TRENTON, N.J. – One of the many unintended consequences of New Jersey’s recent minimum wage increase is already biting taxpayers in the rear end. This week, the Murphy Administration announced a $54 million increase in subsidies for some qualifying families’ Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – Around 20 million kids nation-wide get free or cheap lunches every year through the National School Lunch Program. Here in New Jersey, thousands of kids receive lunches subsidized by John and Jane Taxpayer through the state program. Read More
By Matt Rooney _ The crap (or tuna fish in this case) hit the fan last week in Cherry Hill, Save Jerseyans. School district officials decided that, going forward, students with unpaid lunch bills of $10 would receive tuna fish Read More
By Matt Rooney _ Is the United States talking itself into a recession? Maybe. What is clear: if one happens in the next six months to two years, Save Jerseyans, the State of New Jersey is screwed. – We’ve written Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey spends more on its roads than any neighboring states no matter how you slice it. A few years ago, the Reason Foundation stirred pot when it tabulated New Jersey’s state-controlled per mile road costs at Read More
MORRISTOWN, NJ – There are a host of reasons why New Jersey residents property taxes are among the country’s worst. Chief among them: sky-high public worker retirement and benefit costs. Anyone paying attention knows that. What even fewer people understand Read More
By Bill Spadea This post originally appeared at NJ 101.5 _ We are certainly at a crossroads in New Jersey. The path chosen over the next few days, weeks and months will determine how many more Jerseyans opt for plan “B”, Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican budget officer John DiMaio criticized the Democrat legislature’s $38.7 billion FY2020 budget on Thursday, comparing the Democrats’ internal debate to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. While Democrats rejected tax and fee increases demanded by Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – By a vote of 31-6, the New Jersey State Senate passed a budget on Thursday that lacks tax hikes and fees sought by Governor Murphy but which does nothing to cut spending and accomplishes little towards tackling Read More
