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United Airlines is once again making a visible pitch to New York travelers: consider Newark Liberty International Airport over John F. Kennedy International Airport. Beginning Dec. 18, nearly 800 New York City yellow cabs are now topped with United-branded digital displays showing real-time drive-time comparisons between JFK and Newark, tailored to [...]

Of the best independent bakeries and dessert shops in the U.S. to pick up sweets for the holidays, New Jersey is home to three spots, according to a new ranking from DoorDash. To help make it easier to find those fan-favorite businesses that offer on-demand delivery, the platform generated its first-ever [...]

Optimum announced Dec. 15 a new $40 million investment to expand its 100% fiber-to-the-home network across New Jersey. The latest follows nearly $200 million the company has invested in its Garden State network over the past two years. The new deployment makes Optimum‘s fiber internet, mobile, TV and phone services available for [...]

The basics: Port Authority board approves record $45B 2026–2035 capital plan, $10B budget for 2026 Includes toll, fare and rideshare fee increases across system Major New Jersey investments span Newark Airport, PATH, bridges and ports Maher Terminals lease extended through 2063 to support port growth The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey [...]

Jersey Central Power & Light crews are working on a major upgrade in Monmouth County to improve service for more than 11,000 customers.  The FirstEnergy Corp. electric company provided an update on the project Dec. 15. The work started in September. It includes rebuilding and modernizing a key section of the local power grid to [...]

The basics: BioNJ CEO Debbie Hart discusses public-private partnerships such as HELIX in New Jersey Her organization weighs impacts of federal tariffs and health policy uncertainty AI seen as a major opportunity for drug development Manufacturing, workforce training and funding top BioNJ priorities This continues NJBIZ’s two-part conversation with Debbie Hart, president and CEO of [...]

The basics: Trump orders federal agencies to fast-track cannabis reclassification Marijuana could move from Schedule I to less restrictive Schedule III Change would ease taxes, banking access and research barriers Rescheduling would not legalize marijuana or override state laws The White House is taking steps to ease federal restrictions on marijuana. Under a Dec. 18 executive [...]

The basics: State board approves the relocation Certificate of Need for Monmouth Medical Center RWJBarnabas Health plans a $858M, 252-bed hospital in Tinton Falls Long Branch campus will retain behavioral health, outpatient and ED services Application now advances to acting Health Commissioner Jeff Brown The New Jersey State Health Planning Board voted Dec. 18 to [...]

The basics: Mikie Sherrill will be sworn in as New Jersey’s 57th governor in Newark The Jan. 20, 2026, inauguration will be held at NJPAC, not Trenton Move breaks more than 235 years of New Jersey gubernatorial tradition Essex County turnout played a key role in Sherrill’s election win In a break from more than [...]

The basics: Virtua Health and ChristianaCare terminated their plans to merge Systems said they can best serve communities by operating independently Proposed merger would have spanned four states and 10 counties Decision follows broader slowdown in hospital merger activity Virtua Health is no longer exploring plans to establish a new four-state health system as part [...]