Michael Egenton, the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce’s executive vice president of government relations, has been with the Chamber for 25 years. So we did the appropriate thing – we roasted him, and we toasted him.
- 2018-10-08
- ROI-NJ Op Ed
For several years, the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce has said the state of New Jersey needs an economic master plan — a practical and realistic roadmap to get our state out of its economic rut and return it to economic vitality.
This is why I was extraordinarily pleased to hear Gov. Phil Murphy deliver his Economic Development Strategic Plan in Nutley last week.
- 2018-10-04
- ROI-NJ
Jeff LeBenger knows the new four-story, 130,000-square-foot Summit Medical Group MD Anderson Cancer Center is capable of attracting patients from throughout northern New Jersey and even the New York metropolitan area.
- 2018-10-04
- NJBIZ
Gov. Phil Murphy signed an amended bill that would provide tax incentives for businesses within a mile of the Atlantic City International Airport by creating a Garden State Growth Zone around it.
We applaud Gov. Murphy for putting forth a strong vision for New Jersey’s economic future and an inspiring view of what New Jersey can be.
The master plan he described in his speech today is exactly what we believe our state needs to ignite new economic growth.
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.