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
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
