NJBIZ Conversations

New Jersey Equitable Opportunity Scorecard grades members of NJ’s Legislature

Tomas Varela, the founder and executive director of the New Jersey Black Empowerment Coalition, discusses the group's legislative scorecard and its work on other economic issues.

What’s it like running a union manufacturing shop in New Jersey?

Everyone knows it's impossible to run a thriving manufacturing company in New Jersey. Right? And with union workers? Dream on. Well, Mitch Cahn, the founder and president of Newark-based apparel maker Unionwear, will beg to differ.

’The pandemic’s assault on education’ in New Jersey

A recent report from JerseyCAN – an education research and advocacy organization – found that reading scores are falling in New Jersey. In this episode, JerseyCAN Executive Director Paula White discusses the report, its implications for businesses and strategies to remedy the situation.

What do businesses need to know about the employee retention tax credit?

Gina Perrone, senior tax manager at Sax LLP, explains what's going on with the employee retention tax credit, what the IRS is looking for and what businesses should be doing now.

What’s ahead, economically, for New Jersey?

Chris Maher, chair and CEO of OceanFirst Financial, analyzes the factors driving the economy now and identifies areas of potential trouble.

Catch up on New Jersey’s infrastructure developments

Dennis Toft, a member of CSG Law and chair of the firm's Environmental Law practice, discusses the latest moves on the infrastructure front in New Jersey, permitting, new flood rules and brownfields redevelopment.

How is the health care industry evolving?

Cathy Bennett, president and CEO of the New Jersey Hospital Association, discusses the challenges hospitals and other health care providers are facing and how the industry is evolving.

Improving networking opportunities for women

Babes in Business founder Jennifer Chavez talks about why women entrepreneurs need more and better networking opportunities.

Nursing homes in the aftermath of a pandemic

Andy Aronson, the CEO of the Healthcare Association of New Jersey, discusses the aftermath of the pandemic, how nursing home operators have handled changes and the significant challenges – including with staffing – that they still face.

Talking about the state of higher education – and hot sauce

Rowan University President Ali Houshmand talks about how far the school has come and where Rowan – and American higher education in general – needs to go next. And, of course, his hot sauce.