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The Legislature must agree when over $10 million in federal recovery funds is allocated. The state twice transferred $10M to the Excluded New Jerseyans Fund.

Income taxes would be cut, property taxes would be helped by municipal and school aid and residents would get rebate checks under Assembly GOP budget sketch.

NJ FamilyCare expansion could make 24,000 kids who are undocumented immigrants eligible for health insurance. The federal government wouldn't help pay for it.

Lawmakers push the MVC to restore all transactions to all agencies. but its chief says the current split system is so efficient they're not going back.

The state budget is supposed to be introduced next Tuesday, but lawmakers agreed to Gov. Phil Murphy's request to push that back to March 8.

State troopers denied Assembly Republicans access to the Assembly chamber for around 15 minutes, a standoff that ended when Republicans walked past them.

Ticket and arrest quotas were already barred in New Jersey, though such data could still be used as part of a performance evaluation – but not anymore.

A 280-page bill spending $46.4 billion was available to lawmakers roughly 15 minutes and the public 10 minutes before it was taken up for votes.

Gov. Phil Murphy says he will sign the bill into law Friday. Hundreds protested outside the Statehouse as it passed along partisan lines.

Speaker Craig Coughlin indicated the legislation will come up for a vote after it is amended.

The proposed state budget allocates $8.2 million toward legal representation for detained immigrants facing deportation, an increase of $2 million.

Guidance from the Treasury Departments gives states and local governments wide but not unlimted discretion on how the funds will be spent.