Anthony Bucco

Gov. Phil Murphy is finally taking a first step toward fulfilling one of his more unique campaign promises: the establishment of a state-owned public bank.

Democratic lawmakers this week passed a hastily written bill that signs up more voters to automatically receive vote-by-mail ballots for all elections.

Assemblyman Anthony Bucco, R-Morris, a sponsor of the measure, says, "they paid us with sweat and blood, and should not be charged for a beach badge to enjoy the shores they defended."

A bipartisan bill that has already passed in the state Senate would allow research animals to be put up for adoption once their services are completed.

A significant expansion of paid family leave appears likely to be approved. It could bring with a $360 million payroll tax hike for middle-class workers.

The GOP leader in the Assembly says they'll tour NJ to 'Rally the Reasonable' -- an effort to distance from President Donald Trump as much as counter Gov. Phil Murphy.

Lawmakers seem willing to act on Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to prop up pension funds by handing over the NJ Lottery to them, though they’re anxious for more details.

Towns and counties would gain an exemption to the spending limits of the cap on property tax increases for spending that attracts matching-fund grants.

State lawmakers are set to approve a $34.8 billion state budget for the 2017 fiscal year Monday. Democrats added around $275 million to Gov. Chris Christie's plan.

Throw another tax cut into the Transportation Trust Fund mix: an increase in the earned income tax credit paid to the working poor.