Laurie Ehlbeck

With minimum wage and paid sick leave laws on the books, over a dozen labor and community groups have begun a campaign for their next worker-friendly law.

Officials are touting the big number — 100,000 new businesses opening this year. But one expert says it's not as rosy a picture as it seems.

Backers of a higher gas tax say New Jersey needs to improve its infrastructure, but critics say the economic price would be too high.