Politics

Using some of the $10.2M in federal funding received to improve the integrity of the voting process, New Jersey has begun to buy newer voting machines.

A new Monmouth University poll finds President Trump's support eroding in key swing counties that elected him in 2016.

“The problem is the Republicans are at a structural disadvantage,” said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute.

New Jersey state Senate President Steve Sweeney says he is working on a plan to save big money on health care costs for public sector workers and give property taxpayers a significant break.

The 2020 budget is the second for Murphy. For Sweeney, it’s his 18th. In the brutal world of New Jersey politics, experience matters.

It's very early in the process but concerns are already being raised after the Governor again insists a new millionaire's tax is essential.

“Affordability is about being good stewards of every taxpayer dollar and working together to find savings that no one had thought possible,” Gov. Murphy said.

Under intense pressure from the legislature’s top Democrats, Gov. Phil Murphy in his budget address Tuesday won't propose any broad-based tax increases for Fiscal Year 2020, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations.

With NJ facing a $2 billion dollar shortfall, these are the tax hikes you may be asked to pay in Murphy's new budget.

Factoring in other laws not directly adopted for the 2019 budget, Murphy approved more than $2.25B in new and higher taxes and fees in his first year in office.