Economy
NJ Transit engineers approve strike — but they’ll still have to wait to take action
NJ Transit and a locomotive engineers union have not been able to negotiate a new contract for more than three years.
Campus food pantries are seeing greater demand — and more state dollars
The number of food pantries on U.S. college campuses has ballooned from 80 to around 800 in the past decade.
Federal call center workers join March on Washington call attention to workplace inequities
Saturday's march will begin at the Lincoln Memorial and end at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and 75,000 people are expected to attend.
Bill recognizing Central Jersey as tourism region gets governor’s signature
The bill requires the state's tourism maps recognize a region many at the state's northern and southern ends consider imaginary.
Pregnant workers have new protections. Here’s what to expect from your boss.
For roughly a decade, advocates, legislators and workers pushed to pass legislation offering better workplace protections for pregnant workers.
N.J. lottery players can soon buy Mega Millions, Pick 6 through state website
The change has angered retailers and some lawmakers, who argue it will harm local businesses and violates state law.
New Jersey launches $100 million fund to fix boardwalks
Federal dollars will pay for boardwalk repairs, maintenance, and weatherization as lawmakers seek to bolster the recovering tourism industry.
Consumers seeing relief in some food prices as inflation continues to slow
The Department of Labor’s report on Thursday showed the consumer price index rose 0.2% in July, in line with expectations.
VP Kamala Harris unveils new wage rule for federal projects
Vice President Kamala Harris said the new rule would be the first update in more than 40 years to the law that requires paying prevailing wages on public works projects.
Teamsters-UPS reach ‘game-changing’ labor deal to avert strike
A work stoppage could have cost the U.S. economy billions by upending distribution to businesses, hospitals and homes.
Cannabis company cites ‘ample supply’ of weed in N.J., but critics wonder where it is
Marijuana advocates argue that the claims of sufficient cannabis supply are not in line with stubbornly high prices in New Jersey.
New Jersey would buy unwanted farms under new bill aimed at land preservation
New Jersey lost 70,900 acres of farmland from 2000 to 2016, but lawmakers have acted in recent years to preserve it.