state budget

Groups seek direct economic aid to immigrants who aren’t eligible for federal stimulus payments or unemployment benefits because they’re not legal residents.

Between the revocation of aid in May and a few rounds of budget since, community colleges could face the loss of more than $51 million in state funding.

The deadline to enact a balanced spending plan is in five weeks, suggesting a period of intense negotiations and hearings are on Trenton's horizon.

They’re calling on Gov. Murphy to cut spending and institute real reforms to produce a balanced state spending plan that’s been severely impacted by the COVID pandemic.

Gov. Phil Murphy proposes to borrow $4 billion and raise taxes by $1 billion to balance New Jersey’s revamped 2021 budget.

Gov. Phil Murphy delivers a revamped 2021 budget plan in a speech at Rutgers University's SHI Stadium Tuesday morning.

In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court says borrowing for operating expenses is legal to respond to COVID emergency. The full $9.9B might not be allowed.

Murphy administration says the borrowing is allowed to respond to an emergency caused by a disaster. Republicans sued saying it would need voter approval.

Billions of stock trades are run through computer servers in New Jersey. A tiny tax on those could yield big money, unless it prompts them to be relocated.

It's contentious, and might not be legal. But the idea of borrowing $9.9 billion gets more support from other deficit cures in an FDU Poll.