Governor Chris Christie has endorsed a sweeping plan to revamp government policy concerning the State's entertainment and sports industries that would impact everything from major sports venues in northern NJ to the Atlantic City casinos in the south. Read more.

A compromise between Gov. Christie and the Legislature has led to a 2% cap in the amount that property taxes can increase in any given year, with limited exemptions for increases in health benefits costs, pensions, increased school enrollment, debt payments and states of emergency. Read more.

A new report from NJBIA's research affiliate, the NJ Policy Research Organization (NJPRO), discusses in detail a key strategy toward NJ's economic recovery: creating more effective commercial partnerships between the state's businesses and research universities. See the report.

NJBIA Vice President David Brogan today called the NJ DEP decision to revise the state's public-access rule to make it more reasonable, "a victory for common sense and the elimination of an arbitrary tax on business." Read more.

Businesses operating exclusively in one of the State's 32 Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZ) would no longer have to apply for sales tax rebates on the goods they purchase for use by their business under A-1559 (Lampitt, Coutinho), which was released June 10 from the Assembly Commerce Committee. Read more.

NJBIA's Vision for a Better Business Climate 2010-2011 is a blueprint for building a strong private-sector economy in NJ by creating jobs, strengthening the business climate, and improving our economic competitiveness. It details the broad principles on which our public policy positions are based.

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