Nine executives from the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors were named last week to ROI-NJ’s 2021 list of the most influential women in the New Jersey business community.
Featured on the 'Legends' list were N.J. Chamber Board Chair Linda Bowden, the outgoing regional president – New Jersey at PNC Bank, and Board Member Ruthie Byrne, president of Zinn Graves & Field.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce is asking Gov. Phil Murphy and the Legislature to use a chunk of New Jersey’s discretionary aid to fund additional grants and loans to businesses in New Jersey that are struggling to survive the pandemic.
The ask starts at $500 million, Michael Egenton, executive vice president-government relations at the chamber, said during his testimony Wednesday to the Assembly Budget Committee.
New Jersey should earmark at least $500 million of the state’s federal windfall to lessen the pain of struggling businesses and energize the state’s economic recovery, the state chamber of commerce urged lawmakers Wednesday.
Congress on Wednesday passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package, which includes $350 billion to state and local governments. With an estimated $6.3 billion in federal aid likely headed to New Jersey’s state coffers and billions of dollars in unspent borrowing in Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed budget, there’s no shortage of ideas for spending the bounty.
We'd like to thank the New Jersey congressional delegation that supported the passage of the American Rescue Plan, and we encourage President Biden to sign it as soon as possible.
It helps New Jersey in many ways, providing vital aid to those impacted by the pandemic.
The first shots of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine could be administered as early as Tuesday, senior Biden administration officials said Sunday.
The drugmaker, which got sign off over the weekend for emergency use of its vaccine from both the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is expected to deliver 4 million shots this week.
In previewing his budget address last week, Gov. Murphy said this is the time to put in motion a plan to spark New Jersey’s recovery and get our economy moving forward. He further said the details in his proposed 2022 state budget would supercharge our re-emergence from the pandemic.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce enthusiastically agrees with the governor’s goal.
Murphy signs legislation to legalize marijuana for adults in NJ. Questions linger as to how that will work
What was originally considered to be a slam-dunk quickly bogged down into three tortuous years of fits and starts. Some chalked up that delay to Trenton’s version of the democratic process, while others called it a baffling case study in excessive political gaucherie.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce is gratified to see that the state Senate has introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide the state’s Economic Development Authority with $300 million for loans and grants to small businesses and nonprofits.
Paycheck Protection Program loans will be tax exempt at the state level — and recipients will be allowed to deduct business expenses that were paid with the tax-exempt loan proceeds, thereby enhancing the tax benefits of the loans, Gov. Phil Murphy and state Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio said Tuesday afternoon.
Gov. Phil Murphy’s public schedule for Friday lists that he will sign “outdoor dining expansion legislation.”
While the governor’s advisory doesn’t list the specific bill, an office spokesperson confirmed it is the outdoor dining expansion bill that both houses of the state Legislature passed last month following Murphy’s veto of a similar bill.