How the $10.5B projected deficit is tallied
In case you're curious, here's the memo about the elements that go into the projected $10.5 billion budget deficit already being projected for FY2012 -- that's the state budget year that begins in 49...
View ArticleJersey budget’s pension anchor
A proposed constitutional amendment sheds a little light on why the budget deficits facing the state in FY2012 and beyond will persist -- even if the state 'bends the curve' by cutting benefits (and...
View ArticleChristie vetoes family planning, FamilyCare, homebuyer tax credit bills
Gov. Chris Christie today vetoed three bills that would have increased state spending for family planning centers and FamilyCare health insurance and provided a tax credit to home-buyers. Christie said...
View ArticleDaily Quickie, 08.05.10
It's Thursday, Aug. 5th, 2010, and in state politics ... Assembly Budget Committee hears from David Rosen, the chief budget and financial officer for the Office of Legislative Services, about the...
View ArticleState urges schools to bank teachers’ jobs funding for a year
State education officials Monday urged local schools to hold off spending their share of $262.7 million in emergency federal aid designed to minimize layoffs of teachers and other school employees...
View ArticleNJEA rips state’s ‘go-slow’ advice on teachers’ job funds
The ongoing battle between the New Jersey Education Association and Gov. Chris Christie's administration continued today, with the teachers' union blasting the state Department of Education for...
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