Paul Sarlo

Shared services to reduce spending is seen as one way to relieve some of the pressure on New Jersey's tops-in-the-nation property tax bills.

A week after an unexpected veto, lawmakers approve a revised plan for extending outdoor dining rules through November, 2022.

After just over a year and a half without a tax incentive program, a modified economic plan first pitched by Gov. Phil Murphy in 2018 is in place.

Senate adds random drug testing and tests for any suspicion to the bill, which evisions new industry of certified 'workplace impairment recognition experts.'

The Office of Legislative Services forecasts a drop in revenues but projects it to be $1.37 billion higher than the Murphy administration does.

Gov. Murphy strongly endorses allowing high school sports that are played outside.

Gyms were closed in mid-March and still don't know when the state will allow them to reopen. Some never will.

$7.7 billion in spending will keep the state operating through September. Big decisions about cuts, taxes and borrowing are due over the next three months.

Dependents of essential workers who die in the course of employment due to contracting COVID-19 would receive extra workers’ compensation benefits under a bill scheduled for a vote at Monday’s Senate session.

A former state budget director under both major political parties says the state should raise taxes now and slash pension contributions rather than borrow billions of dollars to close a huge coronavirus-created deficit.