August 28, 2020 – On Tuesday, August 25, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy delivered his revised and shortened FY 2021 Budget to the State Legislature. In these unprecedented times, back in June, the Governor and Legislature passed a three-month budget from July to September 2020. They now need to adopt the remaining nine-month budget for October 2020-June 2021.
June 15, 2020 – On Friday, May 29, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that licensed community-based child care centers could reopen to all clients on June 15, providing that centers follow specific CDC and State guidelines. With the exception of approximately 500 of the 4100 licensed community-based child care centers in NJ working on emergency status, the majority of community-based child care centers have been closed for nearly two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 16, 2020 – Governor Murphy has signed into law a bill that requires virtual or remote instruction days be counted towards the 180-day school requirement during certain emergencies.
April 13, 2020 – The New Jersey Law Journal released its list of the top 2019 New Jersey lawyer-lobbyist firms by revenue, ranking Porzio Governmental Affairs (PGA) as one of the top five in the state. Receipts for PGA increased by 10% from 2018 and placed PGA fifth among lawyer-lobbying firms.
December 17, 2020 – Lynn Nowak and Barbara DeMarco featured in ROI-NJ article titled, “Trenton two-step: Women lobbyists see next generation coming along — but not necessarily breaking the mold.”
December 13, 2019 – Senate Majority Leader Weinberg has released her annual list of the most powerful and influential women in New Jersey civic affairs. Porzio Governmental Affairs is proud to announce that Lynn Nowak and Barbara DeMarco have been named to this prestigious list.
December 12, 2019 – Today PGA client, Girls Who Code, together with the Newark Board of Education and NJIT, held their first showcase of coding-based projects developed by female middle school and elementary school students from Newark.
November 22, 2019 – On November 21, 2019, Porzio and its family of companies received the Community Impact Award from the Arc of New Jersey.
July 9. 2019 – On Tuesday, July 2, 2019, Governor Murphy signed into law a long-awaited expansion of NJ’s medical marijuana program.
June 12, 2019 – Porzio Governmental Affairs’ client, Continent 8 Technologies and the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Authority held a Press Briefing on the opening of Continent 8’s Atlantic City Data Center located within the Atlantic City Convention Center.
