- 2018-06-18
- ROI-NJ
Sweeney, Coughlin offering proposal to raise tax to 11.5 percent (for small companies) and 13 for large (more than $25M in revenue)
- 2018-06-07
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Last Friday started with a tense morning meeting between top aides from the governor's office and from the Senate and Assembly Democratic offices. Words were exchanged. Doors were slammed.
- 2018-05-30
We support Gov. Murphy’s signing of the Zero Emissions Certificate legislation (nuclear energy bill), designed to maintain New Jersey’s nuclear energy supply. It is important to the state’s overall energy strategy to ensure we have reliable, resilient and affordable energy for citizens and businesses in New Jersey. Of all the options available, this legislation best accomplishes that goal. In addition, this legislation protects thousands of jobs that are vital to the Southern New Jersey economy.
It’s A Golf Tradition: The 7th Annual N.J. Chamber Challenge Is A Big Hit On and Off The Course
The ping of driver meeting golf ball. The smell of fresh cut grass. The chirping of birds. And a beautiful golf course. This was the setting on May 21 for the 7th annual N.J. Chamber Golf Challenge, where business leaders plied their skill on 18 holes at the elegant Bedens Brook Club in Skillman.
- 2018-05-16
Senate President Sweeney to Business Leaders: No to Millionaire’s and Corporate Tax Hikes; Yes to $15 Minimum Wage
In a wide-ranging and lively address to business leaders, Senate President Stephen Sweeney said the state’s public employee pension deficit cannot be solved by raising taxes; he reiterated his opposition to a millionaire’s tax; and he said he no longer supports a state Corporation Business Tax increase that he once offered as an alternative to a millionaire’s tax.
- 2018-05-14
- ROI-NJ
The U.S. Supreme Court has paved the way for legal sports betting in New Jersey, ruling the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is an unconstitutional regulation of state government.
- 2018-05-14
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
So the U.S. Supreme Court sided with New Jersey on Monday and ruled that sports betting is now legal across the country. But how quickly can you place your bets?
Here's a closer look at that question and more:
- 2018-05-14
- NJ Chamber Press Office
Enough is enough!
Two weeks after Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law the Mandatory Sick Leave Act and said it has the “strongest earned leave protections in the country,” the Legislature is now considering an expansion of the State Family Leave Act which Senate President Steve Sweeney says will make it “the most generous legislation of its kind in the nation.”
- 2018-04-30
- Bloomberg
SJP Properties and Aetna Realty are planning to spend as much as $1 billion on a project beside a Newark, New Jersey, commuter-rail hub, the latest in a spree of upscale developments that have brought new optimism to the long-suffering city.
- 2018-04-26
- NJBIZ
Former Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno has accepted a position as partner with Roseland-based law firm Connell Foley.
In her new role, Guadagno will provide strategic counsel in a number of areas, including real estate, litigation, complex civil cases and criminal law, as well as provide legal advice to the firm’s partners and their clients.