Craig Coughlin

Legislation requiring ‘dark money’ independent political groups to disclose their donors and spending that Gov. Murphy conditionally vetoed last month is going to become law anyway.

The expungement bill was passed 24-11 by the Senate and 50-15, with six votes to abstain, in the Assembly. It is now on the desk of Gov. Phil Murphy.

With four weeks to go before state lawmakers and Gov. Phil Murphy have to agree on a new spending plan, the civil war raging among Democrats threatens to derail the process.

A 9-year-old boy spoke to Speaker Craig Coughlin, who would not commit to putting the bill up for a vote before June 30.

As budget hearing begin, Gov. Murphy continues to push for higher taxes

On the way to a potentially historic vote as early as Monday, the path to legal weed has been shrouded in secrecy and is being rushed through the legislature with little public input, debate or transparency.

Murphy’s economic plan includes $20M a year for brownfields projects, capped at $4M per project. It’s part of an overall $400M a year proposal still being hashed out in negotiations with lawmakers.

Large companies whose workers get health coverage through Medicaid rather than through their employer would have to start paying the state an annual "corporate responsibility fee" under Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget proposal.

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.