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Gov. Murphy making ‘major announcement’ on NJ reopening Published: April 25, 2021 Governor Murphy signed several laws at Jammin’ Crepes in Princeton, on April 12 (Josue Lora/ NJ Governors Office) TRENTON — A "major" announcement on the states reopening efforts amid the pandemic was teased by Gov. Phil Murphy on Sunday. "As our key metrics improve and our vaccination progress continues, we’re ready to move forward," Murphy said on Twitter, ahead of a state briefing on Monday afternoon....

Here’s what Murphy just said about outdoor masks in N.J. Updated Apr 23, 2021; Posted Apr 23, 2021 A pair of men wearing masks walk in Liberty State Park in Jersey City last June. Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advace Media Facebook Share But now that nearby Connecticut is set to lift all outdoor safety restrictions May 1 and with numbers improving here, is Murphy considering lifting the outdoor mask mandate in the Garden State? Not yet. “There’s a whole range of things under consideratio...

22 N.J. mayors ask Murphy to waive outdoor limits for graduations. New rules coming next week, he says. Updated Apr 21, 2021; As an alliance of 22 New Jersey mayors call on Gov. Phil Murphy to waive outdoor gathering limits for graduation ceremonies, he signaled Wednesday he will have more guidance next week on that and other steps the state will take to ease coronavirus restrictions. Murphy hinted that will include some sort of timeline for further reopening — something Republicans have pus...

Homestead Rebate still underfunded. How long will this ripoff go on? | Editorial Updated 8:30 AM; The average New Jersey property tax has risen by more than 40 percent in the last 15 years, which is a heavy gut punch for the average homeowner. Yet somehow, the Homestead Rebate — the property tax relief program for middle-class homeowners and senior and disabled homeowners — is stuck, failing to keep pace with those increases. This happens because Gov. Murphy employs fuzzy formulas that dat...

“Even though New Jersey has one of the largest shares of immigrants in the country, the state’s investment in its immigrant communities pales in comparison to New York and many other states."

Will Phil Murphy buy re-election with borrowed bucks? | Mulshine Updated 6:36 AM; Today 6:36 AM If you get five of these in the mail will you be more likely to vote Democratic in November? Facebook Share So maybe it will work for our current governor. Byrne was the last Democrat to be re-elected governor in New Jersey. That was back in 1977. At the time, the governor was known as “One-Term Byrne” because of his success the prior year in getting the first state income tax enacted. The Rep...

Murphy defends $4B borrowing, slams ‘Monday morning quarterbacking’ Updated Apr 07, 2021; Posted Apr 07, 2021 The governor said during a coronavirus briefing his decision to borrow $4 billion in the fall was made with the best information available at the time.Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Med Facebook Share Gov. Phil Murphy pushed back Wednesday against criticism that he acted prematurely in borrowing $4 billion to plug a projected budget hole last fall, saying “We make the decisions at...

Credit: (NJGOV) April 6, 2021: State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio addresses the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. During testimony before lawmakers Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy’s treasurer repeatedly defended a decision to issue nearly $4 billion in debt without voter signoff last year in response to the coronavirus pandemic. New Jersey’s fiscal outlook has seen a major turnaround in recent months thanks to a flood of federal aid and rebounding revenue collections. Where once it p...

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TRENTON – New Jersey’s budget is balanced in part through nearly $4.3 billion from emergency borrowing authorized in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but a nonpartisan budget analyst says it’s now clear that wasn’t necessary. At a Senate budget committee hearing Tuesday, Thomas Koenig, the Office of Legislative Services’ budget and finance officer, said the borrowing was defensible at the time the budget was adopted in September. “But from today’s vantage point, the borrowing...