Business & Finance

WOOD-RIDGE, NJ -  It was an ideal sunny spring day as borough official, hotel employees and others gathered for the official grand opening and ribbon cutting for the newest business to call Wood-Ridge home.

Members from Marriott, owners The Briad Group, members of Wood-Ridge Mayor and Council, and hotels employees gathered outside the main entrance of the Element by Westin on Route 17 ...

NEW JERSEY — New Jersey was ranked as the seventh highest state with the overall tax burden with a 9.98% overall state tax according to personal finance website WalletHub’s  2021 Tax Burden by State report. Nearby New York was the highest taxed state in the nation.

What accounts for New Jersey's top 10 ranking? Property taxes.

"New Jersey has the third highest ...

Lawmakers agreed to bills they say will help jobless workers, boost aid to struggling businesses, nonprofits. 

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State lawmakers want to offer New Jersey’s ...

With workers and businesses slammed, calls for more government aid to ‘supercharge’ the economy.

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A year after the first cases of the coronavirus ...

NEW JERSEY -- Earlier this week, Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled his Fiscal Year 2022 Budget, which included $200 million to support New Jersey’s small businesses, the backbone of New Jersey’s economy.

Hit hard by the COVID pandemic, small businesses have been forced to adapt to a vastly changed economy. The governor's budget allocates almost $150 million in funding to help ...