Tom Bracken

It's a great boost for working New Jerseyans, but quite the obstacle for the folks who hire them.

In the spring, Gov. Phil Murphy declined to take a regional approach to imposing pandemic-driven shutdowns. A bill would require it and based it on local data.

New Jersey business leaders say they were not consulted on a state budget they say will cost New Jersey jobs and result in more businesses closing.

It took a worldwide pandemic – plus $500 checks to middle-class families in an election year – to get a millionaires tax back on the books in New Jersey.

Business groups are hammering Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget plan over its more than $1 billion in tax hikes, two-thirds affecting the wealthy and corporations.

Experts say the trend is troubling.

A year after unveiling an economic strategy that still hasn’t gotten approved by lawmakers, Gov. Phil Murphy marked the anniversary by tweaking it.

Another front in the battle over New Jersey’s business tax breaks: The main portion of the tax credits for 2018 still haven’t yet been paid out by the state.

The agenda is a mix of business ideas, a modified version of Gov. Phil Murphy’s economic plan and the 'Path to Progress' of Senate President Steve Sweeney.

Large companies whose workers get health coverage through Medicaid would start paying the state $150 per worker per year, under Gov. Phil Murphy's budget.