- 2020-08-19
- ROI-NJ
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.
- 2020-08-18
Tom Bracken, president and CEO of the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, and Michele Siekerka, president and CEO of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association, issued the following statement today regarding a regional approach to reopening New Jersey businesses.
“It appears that deferring to industry experts and local officials for COVID-19 reopening decisions is the proper process, except when it comes to the reopening of our businesses.
- 2020-08-11
The N.J. Chamber of Commerce was one of 100 business and nonprofit groups – the New Jersey Business Coalition – that signed a letter to Gov. Murphy calling for the state to accelerate the pace of the state's economic 'reopening' and break New Jersey out of its “unnecessary and extenuated pause mode.” The letter, sent to the governor this morning, states: “Our current data, compared to most states, justifies a much stronger pace of reopening, but we are lagging, due mainly to a reliance on spiking numbers in other states, as well as a brief spike in New Jersey’s numbers resulting from social gatherings.” For full letter, click here.
- 2020-08-07
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce is proud to recognize our current Board Chair Linda Bowden’s impending induction into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. We congratulate her on this huge and well deserved honor.
- 2020-08-05
- PhillyVoice
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.
- 2020-07-28
- ROI-NJ Op-Ed
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.
- 2020-07-27
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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.
- 2020-07-20
The passing of Georgia Congressman John Lewis comes at a particularly poignant time for our nation and for New Jersey.
Congressman Lewis was a pillar of the civil rights movement and his fight for inclusion and economic opportunity made him the conscience of the U. S. Congress for his more than three decades of service there.
His life is the embodiment of what this country can achieve and a reminder of how much more there is yet to do to create economic opportunity for all Americans.
As we honor the memory of Congressman Lewis, The N.J. Chamber of Commerce renews its commitment to work with political, business and community leaders, especially our joint initiative with the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey to address economic, social and educational inequalities in our state and help those left out or left behind.
- 2020-07-14
- ROI-NJ
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.
- 2020-07-10
- ROI-NJ
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.