open space

Disagreement continues over how to pay for future open space purchases in New Jersey even as the existing preservation fund has dried up, halting acquisitions.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie struck back at accusations that he pressured Senate Republicans not to vote on an open space bill.

The full State Senate could only muster 22 votes Monday on a measure that would ask voters to dedicate a flat $200 million annually in sales-tax revenues to saving open space and farmland, and buying up flood-prone areas.

New Jersey voters won't be deciding on long-term funding for open space this fall.

The Senate will return to the state Capitol Monday for a vote to revive a plan to put an open space question on the November ballot, Senate President Stephen Sweeney told The Associated Press on Friday.

A state environmental group says the Democrat-led Legislature has voted to roll back long-established environmental protections while pro-environment legislation has struggled to advance.

Lawmakers couldn't reach an agreement earlier this week and a vote on a measure that would put a question on the November ballot to help preserve open space and farmland in the Garden State was canceled, it appears a deal has been reached.

The New Jersey Senate has voted to put an open space preservation question to voters in November.

A Senate committee has signed off on legislation that would let voters decide whether to dedicate a fraction of sales tax revenues to funding land preservation.

A powerful Democrat is moving ahead with a plan to ask New Jersey voters this November to approve long-term funding for open space preservation, but there's no consensus yet on how to pay for it.