Members of the Senate and Assembly debated for hours before voting to renew New Jersey’s bankrupt Transportation Trust Fund and pay for it by hiking ...
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Prepare to kiss cheap Jersey gas goodbye. Lawmakers vote to raise the gas tax to pay for road and bridge repairs. Tough talk to dissolve ...
Procedural rules prevent the Senate from voting on any bills the same day they’re amended unless three-fourths of the senators agree to do it as ...
That 23-cent a gallon hike on the gas tax is not a done deal until the Legislature approves. That process nearly as complex as the ...
Sen. Ray Lesniak is among those opposing an agreement for the Transportation Trust Fund that would increase the gas tax while eliminating the estate tax ...
Pay back time. The feds find the Christie administration mishandled Sandy funds. Where did the money go? And how would the state find the cash ...
Gov. Christie, Senate President Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Prieto reached a deal to fund the Transportation Trust Fund for eight years that includes a gas ...
No solid clues yet to the Hoboken crash. So the focus turns to NJ Transit's abysmal safety record. What might it mean for your commute? ...
Gov. Christie announced a Transportation Trust Fund deal, which will increase the gas tax by 23 cents and cut the state sales tax.
Shoring up the shattered Hoboken terminal. Digging through debris to recover evidence. We have details of the unfolding crash investigation. The fatal train crash has ...
On the Ask the Governor radio show, Gov. Christie insisted nobody informed him about the GWB lane closures, even after David Wildstein testified that he ...
Lies on tape in the Bridgegate trial. Now it's the defense's turn to cross examine the state's star witness. Gov. Christie's not accused, but still ...
Gov. Christie issued an executive order to use money from the general fund for emergency road, bridge and mass transportation work. The Assembly speaker says ...
Extreme measures employed by Christie to reboot road and bridge repairs at the height of the construction season, whether or not lawmakers agree. Efforts to ...
With no vote planned for Transportation Trust Fund legislation, construction union members will continue demonstrations at the office of every elected legislative official in the ...
The governor gets a law on the books. Making “unequivocal, unashamed, unapologetic support of Israel” the policy of the state. State road and bridge repairs, ...
The public pension fund is $44 billion in debt and a bill to put a question on this November’s ballot asking voters for a constitutional ...
Elected officials say stopping roadwork paid for with the Transportation Trust Fund affects residents and they want the Senate and Assembly to come to a ...
Five police officers dead, another seven injured. Peaceful protests in Dallas turn violent in the wake of police-involved shootings. How are communities reacting here in ...
Senate President Steve Sweeney discusses Gov. Christie and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto's plan for funding the Transportation Trust Fund and why the state can't handle ...