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Long Beach NJ, Long Beach Township Mayor Joseph Mancini said he is disappointed that Gov. Phil Murphy failed to mention the state’s energy needs – or the controversy over offshore wind generation – in his State of the State message this week.
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Trenton NJ, with unexplained drone sightings escalating across New Jersey and dominating national headlines, Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio and Assembly Republican Conference Leader Christopher DePhillips are demanding an emergency conference with legislative leadership, Gov. Phil Murphy, and top state security officials.
Continue reading Local Assemblymen Say its Time To Act on Unexplained Drone Sightings
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Trenton NJ, While the state is less than a year away from electing a new governor, New Jersey businesses already know what they’d like to see from him or her after Gov. Phil Murphy completes his second term in office.
Continue reading NJBIA’s 66th Annual Business Outlook Survey: New Jersey’s Lack of Affordability
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Camden NJ, in a significant push to bring the Philadelphia 76ers to New Jersey, state officials are presenting a detailed proposal to the team’s ownership, offering prime state-owned land in Camden for a massive mixed-use development. This ambitious project, backed by Gov. Phil Murphy and the state legislature, would include a world-class arena, along with commercial, residential, and retail spaces, transforming the former state prison site near the Delaware River and north of the Ben Franklin Bridge.
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Trenton NJ, the New Jersey Business & Industry Association today released a new infographic detailing the many detrimental impacts of the proposed $1 billion Corporate Transit Tax on New Jersey’s largest employers, which will give the state the largest corporate business tax rate in the nation, by far, and worsen the state’s struggling business reputation.
Continue reading Major Consequences of $1B NJ Corporate Transit Tax
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Trenton NJ, Assembly Republican Conference Leader Christopher DePhillips is calling on legislative leaders to take tax increases off the table as Democrats discuss hiking the sales tax to fund NJ Transit during the final weeks of state budget negotiations. Instead, DePhillips wants to do a top-to-bottom review of NJ Transit to identify waste and cost-saving measures.
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Trenton NJ, facing more than $105 million in state aid cuts under Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget proposal, superintendents and school officials across New Jersey are supporting increased state aid under Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio’s plan to fully fund schools and cut property taxes.
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Trenton NJ, a collection of more than 100 business, labor and nonprofit groups have sent a letter to all members the New Jersey Legislature urging them to oppose Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed $1-billion-plus business tax increase on business in the FY25 State Budget.
Continue reading New Jersey’s Economic Competitiveness Goes From Bad to Worse
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Paramus NJ, the day after a federal investigation laid the blame for veterans home deaths squarely on Gov. Phil Murphy and his administration’s Covid policies, Assemblyman Brian Bergen says Democrats’ day-after calls to do more is hypocritical at best.
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Ridgewood NJ, with the election just around the corner, Senate President Nick Scutari and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin are now questioning “the costs and impacts of offshore wind projects”, breaking with Governor Murphy who is moving full speed ahead to implement his extreme energy plan in the Garden State.
Continue reading Election Year Pushes Democrats in Trenton to Pretend Concern for Marine Wildlife
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Trenton NJ, NJBIA Deputy Chief Government Affairs Officer Ray Cantor released the following statement regarding the publishing of the final Environmental Justice rule in the New Jersey Register today, as announced by Gov. Phil Murphy.
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Trenton NJ, “The three commissioners who comprise the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission resigned Thursday afternoon,” according to published reports.
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Cape May NJ, Senator Michael Testa, Assemblyman Antwan McClellan, and Assemblyman Erik Simonsen are intensifying calls to suspend offshore wind projects following an unprecedented number of dolphin deaths on a beach in Sea Isle City.
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Trenton NJ, the New Jersey Business & Industry Association is strongly supporting a bill today that will increase the qualified research expenses tax credit for corporations in targeted industries and basic research payment tax credits from 10% to 15%.
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Ridgewood NJ, Senator Michael Testa today joined with hundreds of state and local employees in criticizing the Murphy Administration for their inaction to protect workers from as much as a 24% increase in their healthcare insurance costs. The State Health Benefits Commission is scheduled to hold a vote on the plan on Wednesday.
