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DiMaso robocall targets Dem legislators

July 5, 2018 8:39 pmJuly 9, 2018 4:11 pm

Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) has waded into the neighboring 11th district Assembly race, recording a robocall attacking two Democratic colleagues, Joann Downey (D-Freehold Township) and Eric Houghtaling (D-Neptune Township). “Houghtaling and Downey run along to get along, says DiMaso, in...

Colligan thanks Murphy, Sweeney for pension bill

July 3, 2018 12:43 pmJuly 9, 2018 4:11 pm

With the budget fight over, New Jersey Police Benevolent Association (PBA) President Pat Colligan is taking the time to thank lawmakers for handing the reins of the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System to the pension system’s board of trustees. “The...

Budget hurts millennials, young GOP leader says

July 2, 2018 1:18 pmJuly 9, 2018 4:10 pm

The New Jersey Young Republican say that Gov. Phil Murphy is giving millennials the short straw, saying that Democrats who crafted the budget deal left them holding the short end of the stick. “As a law student, there are days...

Budget deal sent to Murphy’s desk

July 1, 2018 8:00 pmJuly 9, 2018 4:10 pm

Almost 24 hours after lawmakers announced a budget deal yesterday evening, legislators have pushed through all the bills needed to make the first budget passed under Gov. Phil Murphy work. Though legislators in both chambers were called into Trenton at...

Legislators approaching the 10-hour mark

July 1, 2018 4:44 pmJuly 9, 2018 4:09 pm

Legislators from both parties are displeased after being summoned to Trenton at 7AM – Gov. Phil Murphy insisted on the early time slot – only to find that the technical aspects of last night’s budget deal have not been worked...

Technical error holds up budget process

July 1, 2018 3:56 pmJuly 9, 2018 4:09 pm

Lawmakers in Trenton have hit a wall that’s brought progress on the state’s budget to a halt for several hours. At issue is language in the conditional veto of the corporate tax bill, which returned to the legislature from Gov....

Who gets a pass?

July 1, 2018 12:11 amJuly 1, 2018 8:01 pm

Something to watch for this morning, when the State Assembly votes on a budget deal agreed to Saturday evening by Gov. Phil Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney, and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin: which Democrats get or take a pass on...