Lou Greenwald

In his budget address on Tuesday, Gov. Chris Christie proposed a $1.3 billion public employees' pension fund contribution for Fiscal year 2016. Legally he is required to pay in approximately $3 billion. In a pre-budget message briefing, State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff explained why the Administration settled on $1.3 billion, but Democratic leaders in the State Legislature were not persuade

Gov. Chris Christie has proposed a $33.8 billion State Budget that keeps funding essentially flat for schools, higher education, municipalities and property tax relief programs. But the spending plan will not be adopted as is, because budgets never are.

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.

Speaking this week in New Hampshire, Gov. Chris Christie said if he ran for president and won, in his first 100 days in office he would simplify the country's tax system and pass policies to expand America's energy independence. Two of the governor's critics were quick to respond.

In his State of the State Address, Gov. Chris Christie said America is a nation beset by anxiety. Following the speech, Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald (D-Voorhees) didn't disagree with the governor, but he did note that New Jersey residents have their own brand of anxiety and that needed to be addressed.

Gov. Chris Christie has said that if he decides to run for president in 2016 he will not leave office. A run for the White House would entail a tremendous amount of out-of-state travel, but Christie has insisted he can govern the state from anywhere. This may surprise many, but top Democrats in the New Jersey legislature actually agree with the governor.

Democrats and Republicans are closing out 2014 by arguing over which party was more ineffective this year.

As they have in every previous attempt, New Jersey legislative Democrats on Monday failed to override a bill vetoed by Gov. Chris Christie.

New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation, and it seems no matter what anybody does or says, they continue to rise.

A group of parents from Newtown, Connecticut delivered 55,000 petitions to Trenton Wednesday, asking Gov. Chris Christie to sign legislation limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds. But the governor vetoed the measure minutes after the petitions were handed over.