Juneteenth to be commemorated as official N.J. holiday
Gov. Phil Murphy, who has pushed strongly for measures that will recognize — and help to rectify — the issues of systemic racism that have hurt Blacks in this country in recent months, signed...
East Camden neighborhood awarded $35M grant aimed at spurring renovation
There will be money to upgrade public housing — including the building of 350 energy-efficient units — money to improve infrastructure and recreational areas, money to expand access to job and economic opportunities for...
$25B wind energy company from Germany to open office in Jersey City
A $25 billion German wind energy company, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, will be opening an office in Jersey City, the company announced with Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday in Hamburg.
The company is the third-largest...
NJ Transit exploring sale of air and land rights around train stations
New Jersey Transit Executive Director Kevin Corbett said the state is looking into ways to sell air rights — or development rights — above and adjacent to rail stations in New Jersey.
The idea, which...
Requiring reimbursement for medicinal cannabis is high-cost, high-risk proposition
We are experiencing a tremendous acceleration in the acceptance and normalization of the medical use of cannabis, perhaps too fast for us to fully consider the ramifications. We have transitioned from allowing limited use...
For Lozano, Newark office is where Choose New Jersey is meant to be —...
Choose New Jersey officially opened the doors at its new location at Gateway One in Newark on Jan. 6. But the truth is, the organization had been holding more and more meetings in Newark...
EDA making money available (up to $50K) for redevelopment of struggling suburban office parks
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority is making money available to help one of the biggest development issues in the state: revitalizing abandoned or struggling suburban office parks.
On Thursday, the EDA board agreed to...
Veterans Chamber of Commerce to launch Nov. 8
In the three years since a law requiring the government to contract with disabled veteran-owned businesses went into effect, not a single contract has been signed.
That’s bothersome to Jeff Cantor.
And it’s why Cantor decided...
48 meetings in 8 days: Here are the biggest takeaways
Gov. Phil Murphy’s trade mission to Germany and Israel produced a number of agreements — and planted the seed for many more, administrations officials said.
Here’s a look at 10 things learned on the trip:
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Murphy announces 3,347 new COVID-19 cases (new single-day high); N.J.’s total now 16,636
Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday the state had 3,347 new COVID-19 cases, a record total so far in the outbreak in New Jersey. The new cases increase the state’s total to 16,636.
Murphy also announced...
