Business & Finance

TRENTON, NJ – The head of the state's Department of Labor said Thursday that the measures enacted to slow the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 have resulted in the state’s unemployment numbers soaring to their highest recorded levels.

Robert Asaro-Angelo said that the state’s unemployment rate has hit 15.3% - the highest level since the state first started recording the ...

NEW JERSEY - On Wednesday, Governor Murphy signed an Executive Order permitting curbside pickup at non-essential businesses.

According to the order, "permitting curbside pickup at non-essential retail businesses is reasonable in that it avoids unnecessary contact between customers and staff in enclosed spaces, and instead only allows for the similar amount of limited contact that might ...

(EAST ORANGE/ORANGE, NJ) - As a part of a series of informational community seminars hosted by Assemblywomen, Angela V. McKnight (Jersey City), Shanique Davis Speight (Newark), and Britnee N. Timberlake (East Orange), tonight they will take on the issue of unemployment during COVID-19. Since the pandemic began, the NJDOLWD has paid out $1.4 billion: $727 million from the State ...

TRENTON, NJ – Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday appointed a commission to advise advising the administration on the timing and preparation for New Jersey’s recovery from the COVID-19 shutdown.

The Governor’s Restart and Recovery Commission includes 21 members, all with a vast wealth of experience in health care, business, finance, academics, and economics and will be chaired by ...

(EAST ORANGE/ORANGE) - Libretti's Restaurant  located at 554 Nassau Street in Orange is pleased to announce their reopening since COVID-19. Starting today, April 24, at 1 PM – 7:30 PM and every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday after, the restaurant is getting back to doing what they do best, providing delicious homemade Italian food throughout the Oranges since ...

(EAST ORANGE, NJ) - Now more than ever, the mom- and pop- small businesses in our communities are struggling to stay open during these challenging times. Along with providing resources and updates about COVID-19, TAPinto East Orange/Orange is committed to our ongoing effort to help the business district survive during and after the pandemic.  We received news of a website called “East ...

(EAST ORANGE/ORANGE) - COVID-19 has presented many health and economic challenges throughout the world. It has also weakened major industries like banks and the stock market. These two facts have created a niche environment for people to build a financial portfolio for their family, including those who previously thought financial portfolios were only for the rich. Use this time in the house ...

TRENTON, NJ — The commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development offered what he could in the way of reassurance during the state’s daily press briefing on Saturday, addressing the staggering 362,000 people who have applied for unemployment as a result of the nation’s public health crisis. 

New Jersey now has 34,124 known cases of the ...

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today announced that distribution of economic impact payments will begin in the next three weeks and will be distributed automatically, with no action required for most people. However, some seniors and others who typically do not file returns will need to submit a simple tax return to receive the stimulus payment.

Who is eligible for ...

TRENTON – Financial institutions will provide mortgage forbearance and financial protections for New Jerseyans facing economic hardship as a result COVID-19, according to an announcement by Gov. Phil Murphy today.

“Millions of hardworking New Jerseyans are suffering financial losses through no fault of their own as a result of the economic downturn brought on by ...