The debate over what to do about the fiscal crisis with the public employee pension and health costs is front and center in the state budget hearings and negotiations. Gov. Phil Murphy and others are pushing the notion of “fairness” in…

Remember the days when New Jersey's gasoline tax was the second-lowest in the U.S.?Those days, unfortunately, are long gone.  With the 4-cent per gallon increase last year, which came on top of the 23-cent increase in 2016, New Jersey now has…

Gov. Phil Murphy constantly evokes the theme that his administration is all about working for the middle class and the "aspiring middle class." But how does he define them? Who, exactly, are his policies intended to help? I tried several times over the course of nearly…

The revenue New Jersey collects from April income-tax returns is always crucial for the state budget, but a new report from a top Wall Street credit-rating agency suggests the stakes are even higher for Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration this year.Issued…

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is still trying to tax his way out of a huge budget hole to avoid upsetting the public unions who are his biggest supporters. It’s up to his fellow Democrats to tell him no again.In…

Governor Phil Murphy, stung by his own party’s cutthroat politics, led New Jersey to the brink of a shutdown last year when fellow Democrats blocked his tax increases. This time, budget negotiations are fraught with even deeper fiscal and political…

GSI’s president, Regina M. Egea, authored the following op-ed which appeared on APP.com: The fact that there are more than 500 school districts in New Jersey is not news.  This disaggregated and locally managed structure is the way things are, and…