Gov.-elect Phil Murphy on Wednesday nominated Assemblywoman Elizabeth Muoio, D-Mercer, to the Treasury post. If confirmed by the state Senate, she would be only the second woman to hold that title since 1776.
Gov. Chris Christie is proposing to increase and expand fees by more than $20 million to support the budget of the state Department of Law and Public Safety.
The NJDOT commissioner sought to reassure lawmakers about the direction of New Jersey Transit: It’s safer than statistics suggest, it has the money it needs and isn’t planning a fare hike.
Roadwork shuttered will cost extra once it’s eventually restarted, and an Assembly panel says the state should pay for that, not municipalities and counties.