Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – featuring guest host Audrey Lane, Policy Director of the Garden State Initiative. By now you’ve probably heard that Governor Phil Murphy is following California’s lead and signing a directive that will ban the sale of gas powered cars in New Jersey by 2035. Left unsaid is how realistic… Read More »Electric Cars For Everyone In New Jersey?

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this special episode of our podcast we take you to GSI’s annual William E. Simon Economic Policy Forum and a topic that is dominating the news these days: Energy. Particularly, the implementation of New Jersey’s Energy Master… Read More »New Jersey’s Energy Options

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this episode, Regina is joined by by Dr. Arthur Laffer for a discussion of the various economic policy issues impacting life in New Jersey. Dr. Laffer was the keynote speaker at GSI’s annual Economic Policy Forum in… Read More »Taxes Have Consequences – New Jersey in Focus

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this special episode of our podcast we take you to GSI’s annual William E. Simon Economic Policy Forum and a panel discussion I moderated entitled New Jersey’s Business Climate, Opportunities and Challenges. Joining the discussion were: In… Read More »New Jersey’s Business Climate: Opportunities & Challenges

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. Regina is joined by Pat Delle Cava, Business Manager for Local 102 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, for a wide-ranging discussion of New Jersey’s business climate, how that impacts organized labor and what NJ can do… Read More »New Jersey’s Business Climate and Organized Labor

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. On February 28th, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy presented his Fiscal Year 2024 budget to the state legislature. The $53.1 billion budget represents a 50% increase since he took office. About Our Guest: Joining Regina to discuss the Governor’s… Read More »New Jersey’s Budget In Focus

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. As we begin 2023, 38 states across the country, Red and Blue alike, have enacted significant changes to their tax codes. An analysis by the non-partisan Tax Foundation found most of these changes resulted in meaningful tax cuts.… Read More »Tax Cuts All Around – Except in New Jersey

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this episode, we’ll be taking a look at New Jersey’s business climate and outlook for 2023 with Chris Emigholz, Chief Government Affairs Officer for the New Jersey Business and Industry Association. NJBIA, as it is known, was… Read More »New Jersey’s Business Outlook in Focus

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this episode, we bring you a discussion with NJ State Senator Mike Testa and Mr. Jason Rosenberg who is a CPA here in our state. Senator Testa represents the 1st legislative district, which includes Atlantic, Cape May… Read More »New Jersey’s Business Climate – Threats & Opportunities

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In previous episodes we’ve looked at the broad implications of the state’s Energy Master Plan which outlines our state’s goals and direction to reduce carbon emissions. This plan, like many other states, is causing consternation about the pace… Read More »Offshore Wind and Long Beach Island: What You Need To Know