New Jersey is rejoining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), permitting offshore wind facilities and promoting the use of electric vehicles to “address the challenges of climate change,” said state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe during a breakfast roundtable on Sept. 17 presented by the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce and the NJBIA.
The N.J. Chamber of Commerce was saddened to learn of the passing of State Sen. Anthony Bucco on Monday night.
Sen. Bucco was a faithful and stalwart public servant in the state legislature, as mayor of his hometown of Boonton and as a Morris County Freeholder. The N.J. Chamber was proud to recognize Sen. Bucco with our Legislator of the Year Award in 2013.
It was an evening of baseball, burgers and beer on July 30 for the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce’s newly created networking group of professionals under the age of 40. The young professionals met in a private luxury suite at a Trenton Thunder game for lively conversation, the exchanging of business cards and some great food and beverages.
- 2019-07-29
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The head of the state’s Economic Development Authority got an earful Monday from lawmakers questioning if an administration critical of New Jersey’s corporate tax incentives was withholding promised tax breaks from businesses.
State Sens. Bob Smith, D-Middlesex, and Declan O’Scanlon, R-Monmouth, said at a Statehouse hearing Monday they have been fielding complaints from New Jersey businesses whose tax credits are past due and are concerned the EDA is not paying out.
“No. 1, is that true? No. 2, how many are we talking about?” Smith asked EDA CEO Tim Sullivan.
- 2019-07-22
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Rutgers University President Robert Barchi is stepping down after this school year and will formally announce his decision at Tuesday’s Board of Governors meeting, he told NJ Advance Media in an exclusive interview Monday.
- 2019-07-22
- Star-Ledger Guest Columnists
New Jersey is home to five military bases, from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to Picatinny Arsenal, from Naval Weapons Station Earle to the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May and the 177th Fighter Wing in Atlantic City. These installations are essential to our national security – and our location has made them critical pieces of our nation’s military preparedness.
But, even beyond their importance to national security, our bases are also critical to our state’s economy. Together, our bases employ 70,000 residents both directly and indirectly. Our communities are made stronger by our military families, and local economies are made stronger by them, too.
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Cornerstone members heard an exclusive breakfast presentation on July 12 by some of Gov. Phil Murphy's key advisors, including Chief of Staff George Helmy, Chief Counsel Matt Platkin, Chief Policy Advisor Kathleen Frangione, Deputy Chief of Staff for Economic Growth Joe Kelley and Cabinet Secretary Noreen Giblin.
- 2019-07-09
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The modern port system was created in Newark in April 1956, when a refitted oil tanker carrying fifty-eight trailer-sized steel boxes sailed from Newark to Houston, launching the beginning of container shipping.
Most than 60 years later, parts of the port still look much like it did then. And with a huge increase in the amount of cargo now coming into the marine terminals serving the New Jersey and New York region — as well as the impact of global warming on port operations — billions will be needed to remake the waterfront in the coming decades, officials warn.
- 2019-07-02
- ROI-NJ Op-Ed
In his inauguration address, Gov. Phil Murphy pledged to be the governor of “all 9 million who call our great state home.”
On Sunday, the governor signed the fiscal 2020 state budget while repeatedly asking those in the audience, “Whose side are you on?”
Clearly, by his comments Sunday, the governor has chosen a “side,” which represents only a portion of those 9 million people.
- 2019-06-30
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce believes the 2020 state budget that Gov. Phil Murphy signed today represents a promising step toward the fiscal responsibility New Jersey needs to revitalize its economy.
The Chamber wishes to acknowledge Gov. Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin for approving this responsible budget ahead of the constitutional deadline. Their leadership prevented a potentially damaging government shutdown and the negative consequences that would have resulted.