The Garden State is no stranger to budget surpluses. The challenge for the state has been actually holding on to that money and not diverting it elsewhere.
Walk into a nail salon in New Jersey, or a dry-cleaning establishment or small grocery store, and odds are you're helping the bottom line of someone born outside the United States.
A report says immigration enforcement, including detainers, are up a lot in New Jersey. A new directive about when to cooperate is due within three weeks.
New Jersey Policy Perspective, a liberal Trenton think tank, has issued a report calling for increased legal funding to assist illegal immigrants fighting deportation.
Gov. Chris Christie says federal tax changes are being worked out but that he supported ending state and local tax deduction while running for president.
Votes in Congress on replacing the Affordable Care Act are imminent. A report says the plan could cost a half-million New Jerseyans health coverage by 2020.
A report says 1.1 million New Jerseyans would lose benefits and $4B in federal funds would be lost if the Affordable Care Act is repealed without replacement.