Paul Sarlo

A Senate committee advances nominations of Kip Bateman to the Horizon board and Dawn Marie Addiego as Burlington County's superintendent of elections.

A pair of polls from July and September found more opponents than supporters of a plan to expand sports betting to include New Jersey-based college sports.

New Jersey’s most unusual state budget season ended in standard fashion , with the $46.4 billion plan sent to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk in a party-line vote.

A 280-page bill spending $46.4 billion was available to lawmakers roughly 15 minutes and the public 10 minutes before it was taken up for votes.

New Jersey's bonded debt is approaching $50 billion, including the $3.7 billion the state borrowed in November when it thought COVID would wreck its revenues.

Benefits for eligible homeowners have long been based on 2006 property tax information, even as bills continued rising. The change in the budget will boost benefits $130 or more.

In budget hearings, legislators seem pleased with the direction of the Department of Military & Veterans' Affairs, now led by a former field surgeon.

State racing to develop training for police so they're comfortable with how marijuana and alcohol possession among youth are to be handled.

Governor seeks $50 million in new budget for the Garden State Guarantee, providing two tuition-free years at four-year colleges for eligible students.

Though the state approaches its new budget with a huge surplus, analysts are cautioning a fiscal cliff could await a year later. Federal funds might delay it.