By Dan Backer _ America is “celebrating” the first-ever COVID Halloween. As a parent, I know this year will feel slimmed-down for adult partygoers and little monsters alike, but it will still be an expensive holiday. Nearly 60 percent of Americans plan Read More
Lawmakers irate after Murphy Administration’s math error screws up state education aid
CLINTON, N.J. – Tempers were high on Wednesday after it was revealed that the New Jersey Department of Education used 2018 tax data instead of 2019 tax data for its hugely-controversial FY 2021 student aid calculations. “What is truly alarming Read More
Murphy is spending about $8.5M for every inch of snow this season
By Matt Rooney _ Here are two numbers for you to round out your week, Save Jerseyans: As of this week, New Jersey has averaged a mere 4.7 inches of snow statewide for the season. NJDOT also told News 12 Read More
SPADEA: Cut spending and lower taxes, stupid
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 spending $5 billion more (so far) under Phil Murphy
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
Asm. DiMaio: Murphy is lying about proposed FY 2020 spending hikes
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
AFP-NJ’s taxpayer scorecard is out. How did your legislator do? Find out.
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
LIVE: Murphy’s FY 2020 budget address at 2 p.m.
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
Budget preview: N.J. state spending ‘is a mile wide and an inch deep’
TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Phil Murphy will deliver his second budget address next Tuesday, March 5th. Last year? He raised taxes $1.5 billion and spending $2.7 billion (an 8% increase). What should we look forward to hearing this year? And Read More