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New Jersey can learn from the offshore wind turbine debacle in Nantucket
August 27, 2024
As the crow flies, it’s about 250 miles from the Jersey Shore to Nantucket Island, located off Cape Cod in…
GSI Analysis: July ’24 Jobs Report – Soft July for New Jersey Labor Market
August 15, 2024
Unemployment rate moved up to 4.7%, though employment and labor force expanded. Sharp loss of 10,300 jobs, and June’s drop…
GSI Analysis: June ’24 Jobs Report – New Jersey Labor Market Sluggish in June
July 24, 2024
Total count of jobs edged down; May increase revised down. Unemployment rate unchanged at 4.6%, but there were increases in…
The NJ budget: More taxes, less transparency and why we will all pay more in 2025
July 7, 2024
I spent the days leading up to passage of this year’s New Jersey state budget at the Statehouse in Trenton. …
PODCAST: Assembly Minority Leader John DiMaio on NJ Budget: Cut Spending and Property Taxes
June 21, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea of the Garden State Initiative. In this series, GSI traveled to the State…
GSI Analysis: May ’24 Jobs Report – New Jersey’s Labor Market Flowered in May – But There Were Some Thorns
June 21, 2024
Jobs grew a sharp 16,500—the largest gain since September. Leisure and hospitality were strong segments. The unemployment rate fell for…
PODCAST: NFIB’s Kean Talks Taxes, Energy and the Importance of Supporting Small Businesses
June 7, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea of the Garden State Initiative. In this series, GSI traveled to the State…
PODCAST: NJ Senator Steinhardt on Budget Gimmicks, School Funding and the Highlands Act
May 31, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea of the Garden State Initiative. In this series, GSI traveled to the State…
PODCAST: How Open are Public Records in New Jersey?
May 24, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast. On May 1, 2024, Garden State Initiative’s Annual Policy Forum at the Hyatt Regency…
GSI Analysis: April ’24 Jobs Report – Some April Showers Hit New Jersey’s Labor Market
May 20, 2024
Payrolls decline by 10,900, with March increase marked down. Job losses noted in Leisure & Hospitality and Professional & Business…
PODCAST: Assemblyman Scharfenberger Raises Red Flags about Declining Energy and The NJ Energy Master Plan
May 17, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea of the Garden State Initiative. In this series, GSI traveled to the State…
PODCAST: NJ Assemblywoman Matsikoudis on Budget Expectations, Tax Policies, and Solutions for New Jersey’s Economic Challenges
May 10, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea of the Garden State Initiative. In this series, GSI traveled to the State…
RELEASE: The Garden State Initiative Caps their Annual Policy Forum by Announcing Establishment of “The Governor Thomas H. Kean Economic Leadership Award”
May 2, 2024
Governor Kean was the featured Special Guest at GSI’s annual forum in New Brunswick and delivered remarks to the crowd…
Garden State Initiative Partners with Renowned Energy Policy Expert Mark P. Mills on Research Paper NJ’s Energy Master Plan
May 1, 2024
Report titled “The Aspirations and Economics of the New Jersey Energy Master Plan” headlines GSI’s Annual Policy Forum in New…
GSI Annual Policy Forum on New Jersey’s Energy Future
May 1, 2024
A day of issue-based discussions and networking opportunities was held on May 1, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick,…
PODCAST: Rowan University’s Dr. Ben Dworkin on NJ’s Budget Dance
April 26, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea of the Garden State Initiative. In this series, GSI traveled to the State…
PODCAST: Overtaxing and Overspending: Budget Outlook with South Jersey Assemblyman Antwan McClellan
April 19, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this series, GSI traveled to…
GSI Analysis: March ’24 Jobs Report – March Numbers Mixed for New Jersey Labor Market
April 18, 2024
Solid 13,800 increase in the number of jobs, with gains widespread across industries. Unemployment rate mired at 4.8% with little…
Businesses will leave NJ if they face more corporate taxes — even to bail out NJ Transit
April 16, 2024
Not long after he proposed a new state budget that would retroactively increase the state’s Corporate Business Tax, Gov. Phil Murphy…
PODCAST: An Unfair Tax on South Jersey
April 12, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this series, GSI traveled to…
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