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NJ ranks at bottom of job growth list

January 29, 2015

“New Jersey really has to foster a 24/7 (live-work-play) environment, because that’s the baseline for millennials,” Rutgers University economist James W. Hughes said.

The Daily Journal, Jan. 29

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