New Jersey Assemblyman Vinnie Prieto, who will soon take over as the Speaker of the lower house, said Thursday that his first priority is to do something about the state's highest-in-the-nation property taxes.
Earlier this month, Assembly Democrats announced a plan to post a variety job creation and economic development bills up for a vote in the full Assembly. Today, that's what they plan to do.
Sometime today, tonight or early tomorrow morning the State Senate and the General Assembly are expected to pass a $31.741 billion Democrat-sponsored State Budget bill.
As Trenton Democrats hashed out a budget plan to deliver to Governor Christie's desk, what was the Governor doing to pass the time? Tweeting his favorite Bruce Springsteen songs, of course.
Despite Governor Christ Christie's unwavering promise to veto a millionaires' tax increase bill for the third consecutive year, the Senate Budget Committee approved a Democrat-sponsored bill to do it yesterday.
Sources tell Townsquare Media news that a faction of Democrats in the Assembly are still waging a bitter internal battle over what the final state budget bill should include or not include.