By The Staff _ Amazon is canning its plan to bring 1/2 of its “HQ2” to New York citing opposition from local politicians and community groups. Click here for the full story. _
Amazon cancels New York HQ2
SPADEA: New apprentice mandates will raise your taxes
By Bill Spadea This post originally appeared at NJ 101.5 _ Enough already. Now the government in Trenton wants to require all public works contractors participating in Union approved apprentice programs. The intended consequence here would be to drive up costs Read More
Murphy tried to sell a diner owner on the $15 min wage. A fiasco ensued.
By The Staff _ Earlier Tuesday, Governor Phil Murphy and the senior legislative leadership tried to sell a local business owner (of the Ocean Bay Diner) on the Democrat $15 minimum wage plan. It didn’t go well: .@GovMurphy, @SpeakerCoughlin and Read More
GOP’s Auth says $15 min wage will “hurt the goose that lays the golden egg” as bill advances
TRENTON, N.J. – The Democrats’ $15 minimum wage compromise legislation advanced in Trenton today, Save Jerseyans. Assemblyman Robert Auth (R-29) runs a small North Bergen-based business. _ He told the the committee’s attendees that they were making an epic mistake for Read More
Fast food prices rise (including in N.J.) as minimum wages spike
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey is one of a host of states with minimum wage rates going up in 2019. Consumers may soon feel the pinch as much as many of the workers serving them burgers, fries, tacos, fried chicken Read More
THE MURPHY ECONOMY: N.J. lost 2,300 jobs in December 2018
TRENTON, N.J. — The United States added 312,000 jobs in December 2018. New Jersey lost jobs. 2,300! It’s the latest sign of trouble head for New Jersey at a time when the national job market continues to boom but fears Read More
Murphy spent years in Germany. He should study what a high minimum wage is doing over there.
By Matt Rooney _ A Thursday deal between the governor and legislative Democrats means New Jersey’s minimum wage is set to hit $15 in just five years’ time, Save Jerseyans, a move which has the business community and even some Read More
N.J. Democrats strike deal to hike state minimum wage to $15 by 2024
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s minimum wage will hit $15 in five years, Save Jerseyans, due to a deal announced Thursday by Governor Phil Murphy and the Democrat leaders of both legislative chambers. New Jersey (which just hit $8.85 per Read More
Comptroller: N.J. gave away $11B to incentivize job growth without confirming recipients were creating jobs
TRENTON, N.J. — Corporate welfare is bad enough. When the companies aren’t even creating jobs with it? That’s even harder for taxpayers and watchdogs to stomach. A new report from the N.J. Comptroller Matt Boxer (his office conduced an audit Read More