Jim Pytell

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Managing Editor at New Jersey Business

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The Importance of Research Funding

4 days ago | njbmagazine.com | Jim Pytell

Higher Ed Higher Ed research funding plays a key role in New Jersey’s standing as an innovative state, bolstering its economic outlook and sparking scientific breakthroughs.
Rite Aid to Begin Layoffs Affecting 1,122 Employees Amid Bankruptcy Filing

6 days ago | njbmagazine.com | Jim Pytell

Rite Aid will begin to lay off more than 1,100 employees starting June 4, after the drugstore chain filed for bankruptcy last month. The company, which has 60 remaining stores in New Jersey, announced via WARN notice that it would be letting go 1,122 employees in undisclosed locations on a rolling basis beginning this week.
Runway Rehab Ends Early, Reopens June 2 at EWR

1 week ago | njbmagazine.com | Jim Pytell

General Business On May 30, 2025 A runway that had been closed for a planned rehabilitation at Newark Liberty International Airport will reopen 13 days ahead of schedule, allowing regular runway operations to resume at Newark Liberty on Monday, June 2.
Tonya Smith-Jackson Appointed Chancellor of Rutgers University-Newark

1 week ago | njbmagazine.com | Jim Pytell

Higher Ed On May 30, 2025 Tonya Smith-Jackson, provost and executive vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T), has been appointed chancellor of Rutgers University–Newark, effective August 1.
Jersey Shore Partnership Summer Celebration Largest Ever

1 week ago | njbmagazine.com | Jim Pytell

General Business On May 30, 2025 The Jersey Shore Partnership Foundation (JSP) celebrated its most successful Summer Celebration to date on Monday, May 19, 2025, in Sandy Hook.
SJI Employee Group Awards $57,600 to Minority Students

1 week ago | njbmagazine.com | Jim Pytell

South Jersey Industries’ (SJI) Employee Resource Group, the South Jersey Chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE-SJC), has awarded $57,600 to high school seniors and current undergraduates passionate about science, technology, engineering, math or related fields. The Chapter’s 12th Annual Scholarship Golf Outing was held on Wednesday, May 21, at Blue Heron Pines Golf Course Egg Harbor Township.
Three-Judge Panel Rules to Block Sweeping Tariffs; Trump Administration Appeals

1 week ago | njbmagazine.com | Jim Pytell

General Business By Jim Pytell, Managing Editor On May 29, 2025 The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled yesterday that President Donald Trump had overstepped his authority by invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping tariffs on numerous countries.
NJ TRANSIT Reaches Deal with Engineers to End Strike

2 weeks ago | njbmagazine.com | Jim Pytell

General Business By Jim Pytell, Managing Editor On May 19, 2025 NJ TRANSIT and union leaders of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) reached a tentative agreement Sunday evening to end the union’s three-day rail strike, the first that New Jersey had seen in 40 years.
Negotiations ‘Derailed’ as NJ TRANSIT Strike Enters First Day

3 weeks ago | njbmagazine.com | Jim Pytell

General Business By Jim Pytell, Managing Editor On May 16, 2025 New Jersey riders and commuters woke up Friday morning to the reality of the state’s first rail strike in 40 years, after union leaders of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and NJ TRANSIT failed to reach an agreement on a new contract by last night’s midnight deadline. The strike, which encompasses 450 NJ TRANSIT engineers and trainees, effectively shuts down NJ TRANSIT, and will impact the more than...
NJ Transit Set to Shutdown at Midnight as Rail Strike Looms

3 weeks ago | njbmagazine.com | Jim Pytell

General Business By Jim Pytell, Managing Editor On May 15, 2025 More than 350,000 daily riders could be left without a means of transportation Friday as the engineers that operate NJ Transit trains are set to strike at midnight if the union that represents them does not reach an agreement with NJ Transit — the third largest transit system in the US.