While the debt we issue now can avert short-term fiscal and programmatic pain, it will limit future spending choices for several decades

Supreme Court set to hear case that could decide if taxes must rise or programs get cut

Pension fund managers make first large-scale investment in renewable energy

With tax revenues dropping, lawmakers want to give local officials power to borrow, while others worry about abuse

The gas tax must go up if revenues fall short. Top officials will be meeting to make that call

It’s difficult to follow the money, but evidence is that Murphy administration has used less than 10% of state’s allotment

Gov. Murphy will likely need a plan to make up for sagging Lottery pension contributions in next budget

The new law that allows for billions to be borrowed without voter approval could add a decade’s worth of debt in one year

Sen. Nia Gill explains her push for more diversity in legislative panel that will have approval power over almost $10 billion in emergency borrowing

Officials anticipate this week’s collections will help offset $3 billion budget gap, acknowledge uncertainty given that ‘more taxpayers than usual will request extensions’