Lawmakers encouraged to add millions to Murphy's budget plan
From $54 million for direct support professionals to $4 million for local news startups, lawmakers heard an earful of funding requests at a budget hearing.
minimum wage
Some NJ Democrats already want to tweak $15 wage ... just in case
Assemblyman Roy Freiman, D-Somerset, said his bill serves as a "circuit breaker" that presses pause on escalating increases should employment or revenues take a plunge.
First impact of minimum wage hike is local government workers
If the hike in the minimum wage is going to affect property taxes, one of the first places it could show up is in the school budgets approved this spring.
Minimum wage increase unfair unless we get to pump our own gas
The next domino to fall should finally be the right to pump our own gas.
Murphy wrecked small business & the economy yet he keeps bragging
'Givernor' Murphy signed into law a $15 an hour minimum wage that will gradually take hold and destroy us over the next 5 years.
It's law, and Murphy keeps talking about $15 minimum wage
It could become a cornerstone of his re-election campaign in a few years.
Who benefits from minimum wage increase? Not you!
There's plenty of people out there who will benefit from it, just don't count yourself as one of them just yet.
Studies show why $15 min. wage will fail NJ's working poor
It became official Monday. Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a $15 an hour minimum wage that phases in year by year.
$15 minimum wage for New Jersey to be signed into law Monday
A bill raising New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 an hour for most workers by 2024 was passed Thursday and will be signed into law Monday.