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Jones asks comptroller to investigate Teva EDA award

July 9, 2019 10:27 amJuly 9, 2019 10:30 am

Assemblywoman Pat Egan Jones on Tuesday asked State Comptroller Philip Degnan to investigate a tax incentive award granted to opioid manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals by the Economic Development Authority. “It is inconceivable to me that New Jersey and Gov. [Phil] Murphy...

Codey likens EGS committee to Trump investigating Mueller

June 24, 2019 3:44 pmJune 24, 2019 6:14 pm

Former Gov. Dick Codey criticized the Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth Strategies on Monday, likening it to President Donald Trump investigating Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller. “This committee, it’s kind of like Trump investigating Mueller at the same time, but...

Christie should stay out of EDA fight, Munoz says

May 6, 2019 11:19 amMay 6, 2019 11:49 am

Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz doesn’t think former Gov. Chris Christie should be injecting himself into a feud between Gov. Phil Murphy and Camden Democrats over some of the Economic Development Authority’s tax incentive programs. “I think everybody thinks that the former...

Murphy won’t take further steps to oust EDA Board

April 25, 2019 2:02 pmApril 25, 2019 4:35 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said he does not intend to take further steps to pressure members of the Economic Development Authority’s board members to resign. “They’re the government appointees. We approached them. We laid out our case, kamathey made their decision....

Head of tax incentives firm was a teen council candidate in Montclair

March 30, 2019 3:12 pmApril 3, 2019 11:57 am

Jay C. Biggins, head of a consulting firm that helps corporations negotiate tax incentives, started out as a teenage political prodigy in Montclair. A whistleblower told the New Jersey Tax Incentive Task Force on Thursday that a consulting firm – identified...

Comptroller contradicts Murphy on audit

February 11, 2019 5:37 pmFebruary 11, 2019 7:38 pm

Correction: A previous version of this article said Gov. Phil Murphy misrepresented the audit of the Economic Development Authority by claiming it found 3,000 jobs were not created. That is not the case. He said, accurately, that 3,000 jobs were...

Murphy cabinet has first woman majority

February 20, 2018 12:08 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy today named three women to cabinet posts, giving him the first cabinet in state history with more women than men. Former Obama White House aide Zakiya Smith Ellis will be the Secretary of Higher Education, civil rights...