Social Impact Investment Fund is deemed key step in laying the groundwork for NJ public bank

A centerpiece of his 2017 campaign, Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday signed an executive order creating the Public Bank Implementation Board and gave it one ...

The IRS reported some 40% of Americans still hadn’t filed by April 5. It expected more than 14 million people to request extensions. Citizen Action ...

Critics call the annual Chamber Train "pay-to-play shenanigans," while its sponsors call it a networking opportunity open to everyone willing to pay the price of ...

The House of Representatives approved the Financial Choice Act which rolls back many of the banking crisis era regulations designed to reign in the banking ...

It was the first and oldest state takeover of a school district in the country. Is Jersey City finally ready to regain local control? The ...

Politicians, lobbyists and business leaders from New Jersey were in attendance for the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce's 80th Annual Walk to Washington.

Power hitters on the annual Walk to Washington. Usually dominated by state issues. Not this time. Immigrant workers take a day off to protest the ...

Sen. Bob Menendez has introduced a bill to align HUD standards with the CDC when it comes to acceptable levels of lead in a child's ...

A visit that, for all it's collateral congestion, has delivered a consistent message. The word according to Pope Francis: The human family trumps every social ...

The Department of Justice charges that Hudson City Bank redlined Hispanics and African Americans, refusing to offer them affordable mortgages and even avoiding building branches ...

New Jersey's outlawed payday loans. So how is it possible that state worker pension funds were used to purchase a payday lender? Consumer activists are ...

New Jersey outlawed payday lenders, which make short-term loans of last resort. But the State Investment Council used a hedge fund that then bought a ...

He's officially in the race. Gov. Christie launched his campaign at Livingston High School with tough talk that he hopes will translate to better poll ...

About 1,000 protestors gathered outside Livingston High School to tell what they say is the truth about Chris Christie while he was inside announcing his ...

When the state's in financial stress, state institutions get squeezed. It's happening in higher ed where costs are already soaring. Counting the homeless. Fewer are ...

New Jersey has three of the five U.S. cities with the highest percentage of underwater mortgages: Newark, Elizabeth and Paterson.

Budget committee hearings give way to allegations of discrimination in the National Guard. At the governor's suggestion, debating pension reform. And paid sick leave laws ...

A Rutgers Eagleton study found that instituting paid sick days didn't negatively impact businesses in Jersey City, but the NJBIA takes issue with it.

How Black Friday is changing Small Business Saturday. A super busy season for gun buying -- two background checks take place every second.