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Nearly 60% Of NJ Small Businesses May Call It Quits Due To COVID-19: Survey Nearly 60% Of NJ Small Businesses May Call It Quits Due To COVID-19: Survey
Nearly 60% Of NJ Small Businesses May Call It Quits Due To Covid-19: Survey More than half of New Jersey's small business owners may call it quits due to COVID-19, according to a new survey. The New Jersey Business & Industry Association report found that of the business owners contacted, 28% said they will look to sell or shutdown their business sooner than expected due to continued obstacles, while 31% said they are still determining if their plans will change. “When nearly 60% of employers are either looking to end their businesses sooner, or considering it, due to these continued obstacles, it should be a red flag for our policymakers wh…

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by Joe Gomez
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DON'T FALL FOR IT: Some Unemployed PA Residents Scammed By Phony Facebook Page DON'T FALL FOR IT: Some Unemployed PA Residents Scammed By Phony Facebook Page
DON'T Fall FOR IT: Some Unemployed PA Residents Scammed By Phony Facebook Page Pennsylvania officials are urging caution after some residents fell victim to identity scams on a made-up Facebook page that closely resembled the one used by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. The scammers pretended to be staff members of the Pennsylvania Department of "Labour" and Industry in an attempt to get workers’ social security numbers or unemployment claim numbers, a department spokesperson told the Philadelphia Inquirer. The fraudsters then use that personal information to steal victims' unemployment benefits or commit other forms of identity theft, departmen…

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by Nicole Acosta
Politics
Booker On COVID-19: Mitch McConnell Poses Greatest Obstacle In 'Getting Crisis Under Control' Booker On COVID-19: Mitch McConnell Poses Greatest Obstacle In 'Getting Crisis Under Control'
Booker On Covid-19: Mitch McConnell Poses Greatest Obstacle In 'Getting Crisis Under Control' With coronavirus cases rising dramatically nationwide, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker said the time is now "to get this crisis under control." "We cannot wait. We must do something now," Booker said during a daily COVID-19 briefing in Trenton on Monday. "It deserves a big response."  The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives remain at odds over what should b included in the next stimulus relief bill, recent news reports say. Booker said he will call on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, to take major action before President-elect Joe Biden assumes office in Janua…

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by Jon Craig
Business
NJ Extends Unemployment Benefits Another 20 Weeks NJ Extends Unemployment Benefits Another 20 Weeks
NJ Extends Unemployment Benefits Another 20 Weeks Most of New Jersey's unemployed workers will be eligible for 20 more weeks of unemployment benefits -- totaling more than a year's worth of jobless pay, authorities said. Prior to Wednesday's announcement by the state Labor Department, unemployed New Jerseyans ran out of state and federal benefits after 39 weeks, About 1.3 million workers have filed for unemployment benefits in New Jersey since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The Labor Department paid $8.2 billion in state and federal benefits to eligible workers over that three-month period. “The state extension kicks in after clai…

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by Jon Craig
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POLL: Most Unemployed New Jerseyans Have Received Benefits -- Have You? POLL: Most Unemployed New Jerseyans Have Received Benefits -- Have You?
Poll: Most Unemployed New Jerseyans Have Received Benefits -- Have You? Approximately 94 percent of the state's unemployed citizens have received benefits, Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday. Have you? Story continues below poll. New Jersey has surpassed another grim milestone during the coronavirus outbreak, state officials said. More than 1 million residents have applied for unemployment benefits between March 15 and June 6, receiving 6.2 billion in jobless payments -- the largest volume in the state's history. All 70,000 residents who have exhausted their state benefits have qualified for federal pandemic emergency jobless payments, he said. "It's by far the l…

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
Life After Layoff: Matawan Man Uses Time Off To Photograph Historic Moments Life After Layoff: Matawan Man Uses Time Off To Photograph Historic Moments
Life After Layoff: Matawan Man Uses Time Off To Photograph Historic Moments A row of orange barriers was the only thing that separated Patrick O'Brien from a line of police officers at the Asbury Park rally for social injustice and police brutality. As protestors rallied around him, the moment seemed surreal to O'Brien. Nearly three months prior at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, he was laid off from his job. It was a position he'd held for five years. His future seemed uncertain -- everything seemed uncertain. But there he was -- at the rally. In the front row alongside the protestors. His camera in his hands, watching as a black officer in the line facing hi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Unemployed NJ Workers Can Soon Claim 13 Extra Weeks Jobless Pay Unemployed NJ Workers Can Soon Claim 13 Extra Weeks Jobless Pay
Unemployed NJ Workers Can Soon Claim 13 Extra Weeks Jobless Pay Thousands of jobless New Jerseyans who exhausted their 26 weeks of unemployment benefits will soon be able to apply for an extra 13 weeks of pay.  The money is being made available under the federal stimulus starting this Sunday, the state Department of Labor announced. The first round of eligible workers will be notified this week, the agency said. Approximately 70,000 New Jersey residents have exhausted their jobless benefits. New Jersey has processed about 760,000 jobless applications, and many residents remain frustrated by delays and long waiting times on Labor Department ph…

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by Jon Craig
Business
NJ Approves 139K New Jobless Claims: Have You Gotten Yours Yet? (POLL) NJ Approves 139K New Jobless Claims: Have You Gotten Yours Yet? (POLL)
NJ Approves 139K New Jobless Claims: Have You Gotten Yours Yet? (Poll) Despite weeks-long delays in distributing more than $2.7 billion in unemployment benefits, New Jersey expects to process another 139,000 in jobless claims during the next week, state officials said (story continues below poll). The newly-approved claims include 60,000 new federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) applicants, state Labor Department Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo said at a Thursday coronavirus briefing. All totaled, nearly 1.1 million workers in the Garden State have successfully applied for jobless benefits during eight weeks of layoffs and nearly 800,000 of those are…

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by Jon Craig