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- Senate Inaction Leaves Empty Seats on Critical State Investment Council
- Panel deals with $78.6 billion public pension system, but governor’s eight nominees have yet to get a hearing
- NJ Ranks Last Among States for Cost of Doing Business, but Other Signs Are Positive
- Low mark for Garden State is cause for concern. On the bright side: high marks in education, diversity, access to capital
- Budget Earmarks Funds to Build Affordable Homes in NJ — at Last
- While significant sum still allowed to be diverted, $15 million has been put aside specifically for constructing homes
- What’s In the Budget and How Will it Affect You?
- Who wins? Who loses? Who pays more? Who gets a break? Who takes a hit? Where in the budgetary details is the devil?
- Sweeney, Coughlin Show Governor Their Power in Budget Fight
- Yes, Murphy got funding for nearly all his spending priorities. But he had to give up one of his core pledges, a millionaires tax, among other concessions to his fellow Democrats
- Last-Minute Budget Deal Allows NJ To Avoid Government Shutdown
- Final agreement on millionaires' and corporate tax boosts spending on education, property tax relief
- Will Democrats Public Brawling Over Budget Hurt the Party Down the Road?
- Some pundits say clash was inevitable, the result of an inexperienced governor taking on powerful, ambitious legislative leaders
- As Shutdown Clock Ticks, Murphy and Dem Leaders Duel Over Budget Plans
- Legislative leaders want taxes on short-term summer rentals, boost in realty-transfer tax, but Murphy’s millionaires tax and increase in state sales tax still nowhere to be seen
- NJ’s Budget Battle: Tax Breaks Are at Stake, Not Just Tax Hikes
- Governor offers to compromise with Democratic legislative leaders, but fate unclear of tax breaks that would help low-income and middle-class New Jerseyans
- Murphy Won’t Rule Out Line-Item Veto, but Keeps Talking with Legislators
- Murphy and Democratic leaders try to bridge budget gap in closed-door talks and try to sway public opinion in competing press conferences
- Explainer: Why Gov. Murphy and Lawmakers Can’t Agree on a New State Budget
- But despite all the buster and ballyhoo, there’s still room for compromise — and still time to end the impasse before a government shutdown becomes imminent
- Push Comes to Shove: Legislature Sends Its 2019 Spending Bill to Murphy
- High rhetoric and low expectations as budget deal goes south. Next up: governor’s veto and government shutdown?
- Money Drains as Lawmakers Slow to Approve Refinancing of NJ’s Transportation Debt
- Governor gave go-ahead, but legislators haven’t acted. Officials estimate state has missed out on $1 million in savings in days
- In Open Challenge to Murphy, Dem Lawmakers Move Their Own Spending Bill
- Senate and Assembly budget panels vote out 2019 budget bill, risking governor’s veto and state shutdown at end of month
- Trenton Starts to Sizzle, Governor Duels with Leading Dems Over Budget
- Amid competing press conferences, clashing news releases, and governor’s threat to veto Legislature’s appropriations bill, possibility of government shutdown increases
- Appropriations Bill from Democratic Lawmakers, First Salvo in Budget Battle
- Despite overall accord, legislators and governor still have issues to hash out, especially when it comes to funding public-employee pensions, K-12 education, and mass transit
- ‘Tax Us,’ Says NJ Millionaire to Legislators Who Resist Murphy Budget Plan
- Garden State’s ‘Patriotic Millionaires’ dismiss concerns the rich will be chased away if they have to pay more in taxes
- State Freezes Charity Care for Hospitals — Revenue Crunch, Budget Blamed
- Seventy acute-care facilities are affected but will continue to treat patients. Funding for graduate-medical education also a casualty of New Jersey’s budgetary woes
- More Scrutiny of Deals that Municipalities Make with Developers?
- State lawmakers want increased regulation of local tax agreements that can adversely affect funding for school districts
- Trying to Strike Delicate Balance on Size of State’s Budget Reserves
- Murphy’s plan to bump up the budget reserves should make credit-rating agencies happy, but if lawmakers want the money to go to more pressing needs, it could mean another downgrade
- Governor, Democratic Leaders Tiptoe Toward Accord on School Aid
- But with weeks to go before state budget must be enacted, other impediments need to be negotiated
- Sweeney’s Fix for School Funding Would Cut Some Districts' Adjustment Aid
- Senate President’s aim is to gradually help ‘underfunded’ districts while undoing the ‘overfunding’ of others
- Could Accelerated Drop in Revenue Lead to Reinstating NJ Estate Tax?
- Analysts say New Jersey’s estate and inheritance tax collections down more than $100 million compared to original forecasts
- Coalition Wants More Tax Hikes on NJ’S Wealthy to Aid Low-Income Residents
- Group supports governor’s plan for $1.7 billion in increased taxes, also proposes renewal of estate tax and other levies
- Byrne Bows out of Key Investment Panel as Murphy Puts His Stamp on It
- Son of former governor satisfied he helped draw attention to state pension system’s huge unfunded liability and need for action
- Is New Jersey’s Gas Tax About to be Pumped Up?
- Projections suggest revenue from the tax may not generate enough to meet annual target for funding transportation projects, thus triggering an automatic increase
- No ‘April Surprise’ in State Taxes, Budget Strain Remains for Murphy and Lawmakers
- Hopes fizzled in State House that last month’s income taxes would rise above projections and ease disagreements over governor’s budget plan
- Oliver Defends Murphy’s Flat Funding for Municipalities and His Raid on Housing Aid
- Lt. Gov. blames budgetary constraints for failure to boost aid, says administration will help local officials in other ways
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