Eric Strauss

Gov. Phil Murphy admits that Ørsted’s decision to pull out of the state was a big setback for the state’s clean energy efforts. He just can’t understand why it’s being celebrated by some. “There are folks out there applauding this — for reasons that are beyond my comprehension,” he said. The governor said he has […]

Fuel Merchants’ DeGesero notes winners in key races have been taking cautious approach to mandates involving electrification of buildings and sales of electric vehicles

Display in Hahne building that started as project by Mentor Newark has become hit with Prince fans from around region

Asselta, head of Southern New Jersey Development Council: Industry is good for clean energy, economic future of region

The nurses at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center have ratified a new, three-year collective bargaining agreement, hospital officials said over the holiday break. The vote, which occurred Dec. 22, represented final approval of a memorandum of agreement reached Dec. 18 between the nurses union, New Jersey Nurses Union/CWA 1091, and the hospital after months of good […]

Keith Banks, a top executive at Bank of America, will now serve as chair of the Hackensack Meridian Health board of trustees, the health system announced Wednesday morning. Banks, a vice chair at BofA, has a long history of service to HMH, having previously served as vice chairman of the board and co-chair of the […]

A year into his role as interim president of New Jersey City University — the beginning of an effort to not only rescue, but revive a vitally important institution — Andrés Acebo knows he will be judged in one of two ways. “There will be folks that may laud what we’ve done as brilliant — […]

Hunterdon County Commissioner Shaun Van Doren last week was sworn in as the 83rd president of the New Jersey Association of Counties, during the group’s annual reorganization meeting. Van Doren said he is eager to get going in the role. “I look forward to leading this outstanding organization in 2024 with a unified and proactive […]

After years of delays — and, quite frankly, decades of worries that the massive Gateway Tunnel project would ever come to be — the announcement Monday that the Portal North Bridge project was 50% finished was worthy of a celebration. That’s why numerous elected officials and transportation leaders gathered Monday in Kearny to mark the […]

Despite market challenges, the Atlantic City casino industry remains a force in the region for jobs and support for the region’s neediest, according to the 2023 Impact Report released by the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism in collaboration with the Casino Association of New Jersey. According to the report, operators contributed […]