Court's ruling Thursday keeps the state from having its unfunded liability increased by about $17.5 billion — and erodes value of public employee pensions.
Democratic lawmakers have kick-started efforts to have voters decide whether to guarantee annual payments topping $5.5 billion into public workers’ pension funds.
Rutgers-Eagleton is out with a series of new polls that examines public opinion on pension payments and minimum wage as the battle over the two issues heats up in Trenton.
Gov. Chris Christie shot down the idea he has a love-hate relationship with Senate President Steve Sweeney -- who might not mind some distance heading toward 2017.
New Jersey can save more than $2 billion annually by reducing health benefits for public pensioners, according to a new report released Thursday by a panel appointed by Gov. Chris Christie to look at the state's pension funding crisis.
Where is the aggressive opposition to Steve Sweeney's proposal of a constitutional change that would require quarterly payments to the pension system? Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick called to give us his answer today.
I have a pension I can collect right now at 95 percent of the total value. If I wait a year, I get 100 percent. Should I wait the extra year or start to collect it now? Would I get killed in taxes if I started to collect it?
The case of a Jersey City councilman who's being prosecuted for accepting salary while not actually working isn't an isolated event. But why have we let things get this way?