By Matt Rooney _ After months of falling short? New Jersey’s tax revenue surged in April, Save Jerseyans, and the Murphy Administration has an unlikely hero to thank. “For the second year in a row, the Governor is proposing to Read More
CAMDEN, N.J. – The war over Economic Development Authority (EDA) tax credit oversight features the powerful Camden County Democrat Machine pitted against Governor Phil Murphy’s state-wide organization; the intra-party conflict is also shining a hard light on the well-being of Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Phil Murphy is boosting legal aid for illegal immigrants and championing in-state tuition for non-citizens at a cost of millions to taxpayers living in his “Sanctuary State.” Firefighters and their families? – “The folks putting the Read More
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Jersey City is howling over $27+ million in proposed 2019-20 state school aid cuts which, over the next few years, could add up to well in excess of $200 million in total cuts. The city is suing Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – Spending more tax dollars is bad enough. Lying about how much more he’s spending? That’s worse. _ Assemblyman John DiMaio – the GOP budget officer – breaks down his beef with Governor Phil Murphy’s FY 2020 math Read More
By Matt Rooney _ New Jersey’s fiscal crisis is deepening as the FY 2020 budget process limps along at the State House. Wasteful spending is rising, income tax revenue is grinding to a halt, and the will for structural reform Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – Did your legislators protect your tax dollars during the 2018-2019 legislative session? Our friends at Americans for Prosperity-New Jersey released their annual taxpayer scorecard on Friday morning. _ “It is no secret that New Jersey’s fiscal house Read More
By The Staff _ More taxes and more spending appear to be on the menu for Governor Phil Murphy’s second budget speech, one which will assuredly attack criticism from Republicans, business groups, and an increasingly hostile legislative Democrat majority aligned Read More
TRENTON, N.J. — The seemingly never-ending debate over New Jersey’s school funding formula — more responsible than any other factor for ever-higher suburban property tax rates — took another turn on Monday as the NJGOP Senate caucus announced its own Read More
