Economy

The Murphy administration will review a suggestion to raise the threshold for guaranteeing workers overtime eligibility.

Murphy’s economic plan includes $20M a year for brownfields projects, capped at $4M per project. It’s part of an overall $400M a year proposal still being hashed out in negotiations with lawmakers.

What’s a cash-strapped government to do when it wants to upgrade its infrastructure? Under a new law, they can partner with private developers to finance it.

New Jersey plans crackdown on businesses that classify employees as independent contractors, which could cost the state a half-billion a year in taxes.

The Jobs and Economic Opportunity Council, made up mostly of administration officials, is to help identify federal, foundational, and philanthropic funds.

A new survey from Wells Fargo and Gallup finds small business owners in New Jersey and across the country are more optimistic now than they have been since early in 2008.

New Jersey ranks 25th among the 50 states in a study, when it comes to the percentage of the workforce that is unemployed and underemployed.

The unemployment rate now stands at 4.3 percent, but don't expect the state unemployment rate to drop much lower.

Only a quarter believe the coming year will bring about improvement in their finances, and 20 percent say they actually lost ground in 2015, FDU poll finds.

There's economy is still recovering — but the slowing pace of recovery could make New Jersey residents and businesses cautious.