- 2015-05-11
Sen. Raymond Lesniak's proposed legislation to place a moratorium on New Jersey's business incentive programs is an attempt to fix something that is not broken.
Let there be a full and fair accounting of the business incentive programs as prescribed by law, but let's not do it in a way that is destructive of a program that is bringing such positive results for everyone in New Jersey.
- 2015-04-28
Sen. Paul Sarlo, chair of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, said there is little chance of a state gas tax increase being adopted before the November elections. "With all 80 (Assembly) seats up for reelection, nobody wants to talk about a gas tax," Sarlo told New Jersey Chamber of Commerce members during a breakfast roundtable in Monroe on April 28.
- 2015-04-20
- NJ Chamber
Mark B. Grier, vice chairman with Prudential Financial and NJ Chamber board member, today spoke in support of Common Core State Standards and the controversial PARCC Statewide Exams that were implemented in the state’s schools this year. Grier said the standards will help students emerge from high school better prepared for college and careers, and will give New Jersey a more skilled workforce.
- 2015-03-31
- Another Thing with Larry Mendte
Watch Steven Pressman, an economics professor at MU and Michael Egenton, Senior VP of NJ Chamber of Commerce to talk about minimum wage on Another Thing with Larry Mendte.
- 2015-03-24
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Scaling back New Jersey's business tax breaks would have "a devastating impact" on the state, the state Chamber of Commerce told a key budget committee today.
"There's an economic war going on out there," Michael Egenton, senior vice president of the statewide chamber group, told the state Assembly Budget Committee during its all-day public hearing today at the Statehouse that drew more than 75 people with thoughts about Gov. Chris Christie's proposed $33.8 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
- 2015-03-21
- Star-Ledger Guest Columnists
We tend to think that millennials, who currently make up the youngest generation in the workforce, are highly advanced because they grew up immersed in transformative technology. However, this is not the case. According to a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),millennials in the United States rank near the bottom of all workers around the world in skills employers want most: literacy, practical math and even a category called "problem-solving in technology-rich environments." The report is based on a test designed to measure the job skills of adults, aged 16 to 65, in 23 countries.
- 2015-03-20
- New Jersey Business Magazine
‘Ready to Work New Jersey’ Connects the Long-term Unemployed with Companies Who Need Their Skills
They are called the “exhaustees.”
They are men and women of every ilk, some with exceptional skills and talents. They have been desperately seeking work for a long time. They have exhausted their unemployment benefits, and they are – quite literally – exhausted and demoralized from their endless search for a good job.
- 2015-03-10
- Times of Trenton
Some of the region's top business leaders said Tuesday that education could be a powerful economic engine, but only if the state's colleges and universities strengthen its ties with the business community and forge more active partnerships.
- 2015-03-06
State Treasurer Andrew P. Sidamon-Eristoff on March 6 gave New Jersey Chamber of Commerce members a briefing of Gov. Chris Christie's proposed $33.8 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year - and he touted the Christie administration's continuing efforts to reduce business taxes.
The briefing came during a New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Roundtable in Monroe.
- 2015-03-02
- Times of Trenton
A coalition of New Jersey business groups filed a lawsuit in state court Monday seeking to overturn a new law requiring businesses to provide paid sick leave to employees who work in Trenton.