TRENTON, N.J. – Record-high rates of suicide, depression and poor mental health indicators among teens should be met with increased funding for in-school services, not an outsourced experiment, say Assemblywomen Kim Eulner and Marilyn Piperno. The Monmouth County lawmakers are specifically criticizing Gov. Phil Murphy’s $43 million proposal to...
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TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywomen Kim Eulner and Marilyn Piperno are calling Gov. Phil Murphy’s ‘historic’ school funding announcement Thursday a slap in the face to suburban districts. Murphy is cutting nearly $21.5 million in state aid to 11 schools the lawmakers represent in Monmouth County. “Indefensible is how I...
TRENTON, N.J. – Long-time critic of Gov. Phil Murphy’s school funding formula, Assemblyman Greg McGuckin is calling on Murphy to reverse plans to cut nearly $240 million from districts to pay for the $10.75 billion for schools in his proposed budget. “Increased funding for schools shouldn’t come at the...
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey lawmakers representing Monmouth and Ocean counties weighed in on the budget unveiled by Gov. Phil Murphy calling for reinvestment to directly benefit all residents as a recession looms. Murphy highlighted a budget surplus of more than $10 billion during his annual state budget message...
TRENTON, N.J. – Republicans introduced legislation Monday (A5253) that would increase the state’s school funding obligations and lower property taxes by using state income tax revenue, which can more than pay for the plan without taking money from the surplus. The plan was dropped the day before Gov. Phil...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Greg McGuckin responded to Gov. Phil Murphy’s $53.1 billion fiscal year 2024 budget proposal on Tuesday: “Gov. Phil Murphy is increasing spending by billions again, while New Jersey residents cut back in the face of inflation and a possible recession. He treats taxpayers like a...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio and Republican budget officer Hal Wirths respond to Gov. Phil Murphy’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget proposal on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Murphy proposes to spend $53.1 billion – that’s a 53% increase since Murphy took office. WATCH: GOP leaders slam...
Statement from Assemblyman Parker Space (R-Sussex) on the Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed Fiscal Year 2024 budget: “As I have opposed Murphy’s budgets in the past, this year’s budget proposal is loaded with pork and spending geared to liberal special interest groups and for social engineering. If this year’s final budget...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips is challenging Gov. Phil Murphy’s misleading claims that his fiscal year 2024 budget proposal cuts taxes by allowing the corporate business tax surcharge to sunset. “Governor Murphy is taking a victory lap for following the law to drop the surcharge on corporations at...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywoman Aura Dunn’s bill establishing the crime of sexual extortion, which is threatening to share nude or explicit images and videos of victims, heads to the governor’s desk after passing the full Assembly unanimously Monday. Also known as ‘sextortion,’ crimes would be punishable by fines and...