TRENTON, N.J – A showdown in court is now inevitable after Governor Murphy and Senate President Sweeney reached agreement on a $10 billion borrowing plan late this week. There’s just one problem for Democrats: their plan violates the state constitution. Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – The Assembly Budget Committee advanced a $7.75 billion three-month supplemental spending plan on Thursday but not without controversy. Legislators didn’t have much time to consider the proposal; it was only made public two hours before the Democrat-controlled Read More
By Ryan Peters _ New Jersey has a gambling problem. No matter how much we lose, we keep asking for more money to pay for our failed bets. Our favorite wager is raising taxes, but it’s like betting on the Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – Trenton Democrats helped Governor Murphy’s unconstitutional $5 billion borrowing plan clear a key hurdle on Tuesday morning. The Assembly Budget Committee’s party-line vote – which endorsed the borrowing plan and a new state-wide property tax – was Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – Shit is really and truly hitting the fan in Trenton, Save Jerseyans. The state treasury announced a projected $10 billion two-year shortfall this week, jeopardizing Murphy’s pre-COVID-19 FY 2021 budget proposal and, in the interim, leading the Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Phil Murphy’s hopes to dig New Jersey out of an anticipated budget hole with borrowing hit a major snag on Thursday when the Office of Legislative Services (OLS), the state legislature’s nonpartisan legal arm, issued an Read More
MORRIS TWP., N.J. – The Morris School District approved a $128.2 million 2020-21 budget on Monday according to a report from MorristownGreen.com. That’s a 2.6% increase at a time when the COVID-19 statewide lockdown is expected to severely depress tax Read More
By Matt Rooney _ Did you hear this, Save Jerseyans? Governor Phil Murphy thinks it’s “utterly irresponsible” for Mitch McConnell to say he’s discinclined to sign off on a direct aid bailout of pension-saddled states. Give us a break, Phil. Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Phil Murphy is reportedly weighing a massive $9 billion emergency bond scheme to compensate for an anticipated COVID-19 drop off in state revenues. Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-26) said on Friday that the Governor’s plan is unconstitutional. Read More
