The gas tax appears to have the support needed to pass Friday in the Senate. Could public pressure change any minds, or did Wednesday just delay the inevitable?
A Senate committee voted Friday to advance a Transportation Trust Fund plan that’s at odds with Gov. Chris Christie, putting the issue right back where it was five weeks ago.
A decade after lawmakers voted to strip pensions from public officials convicted of corruption, more than $1 million a year is still being paid to them.
Lawmakers over the next seven days will make a bid to end a construction-funding impasse that has entered its fourth week and temporarily cost around 1,000 people or more their jobs.
Republican State. Sen. Jennifer Beck is no fan of the gas tax hike that could hit Gov. Chris Christie's desk as early as next week. And she's no fan of being yelled down.
Oft-slow lawmakers are finding a higher gear for the gas tax, slated for votes on Thursday and Monday. A hike of 20 cents or more may take effect Friday, July 1.
A plan to hike New Jersey’s gas tax and enact offsetting tax cuts was bashed Wednesday by lawmakers and interest groups from both sides of the political spectrum.