There's still no budget deal five days before the deadline. Assembly leadership stressed their priorities Monday, but Murphy says that the Legislature's budget includes $855 ...
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Murphy highlighted why his version of the budget is the best for the state's education.
Senate President Steve Sweeney says he's passing a budget even though the governor threatened to veto it in its current form.
While Murphy favors a millionaire's tax to raise revenues, the Senate president and Assembly speaker plan to deliver a budget with an increased corporate business ...
Deep disagreements remain over revenue raisers, sparking the specter of a second government shutdown in as many years.
Murphy's visit came at a time when he's arm wrestling with legislative leaders over tax hikes.
State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio testified before the Assembly Budget Committee on how the state's revenue figures square with the proposed budget. Muoio said instead ...
Senate Budget Committee Chair Paul Sarlo insists all the whispers of a budget impasse are just that.
Of 600 respondents, 70 percent support raising the income tax on households earning $1 million or more a year, while just 24 percent oppose.
And what a long budget season it is shaping up to be.
It’s business as usual for the federal government, as Congress reached agreement on a $1.3 trillion spending bill, averting a shutdown.
Two dozen liberal groups rallied at the State House on Wednesday in support of Murphy's proposed budget.
The liberal think tank New Jersey Policy Perspective has come up with a way for Murphy to raise $2.4 billion, largely by raising the income ...
The federal fight to curb opioids. Gov. Christie says the president will push Congress for money to fund his opioid emergency declaration. What ending the ...
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 ...
Assembly Budget Committee Chair Gary Schaer says the state can't afford to keep spending unless revenues increase or programs are cut.
New Jerseyans will see tax cuts, a minimum wage increase and bail reform among the changes for 2017.
A ride-hailing partnership delivers over-served revelers home safe and its success in preventing drunk driving is spurring copycats. A mosque has won a victory in ...
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 ...
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 ...