Paul Sarlo

The section of the Public Employees' Retirement System for local workers is much better funded than the state workers part and could become self-managed.

Shared services to reduce spending is seen as one way to relieve some of the pressure on New Jersey's tops-in-the-nation property tax bills.

Lawmakers consider ways to ease the struggles of businesses, now 10 months since the pandemic began.

A week after an unexpected veto, lawmakers approve a revised plan for extending outdoor dining rules through November 2022.

After just over a year and a half without a tax incentive program, a modified economic plan first pitched by Gov. Phil Murphy in 2018 is in place.

Senate adds random drug testing and tests for any suspicion to the bill, which evisions new industry of certified 'workplace impairment recognition experts.'

Senate and Assembly bills have some key differences in terms of how revenues would be spent and whether to limit growers as the industry gets started.

As it's written now, New Jersey's proposed law for adult cannabis use does not block workers in certain professions from smoking or ingesting marijuana on their own time.

The state plans to borrow $4.5 billion to balance its budget and boost its surplus to $2.5 billion. Spending is higher than Gov. Phil Murphy had pitched.

The Office of Legislative Services forecasts a drop in revenues but projects it to be $1.37 billion higher than the Murphy administration does.