State Budget

Sneak-Peak at Murphy’s School Budget Proposal!

Tomorrow Gov. Phil Murphy will propose a 2022 budget that includes an additional $578 million in school aid, according to…

4 years ago

Explainer: How Are Schools Funded in New Jersey, and Why Are My Property Taxes So High?

New Jerseyans love to complain about their property taxes ---with some justification. According to WalletHub, we pay the highest property…

4 years ago

All Eyes on Murphy’s School Aid Proposal in 2022 Budget Address

Tuesday at 1 pm, Gov. Phil Murphy will deliver his 2022 Budget Address (prerecorded and streamed on Facebook, Twitter and…

4 years ago

NJ Education Aid: New Jersey Policy Perspective’s Fictions on NJ’s Outmigration

There is a lot of room to argue about the causes of NJ's high rate of domestic outmigration.  Reasonable people…

4 years ago

NJ Unions and Allied Groups Send an Open Letter to Phil Murphy and Everyone Else

The following "open letter from public education advocates to New Jersey families and communities" is, says John Mooney of NJ…

4 years ago

LILLEY: NJ Taxpayers Need to Know NJEA Used Political Power to Create the Pension System It Wanted.

At long last, New Jersey has enacted its first COVID-19 budget. In order for it to be “balanced,” the state will…

4 years ago

Lilley: Murphy’s Pension Payment Is “Throwing Good Money After Bad.”

This isn’t new news but it’s also not good news.  Pew Charitable Trusts updated its pension study to include 2018 data,…

4 years ago

Did Murphy and NJEA’s Excellent Adventure Hit a Pothole?

Yesterday Governor Phil Murphy celebrated his victory -- signing a Legislature-approved nine-month budget of $32.7 billion that includes his millionaire’s…

4 years ago

Murphy Negotiates a Budget While His NJEA-Sponsored PAC Plays Ball

New Directions New Jersey, the PAC that promotes Gov. Phil Murphy's agenda, just made a big ad buy of $1.25…

4 years ago

Education Highlights From Gov. Murphy’s Budget Address

This morning Governor Phil Murphy delivered his budget address from the 50-yard line at Rutgers' SHI Stadium in Piscataway. His…

4 years ago