In a move that will be good for racial equity and opportunity throughout the country — and figures to have a lot of benefits for New Jersey, too — African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey head John Harmon was named to the board of directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday.
New Jersey is lowering the number of people allowed to gather both indoors and outdoors to fight the surging second wave of COVID-19, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday morning, after the state set back-to-back record days for new coronavirus cases over the weekend.
Improving diversity at companies of all sizes has never been of higher priority. Diverse businesses are shown to be more profitable, more innovative and better places to work.
Longtime friends Tom Bracken and John Harmon conducted a Zoom call Monday morning to discuss how the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce and the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey are partnering on an initiative in 2021 that will serve as a rallying cry to end economic inequities in New Jersey.
'We will challenge businesses in every corner of the state to do their part to change the status quo.'
—Tom Bracken, President & CEO, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce announced today that its Walk to Washington and Congressional Dinner, an annual business event that dates back to 1937, will not be held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tom Bracken said the obvious about the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket winning the 2020 presidential election: “More than anything, I think it just calms things down a little bit. And that’s not a bad thing.”
EDA launches PPE Access Program connected to designated vendors to ensure equipment is available — and at a reduced cost
Albert Einstein famously said, “insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” While that would certainly be the case in physics, the same can be said as policymakers consider a financial transaction tax (FTT) that would harm Mr. and Mrs. 401K.
New Jersey will aim to have 70% of its adult population vaccinated within a six-month period once a COVID-19 vaccine is approved and available, state officials announced Monday.
To reach that lofty goal, about 81,000 of the Garden State’s nine million residents would have to be vaccinated each day for five days a week, state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said during a virtual coronavirus briefing in which officials laid out the first draft of New Jersey’s vaccination plan.
Every four years, the N.J. Chamber of Commerce hosts a forum that previews the presidential election. This year, we presented a panel of news reporters, some of whom have covered politics for decades, to discuss the issues and the consequences of the 2020 elections – and the impact they will have on New Jersey.