Anthony Bucco

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

Assembly members return to work Monday at the State House for the first committee sessions since last June. Democrats and Republicans agreed on the issues that needed to be tackled and they stressed the need for bi-partisanship, but they didn’t agree how to solve the problems and they were already sounding very partisan.

In an effort to protect the lives of infants, a measure to expand New Jersey's Safe Haven Law has been signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie.

Shortly after Gov. Chris Christie proposed a $33.8 billion state budget for the fiscal year that begins on July 1, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle as well as union and environmental groups commented on the state spending plan.