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GSI Annual Policy Forum on New Jersey’s Energy Future
April 23, 2024
Join us on Wednesday, May 1st, for a day of issue-based discussions and networking opportunities at the Hyatt Regency New…
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…
PODCAST: New Jersey Senate GOP Leaders Criticize Budget Proposal
April 5, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. As part of a special…
RELEASE: Audrey Lane Named President of The Garden State Initiative
April 4, 2024
Regina Egea, GSI Founder, elevated to Chairman of the Board of Directors For Immediate Release Contact: Audrey Lane (443) 803…
PODCAST: Tom Bracken on the Consequences of NJ’s Rising Corporate Business Tax
March 29, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this series, GSI traveled…
PODCAST: Chris Emigholz of NJBIA on Governor’s budget plan and how revisions to this plan could help get New Jersey back on track
March 23, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this series, GSI travelled…
GSI Analysis: February ’24 Jobs Report – A Bleak February for New Jersey’s Labor Market
March 21, 2024
Job count falls for the first time since July; January’s large increase cut more than half. Unemployment rate remains 4.8%…
GSI Analysis: January ’24 Jobs Report – More Mixed News on New Jersey’s Labor Market
March 11, 2024
Unemployment rate remains mired at 4.8%--one of the highest rates in the nation--with drops in both the labor force and…
PODCAST: Sen. Michael Testa on the Impact of the Proposed Budget on South Jersey
March 8, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this series, GSI traveled…
GSI Analysis: New Jersey Unemployment Rate Revised Up – U.S. BLS Regional and State Unemployment Annual Averages Report for 2023
March 4, 2024
New data for 2023 as a whole mark up New Jersey’s average Unemployment rate from 4.0 to 4.4%. Fourth-highest rate…
PODCAST: New Jersey’s Fiscal Cliff: Explained, with Professor Thad Calabrese
March 1, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this episode, Thad D. Calabrese…
RELEASE: GSI Statement on Governor Murphy’s Budget Address
February 27, 2024
Members of the Press: “After working with the business community and legislators on both sides of the aisle to reduce…
Garden State Initiative Report: New Jersey on the Brink of a Fiscal Cliff
February 22, 2024
Leading think tank releases “New Jersey’s Fiscal Cliff Explained” and offers a six-point policy recommendation to lead the state back…
PODCAST: Business Outlook 2024
January 26, 2024
Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this episode, Regina is…
NJ adds 12K jobs in December, nearly 70K total in 2023
January 19, 2024
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development released its December 2023 jobs report Thursday, showing the state gained…
GSI Analysis: December ’23 Jobs Report – Another Mixed Month for New Jersey’s Labor Market
January 18, 2024
A solid increase in the job count of more than 12,000, but… Our unemployment rate moves up to 4.8%, more…
RELEASE: GSI Statement on Governor Murphy’s State of the State Address
January 9, 2024
In response to Governor Murphy's State of the State Address, GSI President Regina Egea released the following statement: "As expected,…
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