(Office of Governor/Tim Larsen)Months of vetting priorities will begin with four committee sessions for New Jerseyans to weigh in on $60.7 billion in proposed spending
(Office of Governor/Tim Larsen)Months of vetting priorities will begin with four committee sessions for New Jerseyans to weigh in on $60.7 billion in proposed spending

Interview: Hannah Gross, education and child welfare writer, NJ Spotlight News
(NJ Spotlight News)Federal cuts ‘could be drastic’ for NJ, Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio tells Senate committee

Sen. Paul Sarlo was speaking at first public hearing on governor's budget plan
(NJ Spotlight News)Senate Budget panel hosts commissioners of health and veterans affairs
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Lawmakers, business groups, environmentalists and other advocates weigh in

Gov. Murphy is urged to use federal COVID-19 relief funds to offset health insurance increases

Calls for more funding for education, child care and programs to help low-income residents

According to a new estimate from Office of Legislative Services, the bill could lead to a $55 million drop in revenue for Atlantic City

Members of the Senate budget committee spent the day listening to more testimony on Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year.
NJ Spotlight NewsNew Jersey's still dealing with backlogged unemployment claims, 30-40,000 of them, according to the state labor commissioner. He blames the problem on the sheer scale ...

Lawmakers called on New Jersey's education commissioner to provide a lot more data on the digital divide impacting kids who are forced to learn from ...

Business Correspondent Rhonda Schaffler brings you today's New Jersey business news.

Business Correspondent Rhonda Schaffler brings you today's New Jersey business news.

A state Senate panel held a second public hearing on the state budget Thursday. While some time went to discussing coronavirus precautions for future stops ...

Meeting in Newark on the campus of NJIT, the Budget and Appropriations Committee of the upper house held the first in a series of budget ...

Senate President Steve Sweeney says a list of budget items frozen by the governor constituted political retribution against South Jersey and its ally Essex County.

Murphy's proposed 2020 budget increases NJ Transit's funding by just 1%.

The hearing is the first of two public hearings the Senate Budget Committee will hold.

As the Senate Budget Committee heard testimony about the proposal, it was hard to escape the idea there is a political component to Sweeney's plan.