For the past three months, Republican Governor Chris Christie and Democratic legislative leaders have been trading charges over their rival plans to cut income…
May 13, 2012 - State Politics / NewsThe governor could not control his anger: David Rosen, the budget officer for the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services, had just testified that he…
May 13, 2012 - State Politics / NewsWhile Gov. Chris Christie took his campaign for a 10 percent income tax cut to CBS’s “Face the Nation” yesterday morning, trouble continued to…
March 05, 2012 - State Politics / NewsGov. Chris Christie’s proposed 10 percent across-the-board income tax cut will cost the state budget hundreds of millions of dollars more than previously acknowledged….
February 25, 2012 - State Politics / NewsRepublican Gov. Chris Christie and Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) have reached agreement on a compromise tax cut plan. Now the question is whether Sweeney’s fellow Democratic legislators will agree with the plan themselves. For one thing, the state could be facing a $1 billion shortfall over the next 14 months, according to Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald (D-Camden). For another, the timing and...
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