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More than $135 million of the $180 million allocated in the Schools and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program will be earmarked for the Garden State's most underserved communities.

More than $135 million of the $180 million allocated in the Schools and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program will be earmarked for the Garden State's most underserved communities.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation (S-3995) that establishes a fund administered by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) which

07/14/21 Jon L. Gelman Building on his commitment to making sure that workers and employers in New Jersey are treated fairly, Governor Phil Murphy today signed a four-bill legislative package furthering state efforts to stop employee misclassification. Misclassification is the practice of illegally and improperly classifying employees as independent contractors. This practice deprives workers of the right to earn minimum wage and overtime, workers compensation, unemployment, earned sick leave,...

Credit: Creative Commons New coalition wants a quarter-million low-income families to go solar by 2030 and $125 million annually in state funding to achieve those goals. Low-income families who suffer with energy insecurity benefit the most from lower monthly electric bills, local jobs and a more resilient community. Landmark legislation that will help reduce the energy burden of low-income households using solar and energy efficiency is right now awaiting action at the Assembly Telecommunicati...

Burlington County Restaurant Week kicks off in Bordentown City Burlington County Restaurant Week kicks off in Bordentown City   1 / 5  Burlington County Commissioner Tom Pullion; Commissioner Director Felicia Hopson; CJ Mugavero, President of the Downtown Bordentown Association; and Kristi Howell, President and CEO of the Burlington County Regional Chamber of Commerce helped kick off Burlington County Restaurant Week Tuesday at Marcell’s Coal Fired Restaurant and Pizza in Bordentown City....

NorthJersey.com Thea Gleason juggles jobs to support her family of four in Little Egg Harbor, supplementing her salary as a high school English teacher with a second job at a storage facility. She usually waitresses as well, but that gig fell through when the COVID pandemic hit, reducing her income. So her family applied to their lender for mortgage forbearance. It was granted, and allowed them to put off payments for a year, through the end of this month. “So we could buy food instead,” ...

Soltage Announces First Landfill Community Solar Project in New Jersey Board of Public Utilities President, Senator Singleton, Governor’s Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy, IBEW Local 351 and others celebrate milestone project, 35+ local jobs and solar energy for 700+ households JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, May 13, 2021 — Today, Soltage, an independent[...]

Rental applications in New Jersey will no longer ask about criminal convictions, and landlords’ use of background checks will be limited.

The politics moves and countermoves that are made in 2022 will provide us with some clues about what will happen in 2023.