Health Benefits

Public workers union steps up criticism of 'Path to Progress,' with bills enacting portions of it expected to be introduced soon.

The Senate president says big savings would result if the state's health plans for teachers and other public workers merge. The governor doubts his numbers.

State and local government – and by extension, the taxpayers who fund them – should save almost $500 million under health-plan changes agreed to by unions.

Some good news for public workers, retirees and the taxpayers who help cover their health-care costs: Rates will be going down in 2018.

Why won't anyone in NJ address the fact that the budget hole made by higher Medicaid costs, can be solved if we'd look at common sense proposals like renegotiating state health benefits?

With the Legislature about to return to Trenton after the summer slowdown, a top Republican lawmaker who may run for governor is urging an ambitious agenda.

New Jersey is getting better about divulging its tops-in-the-nation debt burden but still isn’t entirely up front about the depth of that hole, says a think tank report.

A Republican lawmaker believes that if New Jersey were to guarantee pension payments in its constitution, the law should provide for a temporary "escape hatch" in years that tax collections fall short, and public employees should agree to significant changes in their health benefits.

Sen. Jen Beck, on Bill Spadea's morning show, unveiled a revised plan she says taxes care of New Jersey's infrastructure without burdening taxpayers.

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.