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Tuesday was Tax Day, the deadline for filing income tax returns, but the top Republican in the state Assembly said every day is Tax Day in the high tax environment of New Jersey. He urged the legislature to get to work on a trio of tax-cutting bills.

Patience is running out and frustration is ramping up for New Jersey victims of Superstorm Sandy, according to the latest Monmouth University-Asbury Park Press poll.

Standing outside Gov. Chris Christie's town hall meeting in Somerset on Tuesday, Tax Day, critics bashed the governor for repeatedly using taxpayer dollars "to further his own political career."

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday at a town hall that he'd do away with realty transfer fees, a major source of tax revenue, that cost a retired state trooper in the audience $5,435 after selling a house two weeks ago.

Nearly four months since a safety net disappeared for the long-term unemployed, millions of Americans continue to wait for a possible extension of the benefit by Congress.

New Jersey taxpayers are paying five law firms to represent state employees as lawmakers and prosecutors investigate lane closures near the George Washington Bridge.

Gov. Chris Christie will be in Somerset for another town hall meeting.

Gov. Chris Christie had some harsh words for Assembly Speaker Vinnie Prieto early this week. On Monday, the governor again hammered Prieto for failing to take action on a bill to cap the salary increases that arbitrators can award to public employees at two percent.

The outwardly cool and ultra-confident Gov. Chris Christie admits he was nervous at a high-level meeting to discuss the growing Bridgegate scandal. That nugget can be found within interview notes newly released by the law firm hired to do the governor's internal investigation.

Newly released notes from interviews with Gov. Chris Christie by his lawyers show the governor was "nervous" about finding out who else on his staff might have been involved in a politically motivated traffic jam scandal.