WHAT IS the best way to protect our pensioners and the state while solving the pension problem in a way that is fair to everyone?
Embedding mandated payments on a quarterly basis into the New Jersey state constitution is not the answer.
The state constitution is the framework and the expression of our principles of governance. The issue of pension payments does not rise to that level. The New Jersey state constitution should not be a warehouse for politically sensitive issues.
NJBIZ's List of Powerful People Includes Nine New Jersey Chamber Board Members
NJBIZ newspaper released its Power 100 list this week - a list of what the newspaper considers the most powerful people in the New Jersey business community.
NJBIZ's List of Powerful People Includes Nine New Jersey Chamber Board Members
NJBIZ newspaper released its Power 100 list this week - a list of what the newspaper considers the most powerful people in the New Jersey business community.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce strongly applauds Gov. Chris Christie's State of the State message today, especially with regard to issues important to the business community and to everyone who wants to see New Jersey grow and prosper.
Veteran New Jersey Chamber of Commerce lobbyist Michael Egenton, the organization's chief business advocate and a fixture in the halls of the New Jersey State House for the past two decades, has been promoted to executive vice president of the State Chamber.
Veteran New Jersey Chamber of Commerce lobbyist Michael Egenton, the organization's chief business advocate and a fixture in the halls of the New Jersey State House for the past two decades, has been promoted to executive vice president of the State Chamber.
The question lingers - can the New Jersey Legislature find solutions to the alarming lack of funding for the Transportation Trust Fund before the legislative session ends next month?
Sens. Bob Gordon and Joe Kyrillos this morning agreed that finding revenue sources to replenish the state's transportation infrastructure fund is one of the most pressing issues in Trenton, but they didn't exactly sound optimistic that it would get done before the end of the lame duck session.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce congratulates the executives from our member companies who were named to the Real Estate Power 50, as determined by NJBIZ newspaper. These real estate movers and shakers include N.J. Chamber Board members Peter Cocoziello, CEO and president of Advance Realty; Gretchen Wilcox, CEO and president of G.S. Wilcox and Co.; and Ted Zangari, co-chair of the real estate department of the law firm Sills, Cummis & Gross.
When New Jersey-native Buzz Aldrin was a youngster, who could imagine that he - or anybody - would one day walk on the moon? But if you looked hard enough, there were celestial signs. His mother's maiden name was Moon. She was born the same year the Wright brothers first took flight. Aldrin's father was an aviator, and Buzz took a great interest in space exploration when he was a student at Montclair High School bound for West Point.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce honored four legislators, two members of Gov. Chris Christie's cabinet and a tireless New Jersey bank executive - all of whom have gone above and beyond to help recharge New Jersey's business climate - at a reception in Bridgewater on Oct. 14.