September 04, 2018

• 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.”

September 04, 2018

• Brent Johnson
• 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.

August 30, 2018

• Tom Bracken
• 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.

August 28, 2018

• Tom Bergeron
• 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.

August 23, 2018

• Daniel J. Munoz
• 2018-08-23
• NJBIZ

Gov. Phil Murphy plans to veto a proposed 5-cent fee on plastic bags within the next few days, according to a source close to the governor.

August 17, 2018

• Emily Bader
• 2018-08-17
• ROI-NJ

Private-sector unemployment in New Jersey is at an 11-year low, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The bureau said that in the Garden State, employment expanded in July while the state’s unemployment rate dropped, edging lower for the fourth month in a row by 0.1 percentage point to 4.2 percent. This is the state’s lowest unemployment rate since July 2007, it said.

August 15, 2018

• Tom Bergeron
• 2018-08-15
• ROI-NJ

It’s that time of year. The time when summer interns are leaving your office and returning to college.

It’s the time when all companies should be asking themselves a number of things.

That’s right, the intern exit interview should be given to company executives — not the intern.

We offer five questions company executives should be asking themselves right now.

August 10, 2018

• David Danzis
• 2018-08-10
• The Press of Atlantic City

The resort's two new casinos helped push the industry's total employment over the 30,000 mark for the first time since 2014.

Atlantic City's nine casino hotels employed 30,217 people in July, according to the most recent statistics released by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement. The figure includes full-time and part-time employees.

August 09, 2018

• 2018-08-09

The release of the Economic and Fiscal Policy Workgroup recommendations is an important step in creating a better economic future for New Jersey.

While we need time to digest and fully analyze many of the specific recommendations, the most important accomplishment of the workgroup is that it points us in the direction that the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce has long advocated - toward a more economically competitive and affordable New Jersey.