Getting the health care you need can be expensive in this country. From hospital overbilling to sky-high insurance premiums and drug prices, there are a variety of factors that are driving up the price of staying healthy. These price increases hurt millions of Americans every single day. For years now, hospitals have been raising prices, […] The post Lowering health care costs: We’re making progress, but we must keep fighting appeared first on ROI-NJ ..read more

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, in a taped announcement sent over social media Wednesday afternoon, joyfully announced that the city had reached an agreement to keep the 76ers in Philadelphia — and in a new arena to be built in Chinatown. Parker said it was a “historic” agreement — one she was “proud” to share. There’s […] The post Sixers to Camden still in play? ‘Agreement’ announced by Philly mayor appears to be far from done deal appeared first on ROI-NJ ..read more

Mike Reagan is confident he has the best of both worlds. As the head of CGI’s business interests in New Jersey, he oversees a team of 250 that can offer business consulting and technical solutions to customers in a variety of sectors — but, especially large manufacturing, utilities, banking, life sciences, higher education and state […] The post In Montreal, it was CGI’s time to shine — locally and globally appeared first on ROI-NJ ..read more

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Wednesday announced the newly created Office of Film and Television, a specialized agency dedicated to facilitating film, television and multimedia production in the city. Recently-appointed Director of Film & TV Desireé Hadley is at the helm and serving as the city’s primary liaison to the film and television industry. Hadley […] The post Newark launches Office of Film and Television, builds on N.J.’s production boom appeared first on ROI-NJ ..read more

Tim Sullivan, the CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, can discuss just about anything involving the state’s economy. But, he also knows what he doesn’t know. So, when he was asked about quantum mechanics and computing during a 15-minute Q&A discussion with executives from companies in Quebec, Sullivan gave a quick quip about […] The post Working the room: For delegates on economic mission, impact of real-time discussions with international companies is incredible ROI appeared first on ROI-NJ ..read more

One of the benefits of being a delegate on a Choose New Jersey economic mission with the governor is getting a chance to pitch your product to a new, international audience. Kean University officials did just that during a four-day trip to Canada with Gov. Phil Murphy, working the rooms — both formally and informally […] The post Spreading the word: Mission trip to Canada gives Kean chance to highlight its global initiatives appeared first on ROI-NJ ..read more

The fallout from the terrorist attacks on 9/11 showed the depth of the special relationship between the U.S. and Canada — which provided an incredible amount of assistance, an effort that many may have forgotten. The Canadian government not only shut down its airspace, it welcomed planes flying near the border that did not have […] The post Mission notebook: An appreciation … remembering how Canada stepped up during 9/11 appeared first on ROI-NJ ..read more

Midway through a speech discussing the Memorandum of Understanding that BioNJ was about to sign with BIOQuébec — one of a few dozen talks Gov. Phil Murphy had given since arriving in Canada last Saturday for a four-day economic mission — he stopped and asked a question of the BIOQuébec CEO Benoit Larose. “Ben-wah,” Murphy […] The post Language class: Efforts by Murphy, Choose New Jersey to communicate in French go long way appeared first on ROI-NJ ..read more

Gov. Phil Murphy, in his first public comments about the state attempting to get the Philadelphia 76ers to relocate to Camden, said Tuesday that his administration is pursuing the effort with vigor. “We’ll see where it lands, but it’s something that we’re taking very seriously,” he told ROI-NJ in Montreal — doing so after an […] The post Murphy on Sixers relocation push: ‘We’re taking this very seriously’ appeared first on ROI-NJ ..read more

Saying the impact of technology in the world is a turning point, Gov. Phil Murphy — speaking Tuesday at the FinTech Forum in Montreal — urged leaders in New Jersey and Quebec to work together. “At a moment when the world has been jolted by disruptions — from inflation to climate change to two full-on […] The post Murphy at FinTech Forum in Montreal: We must use technology/innovation to chart better path forward appeared first on ROI-NJ ..read more