Tax hikes could be part of the package. Just one week left to finalize the state budget and the governor's sharpening his veto pen. The ...

Members of the Assembly and Senate Budget Committee approved Democrats' spending plan to add a millionaires tax and a surcharge on the corporate business tax ...

Budget committee hearings give way to allegations of discrimination in the National Guard. At the governor's suggestion, debating pension reform. And paid sick leave laws ...

Officials marked Stand Up for Transportation Day, meant to get the federal government to find reliable sources for funding mass transit.

Sen. Menendez has his day in court. Helping convicts get back home. Testimony the Transportation Trust Fund can survive. And expanding medical marijuana to include ...

Transportation Commissioner Jamie Fox told the Senate Budget Committee that while the Transportation Trust Fund is not depleted yet, it will be July 1, 2016.

Christie's town hall tour hits Somerville while the public gets an earful on the budget. Measuring student progress, not teacher performance? Microbeads: Smoothing your skin ...

Representatives from advocacy groups attended a public budget hearing in Paramus to plead their case for funding.

As limits on top school administrators' pay near expiration in 2016, a stalled Senate bill draws new attention as it's voted out of committee.

Standing ovations for New Jersey Senior Sen. Robert Menendez on Israel's right to defend itself. New Jersey Senate President Sweeney's trashing the Sandy money monitor ...

Sen. Bob Smith is sponsoring two bills to address New Jersey's stormwater and sewer problems.

Closing in on a budget. But can lawmakers avoid the governor's veto? A losing hand. New Jersey suffers a new sports betting loss. And happy ...

The Senate and Assembly budget committees will begin debating the 2015 state budget Tuesday and hope to vote on the measure Thursday.

Red ink. The Senate hears about the budget gap amid calls for a millionaire’s tax. Pension protest. Unions call on the governor to pay up. ...

Sen. Paul Sarlo asked State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff if cutting back on the state's pension payments, as Gov. Christie has proposed, is legal.

The rain has stopped, but the water's still rising. There's a hole in the state budget. How to fill an $800 million gap fast. Mayors ...

Democratic Sen. Paul Sarlo blames the latest credit rating downgrade on overly optimistic revenue projections by the Christie administration.

The challenges continue. Gov. Christie’s plans to complete the storm recovery. Dirty water. Will a river clean-up actually cause harm? And saving the shore with ...

Sen. Jennifer Beck says this year the state will invest more state aid money in education than ever before, according to the budget numbers.

He’s calling the war on drugs a failure. What does the governor want to do now? Cracking down on our highways. Why are so many ...