Assembly Democrats

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.

Sheila Oliver is out as Speaker of the General Assembly and Vinnie Prieto is in.

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.

The job creation effort laid out by Democrats in the New Jersey Assembly last week took a step forward on Tuesday.

The full State legislature has approved the Democrat-sponsored $31.741 billion State Budget. The State Senate and Assembly passed it yesterday.

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.

The deadline for a signed and balanced budget is one week from tomorrow and yesterday a whole bunch of flies fell into the ointment.

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.