Lawmakers over the next seven days will make a bid to end a construction-funding impasse that has entered its fourth week and temporarily cost around 1,000 people or more their jobs.
It appears leading lawmakers are returning to Plan A for the Transportation Trust Fund: Pass a gas-tax increase despite the opposition of Gov. Chris Christie.
Is the sales tax cut a good trade for drivers facing a higher gas tax? Depends on an individual's situation, but the average impact looks to be basically a wash.
A 23-cent per gallon hike of New Jersey's gas tax was approved early Tuesday morning by the Assembly, along with a reduction of the state's sales tax to 6 percent.
Oft-slow lawmakers are finding a higher gear for the gas tax, slated for votes on Thursday and Monday. A hike of 20 cents or more may take effect Friday, July 1.
A plan to hike New Jersey’s gas tax and enact offsetting tax cuts was bashed Wednesday by lawmakers and interest groups from both sides of the political spectrum.
A Republican senator says a gas-tax hike is a fair way to pay for road work because out-of-state drivers would pay. He says NJ residents should get a tax deduction.