The $50M added to the state budget by lawmakers for the subsidy to NJ Transit will remain in the spending plan when it is enacted Sunday by Gov. Phil Murphy.
Gov. Phil Murphy promised that he will carry out his constitutional duty and sign a budget by Sunday but there is still no agreement over its final form.
The program's first semester cost around $20M for grants to students. Murphy sought $58.5M for two semesters. Lawmakers OK'd $25M – and expanded eligibility.
On Gov. Phil Murphy's third day of asking "Whose side are you on?" Senate President Steve Sweeney says governor has no agenda and is beholden to unions.
Nearly half the time has passed between the Legislature’s approval of a budget and extending business tax incentives and the June 30 deadline for enacting them.