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Ciattarelli blasts Murphy ‘bait and switch’ budget deal

September 17, 2020 11:18 am

Gov. Phil Murphy is playing a “bait-and-switch” game with middle class New Jerseyans, said GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli. “Telling middle-class New Jerseyans you are giving them a tax cut after borrowing $4 billion that they’ll have to repay for...

Murphy, top Democrats announce deal on millionaire’s tax

September 17, 2020 11:08 amSeptember 17, 2020 1:33 pm

New Jersey will boost the tax rate for residents making more than $1 million annually and use much of the new revenue to fund a tax rebate program for families making less than $150,000 per year, the state’s top Democrats...

Ciattarelli hits Murphy over gas tax hike

August 31, 2020 4:16 pm

Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli launched an attack at Gov. Phil Murphy after the incumbent said he was unaware of a 9.3 cent increase to the state’s gasoline tax announced Friday when he delivered his revised budget address last Tuesday....

Murphy: ‘There’s no negotiating room’ on $4.9 billion pension payment

August 26, 2020 3:11 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s planned $4.9 billion pension payment isn’t up for debate. “If the pension payment in the budget is $4.9 billion, then the minimum amount that I’m prepared to make in the final deal is $4.9 billion, period,” Murphy...

Bramnick says baby bonds is ‘Murphy’s Florio toilet paper’ moment

August 26, 2020 2:38 pmAugust 26, 2020 2:39 pm

Thirty years ago, thousands of politically inactive New Jerseyans joined a grassroots tax revolt after Gov. Jim Florio proposed a $2.8 billion tax increase. Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick says Gov. Phil Murphy’s baby bonds proposal will receive Florio “I...

Ciattarelli may sue state over baby bond program

August 25, 2020 4:14 pm

Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli may launch another suit seeking to stop New Jersey from using borrowed funds to plug budget holes, only this time, he’d seek to stop the state from funding a baby bonds program through bonding. “We’re...

Ciattarelli wants New Jersey to nix this year’s pension payment

August 25, 2020 4:04 pmAugust 25, 2020 7:18 pm

This story was updated with comment from Charles Wowkanech at 5:29 p.m. Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli wants New Jersey to skip this year’s pension payment. “Because we have a long-term solvency problem with the pension, not a short-term liquidity...