School funding among myriad of issues raised during public budget hearing
People came seeking more state funding, but only got three minutes to make their case before the Assembly Budget Committee.
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Millionaire’s tax may be sticking point in budget negotiations
The Assembly Budget Committee convenes for its first public hearing on the state’s fiscal year 2020 budget.
State budget tops list of concerns on walk to Washington
The annual jaunt from Newark to Washington D.C. is a fairly reliable barometer of what decision makers are thinking and talking about.
Labor law expert says Murphy administration mishandled Brennan case
A labor law expert said the Murphy administration should have investigated further when Brennan originally made the allegations in Dec. 2017.
Is politics running the Brennan committee?
Critics charge that the committee's focus is on injuring the governor politically.
Murphy calls Verniero reform proposals ‘game changers’
At a bridge reopening, Murphy was dogged by questions on the Brennan Committee.
Testimony fails to reveal who hired former Murphy aide accused of rape
The woman who signed a letter onboarding Al Alvarez to the Murphy administration says even she doesn't know who formally hired him.
Co-chair discusses findings of committee investigating sexual assault allegation
Co-Chair Eliana Pintor Marin says the most striking thing to her so far in the hearings is how many people at different levels of the Murphy campaign, transition and administration knew about the ...
Murphy legal team testifies on handling of alleged sexual assault
Gov. Murphy forwarded Katie Brennan's email about a "sensitive matter" to Platkin and campaign attorney Jonathon Berkon, and those two decided it was time for Alvarez to leave state government. But ...
Select committee investigating alleged sexual assault holds first meeting
Lawmakers want to know why Katie Brennan’s alleged attacker, Al Alvarez, was hired for a top job by Gov. Murphy’s administration, even after Brennan reportedly told officials in the Murphy ...
Budget chair discusses $37.4B budget deal
Assembly Budget Chair Eliana Pintor Marin talks about this year's contentious budget negotiations and how legislators ultimately finalized a budget.
State treasurer warns of ‘draconian cuts’ if Legislature doesn’t raise taxes
State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio testified before the Assembly Budget Committee on how the state's revenue figures square with the proposed budget. Muoio said instead of an April surprise, New ...
Murphy’s tuition-free plan challenged in Assembly Committee
New Jersey’s Acting Secretary for Higher Education Zakiya Smith Ellis praised the governor’s plan of tuition-free community college to the Assembly Budget Committee.
Acting treasurer defends Murphy’s budget before Assembly committee
Lawmakers of both parties wondered why Murphy is still using the old, discredited 2008 formula, and not the one they tinkered with last summer.
Assembly’s first Budget Committee hearing focuses on school funding
Among the major topics of discussion was the state's school funding formula, better funded, says the majority party, but not fully funded.
