Economy

Under the GOP lawmakers' proposal, business owners could go to court and seek to prove they lost income or whole businesses due to ordered shutdowns.

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.

At a Hillsborough brewery, elected officials detailed plans for spending $100 million in federal CARES Act funds.

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.

It's contentious and it might not be legal, but the idea of borrowing $9.9 billion gets more support from other deficit cures in an FDU Poll.

Restaurants that depend on takeout orders during the coronavirus pandemic might get a break on the fees they are charged by third-party delivery services under a bill waiting action by Gov. Murphy.

Monday, June 15th, is the day non-essential retail stores are allowed to start welcoming customers for in-person shopping for the first time since March 21st.

Senate Pres. Steve Sweeney said it doesn’t make sense that people can go to a grocery store or liquor store but not a card shop, particularly since major retailers are open but mom-and-pop businesses aren’t.

The number of new unemployment claims is rising again in NJ and now exceeds 1 million since the pandemic began, according to the labor department.

Two-thirds of New Jerseyans say their daily stress level has gone up during the pandemic, compared to a bit over half nationally.