New Jersey businesses are grappling with nearly $1 billion in tax increases over the next three years after a surge in unemployment claims during the pandemic depleted the state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. State lawmakers are now looking to ease some of that...
In the early months of the pandemic, as lawmakers toiled on an aid package for shuttered concert halls and other performance venues, a major company lobbied to be included in the relief. Live Nation Entertainment — the corporate parent of Ticketmaster and a dominant...
On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, The Greater Atlantic City Chamber hosted the 2022 Business Excellence Awards. It was a night filled with celebrating and recognizing the accomplishments of businesses, community organizations, and individuals committed to making the Greater...
Assembly lawmakers are set to advance a bill to defray unemployment insurance tax hikes on businesses Thursday, their bid fueled by the state’s ample surplus cash. The automatic tax hikes are intended to replenish New Jersey’s unemployment trust fund, which pays out...
The effects of high inflation – and ongoing efforts to rein it in – are looming large as New Jersey lawmakers get ready to draft a state budget that must be adopted within a matter of weeks. With annual inflation running over 8% nationally, New Jersey is flush with...
COVID-19 will continue to infect and hospitalize a growing number of New Jerseyans well into July, according to the state’s latest predictions, but the level of severe disease – and likely death – is expected to remain fairly stable all summer. While some experts see...
