Since the Murphy administration took power nine months ago, 109 new employees have been hired to staff the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development - and more hires are to come.
- 2018-09-27
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Call it a rite of passage. Call it a must-visit for any modern New Jersey governor. Just don't call it a vacation.
Gov. Phil Murphy will set off on a 9-day overseas business mission next month that includes a visit to Israel with stops in Tel Aviv and the holy city of Jerusalem. Israel has been a destination for just about every elected governor for the past three decades.
New Jersey Assemblywomen Nancy Muñoz (R-21) and Shavonda Sumter (D-35), whom have made health care their missions in public office and in their professional careers, were presented the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Alice H. Parker Women Leaders in Innovation Awards on Sept. 20.
- 2018-09-19
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
When pushing for limiting how much you can deduct for state and local taxes on your federal income taxes, Republican lawmakers argued that such breaks were unfair because they subsidized the super rich -- especially in states like New Jersey.
NJ Chamber of Commerce President Tom Bracken's Statement on Announced Health Care Benefits Agreement
We congratulate Gov. Phil Murphy and the leaders from the teachers and public sector unions on the announcement today that the administration has reached a cost-cutting health care benefits agreement.
The cost of providing health care to members of public sector unions has been a major issue for many years.
- 2018-09-04
- ROI-NJ
A coalition of politicians and business leaders stood under a bridge in Secaucus to rally support for the Gateway Tunnel project — which currently is being stonewalled by a New York native who happens to be President of the United States, Donald Trump.
The group was a VIP list of New Jersey leaders: Gov. Phil Murphy, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), U.S. Reps. Albio Sires, Donald Payne and Bill Pascrell (all D-N.J.), Economic Development Authority CEO Tim Sullivan, Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce leaders Tom Bracken and Michael Egenton, and Gateway Program Development Corp. trustees Jerry Zaro and Tony Coscia.
- 2018-09-04
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce has been a long-time and strong advocate for the importance of investing in New Jersey’s infrastructure.
An efficient system of roads, bridges and tunnels that allow the safe and cost-effective transportation of people and goods is critical to attracting and keeping business in this state.
As former Congressman Bob Roe said, “Our infrastructure is the foundation of our economy.”
- 2018-09-04
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Some of New Jersey's top elected officials -- all Democrats -- gathered Tuesday near an aging bridge to send a message to President Donald Trump:
It's time for the Republican president to drop his opposition to the Gateway Tunnel project, not only for the region he's long called home, but for all Americans.
"New Jersey is ready to get working on America's next great infrastructure project," Gov. Phil Murphy said as he and four members of New Jersey's congressional delegation hosted a pep rally of sorts in Secaucus for the new rail tunnel under the Hudson River linking the Garden State with Manhattan.
- 2018-08-30
- ROI-NJ Op Ed
I attended Gov. Phil Murphy’s news conference honoring the construction workers at the American Dream complex Tuesday in East Rutherford, and I came away with a strong sense of optimism for this soon-to-open retail and entertainment park, and what it can mean to New Jersey both economically and symbolically.
- 2018-08-28
- ROI-NJ
Jordan Thomas, Princeton University Class of 2018, was one of 32 U.S. college students to be awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship this year.
And, while he is not the first Rhodes Scholar from Princeton (or other New Jersey schools), he is the first graduate of the Newark Public Schoolsto be given the honor.