By South Jersey Times Editorial Board
Gov. Phil Murphy has restored a potential lifeline to five New Jersey cities -- Bridgeton and Camden among them -- by signing legislation that allows businesses there to charge "half-price" state sales tax as an...
Amazon has completed the process of visiting all 20 cities that are finalists in the e-commerce giant's search for a second headquarters,sources close to the process told NBC News on Wednesday.
This pushes the Seattle-based company one step further in deciding...
By Jonathan O'Connell
Newark is the hard-knock contender that for six decades has watched its population slide and its commercial corridors clear out. Analysts dismiss the city’s chances at landing the project, called HQ2. Bookies will give you 50-1 odds.
So Newark is...
By Leanna Garfield
When asked about the slow growth of the US economy, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka both said that urban inequality and a lack of public transit are two of the largest causes.
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The planned revitalization of the former Newark Bears Stadium into a mixed-use community is arguably the biggest project in the Brick City, and the look and feel of the plan is now clearer following the release of full site...
By Ang Santos
The Regional Plan Association (RPA) proposes a thirty to forty year long, $50 billion overhaul of Newark Airport. The plan includes a third runway and a transportation hub connecting PATH train service.
“It’s critical that we look at a third...
By Tom Bergeron
The transportation infrastructure in Newark is extensive — and certainly greater than any other location in the state. New Jersey Transit, Amtrak and the PATH all go through Newark Penn Station. And then there’s the fact that the city has the state’s largest...
By Eric Kiefer
NEWARK, NJ — Governor Phil Murphy just gave New Jersey businesses a big reason to operate in Newark, along with four other large Garden State cities: tax breaks.
Last week, the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) announced that...
Newark mayor Ras Baraka is preparing to name Eric Pennington as the new city business administrator, according to two sources connected to the mayor.
Pennington, a former chief judge of the Orange Municipal Court, is expected to succeed Jack Kelly,...
