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NJ Committees Approve Budget, Move Business Tax And Child Credit Bills

By Devon Williams and Gianna Puglisi (NJ State House News Service) TRENTON, N.J. – Lawmakers worked deep into the night Sunday, casting votes along partisan lines as the Senate and Assembly budget committees advanced a $60.7 billion budget bill that nearly no one had a chance to read. The unusual Sunday votes tee up the […]

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