Campbell’s rewards frontline employees, donates amid COVID-19 crisis
- EDA gives Grow NJ, ERG and HUB recipients extended reporting deadline
- Legislature votes on numerous coronavirus-related bills
- Middlesex County to offer saliva COVID-19 tests believed to be faster, easier and safer
- Murphy joins governors of N.Y., Pa., Del., Conn., R.I. to create Northeast task force on reopening region’s economy
- N.J. announces it is accepting donations from individuals, companies to fund more small business grants
April 10 stories
- Kim, citing growing number of COVID-19 cases in South Jersey, repeats call for FEMA test site in area
- Bill proposing $100M in rental assistance scheduled for Monday vote in state Senate
- For Verizon’s business unit, pandemic is true test — and chance to shine
- Cell phone data shows just how much we are working from home
- Assembly’s electronic vote is latest example of Jersey’s innovation at work (Op-Ed)
- N.J.’s office market shows early signs of COVID-19 slowdown
- Murphy to allow some inmates to be released to home confinement
- Jersey City launches $3M community relief fund for those impacted by COVID-19
- NJAA’s Brogan: Renters assistance program is ‘absolutely critical’
- N.J. gets 15 Abbott ID NOW machines — the ones that can do COVID-19 tests in as little as 5 minutes
- NJM to refund $41.7M to auto insurance policyholders
- Audible to team with Newark restaurants to provide 100,000 meals to residents
April 9 stories
- Cloudy forecast at the Shore: Monmouth president ponders rules of a return to campus
- Centenary feels lab professionals program will deliver now-in-demand workers — and evidence independent schools still have place in higher ed
- Merck commits $3M to address maternal health needs during COVID-19 pandemic
- Goya Foods donates 200K pounds of food, 20K masks nationwide during COVID-19 pandemic
- Murphy defends closing of parks, said there were reports of ‘enormous’ gatherings throughout N.J.
April 8 news
- NJSBDC assists businesses impacted by COVID-19
- N.J. following national trend: Fatalities hitting African American community much harder than others
- RWJF announces $50M pandemic relief package to support those most vulnerable to COVID-19
- University Hospital, already strained by COVID fight, braces for surge
- Face shields, masks … maybe even housing: How NJIT is helping N.J. in COVID-19 crisis
- Gregorio on joining University Hospital during COVID-19: ‘I’m ready for the fight; I want to be a part of it’
- Ask the Experts: What if I have to conduct layoffs but I don’t have enough cash to pay required severance?
- Murphy limits number of people in grocery stores, says customers/workers must wear masks
April 7 stories
- Psychiatrists, med students find COVID-19 crisis is proving their value in challenging times
- Saint Michael’s picked for expanded access to potential COVID-19 treatment
- At Rowan, ‘Everything is on hold’: Houshmand, in face of outbreak that could devastate South Jersey, says everyone needs to find inner strength to confront COVID-19 crisis
- Marketing in the time of coronavirus: Consultant explains how businesses are shifting focus
- Murphy closes all state, county parks; says schools are now closed ‘indefinitely’
A grim milestone (April 6)
April 6 stories
- Izzo, looking ahead, sees 3 ways PSEG could create jobs, improve N.J.’s energy efficiency during recovery
- Tipping point: Mental health expert says 2-week mark could easily be psychological test for homebound N.J. workers
- In search of PPE — and everything else a hospital needs
- Jersey City, facing $70M shortfall, announces buyouts in effort to avoid layoffs
- Fulop on voluntary buyouts: ‘We are hemorrhaging money’
- American Water gives $500K toward COVID relief efforts
- Data shows social distancing is working — but it must be continued, Murphy urges
April 5 stories
April 4 stories
- About your business interruption insurance: Why it likely does not include pandemics … for now
- COVID challenges bolster already-booming business for Primetime Logistics, Amazon delivery partner in Bellmawr
- Can’t get your claim through? And what about that extra $600? Labor commissioner offers answers
- N.J. stays course on masks: They help but they are not failsafe
- COVID-19 death toll in N.J. now tops total from 9/11
April 3 stories
- Jersey City to match grants given to small businesses by N.J.
- Sixers give big donation to Cooper Health’s COVID-19 assistance fund
- An alarming truth: As unemployment rises, so do car insurance rates (Op-Ed)
- The ROI-NJ Podcast: Jeff LeBenger on the COVID-19 outbreak
- Manasquan real estate marketing firm helping homebuilders conduct business online
- Tech firm Invonto to offer $5M in support initiatives to businesses affected by COVID-19
- Novartis and its foundation arm establish $5M COVID-19 community fund
- Everybody eats as ‘2 Pizzas 4 Good’ supports first responders, small businesses
- Murphy order flags to fly at half-staff indefinitely
- EDA emergency grant program overwhelmed by applications on 1st day
April 2 stories
- LeBenger: How COVID-19 will be game-changer in health-care delivery
- Ask the Experts: Breaking down the Paycheck Protection Program
- St. Benedict’s counseling center strives to be available to students despite COVID closure
- Data for Good: Tech entrepreneur offering free mobility insights to government/health officials
- Misery milestones: N.J. passes 25,000 COVID-19 cases, 500 fatalities
- Should everyone wear a mask? Not necessarily (Editor’s Desk)
The Mike Maron interview (April 1)
April 1 stories
- EDA taking applications for COVID-19 grant program starting Friday
- Ask the Experts: Will unemployment insurance tax rates go up if there are severe job cuts?
- At Holy Name, donations mean needed supplies — and much-needed uptick in spirit, morale
- The ROI-NJ Podcast: Mike Maron on COVID-19
- N.J. ranks high among states with ‘most exposed’ economy to COVID-19
- Cognizant commits $10M to support global communities impacted by coronavirus
- Saint Peter’s hospital CEO: Open, honest dialogue is key to staff relations
- Good news regarding ventilators, PPEs — but fight for more goes on
- Is surge getting closer? Murphy reports 3,649 cases, 91 fatalities — both single-day records
For the March story archive, click here
Get more information from New Jersey government on coronavirus
Coronavirus website: www.Covid19.nj.gov
Jobs portal: jobs.covid19.nj.gov
DOH website: www.nj.gov/health
Phone (in-state): 800-222-1222
Phone (out-of-state): 800-962-1253
E-mail: ncov@doh.nj.gov
