Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday morning on Twitter that New Jersey restaurants can resume indoor dining this Friday, Sept. 4, at 25% capacity.
A powerful Senate committee on Monday unanimously paved the way to seat the first Black woman on New Jersey’s highest court.
Tom Bracken loves the New Jersey Department of Health’s guidelines for reopening schools, the ones that use risk levels within six regions in the state to determine where — and how — it’s safe to reopen.
Bracken — and others — would love to see them used for the business community.
The newest inductees into the New Jersey Hall of Fame include actress Anne Hathaway, former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and Charles Addams, the cartoonist who created The Addams Family.
This week, the New Jersey Legislature is considering legislation that would require certain entities authorized to issue health benefit plans to pay an annual assessment.
Of course, “assessment” is just another way of saying “tax” — which is what this is, a tax on health insurance. Worse, if this bill becomes law, it will actually create a second tax on health insurance in New Jersey.
New Jersey is the only state in the nation to see the number of new coronavirus cases drop in the last two weeks, but the pandemic’s financial impact continues to grow, according to a new Rutgers study.
Highly regard health care executive Amy Mansue was named the new CEO and president of Inspira Health on Tuesday.
Mansue, who will replace the retiring John DiAngelo, will begin her role Sept. 1.
For months, Gov. Phil Murphy has been asking the Legislature to pass a bill allowing him to borrow at least $5 billion to provide more money for the state’s expenses. On Thursday, two Republican party leaders made a counterproposal: Free more of the money the state received in the CARES Act for small businesses.
When he’s not working as the Assembly minority leader, Jon Bramnick is a personal injury lawyer. And he is concerned about a flood of lawsuits that could come from COVID-19.
Bramnick (R-Westfield), who was joined by Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) on a webinar co-sponsored by the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce and the New Jersey Business & Industry Association, said the state needs to protect business owners from COVID-19 lawsuits.
Congress has voted to extend federal program that provided low-interest loans to small businesses that would be forgiven if they kept paying their employees.