Assembly speaker defends the legislator-driven local spending that Sherrill says must be cut to bridge $3 billion gap

Legislative action coincides with a new report on food insecurity in NJ

Numerous bills await action, including ones on reproductive health and gun safety

Assemblyman John DiMaio is the incoming Assembly Minority Leader

Murphy is still working the phones and hoping for help from Sweeney to get enough votes to pass the bill.

Legislative leaders were briefed on the budget Monday afternoon by treasury officials.

The annual jaunt from Newark to Washington D.C. is a fairly reliable barometer of what decision makers are thinking and talking about.

The speech covered a lot of territory. Whether it moved the needle on Murphy’s relationship with Sweeney, we’ll have to wait and see.

For this fiscal year, Gov. Phil Murphy and the Legislature raised taxes by $1.4 billion, and many legislative leaders are opposed to raising them again.

Coughlin, speaking at the Southern New Jersey Development Council's Public Policy Breakfast, gave a quick update on the legislative agenda for the remainder of this ...

Senate President Steve Sweeney wants more information on allegations of sexual misconduct against former Murphy administration staffer Albert Alvarez before he orders legislative hearings into ...

The bill would require the attorney general to investigate all police-involved fatal shootings.

Fresh off a weekend that emphasized a fractured party, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin shifted the focus to food insecurity and ending hunger in the Garden ...

These sessions in the Senate and the Assembly may have been the quickest ever. Lawmakers came in to pass one bill, which they did it ...

Lawmakers today chastised transportation officials for moving too slowly to fix looming crises like critical staff shortages and for failing to properly alert commuters about ...

Bramnick says Murphy's agenda is extreme and dangerous for the state.

Following tradition after the election, legislators on both sides of the aisle caucused Thursday morning to choose next year’s leadership with one glaring exception.

In the face of a potential change in the Assembly's speakership, some groups are calling for more diversity in positions of leadership.

Christie's taking a wrecking ball to a neighborhood already ruined. Can demolishing it make room for something better? Trenton lawmakers tackle Christie's final budget. Do ...

The governor, talking up his budget and talking down the pollsters. Angry union reaction to Christie’s call for new pension reforms. And the mayor of ...