Governor Chris Christie will highlight the progress that New Jersey has made in the 2220 days since he was sworn in as governor and challenge the legislature to put aside partisanship and continue to work to solve the State’s problems for the next 630 days until the next gubernatorial election in his 2017 Budget Address this afternoon, according to excerpts released by his office.
The State’s ongoing recovery from Superstorm Sandy was not mentioned in the excerpts.
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie will propose a new state budget to the New Jersey Legislature on Tuesday, less than a week after bowing out of the Republican presidential race. The budget address marks the Republican governor’s first public appearance since exiting that race and returning full-time to New Jersey after months of campaigning out of… Read the rest of this entry »
Governor Chris Christie will deliver his 2017 Budget Address from the Assembly Chambers in the State House. The event is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. and can be viewed via NJTV here:
I expect that the Governor will be warmly received by the legislators and guests with a standing ovation upon his arrival into the chambers. Everyone in the room has fantasied about being President of the United States. Christie got into to the arena.
TRENTON — New Jersey is among U.S. states least equipped to respond to an economic downturn, according to a new study comparing states’ savings. New Jersey’s surplus, $300 million in 2014, wouldn’t be able to put up much of a fight against a recession, big or small, long or short, the study out of George Mason… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — New Jersey is more than $10 billion short on what it would cost to fully fund schools, pensions, transportation projects, Medicaid and other programs, according to an estimate prepared by the state’s nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services and obtained by NJ Advance Media. The newly estimated structural deficit, first reported by NJ Spotlight, has… Read the rest of this entry »
Gov. Chris Christie has taken an aggressive approach to dealing with public workers and their unions since taking office in early 2010. He’s encouraged voters to reject school budgets in communities where teachers weren’t accepting pay freezes, pushed… Read the rest of this entry »
Governor Chris Christie will announce his line item vetoes of the NJ State Budget that the Democratic Legislature presented to him yesterday and take questions from the NJ Press Corp for the first time this year at 11:30 this morning.
Watch Christie’s remarks here courtesy of NJTV and YouTube.
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie took a scolding tone with the state’s Democratic lawmakers Thursday night, saying he planned to veto $1.1 billion in tax hikes outright but declining to say how much smaller the state’s contribution to the pension system would be. On his monthly radio show on New Jersey 101.5, Christie answered “yes” to… Read the rest of this entry »
Contradicting published reports that he will announce that he is a candidate for the 2016 Republican nomination for President of the United States next Tuesday at Livingston High School, Governor Chris Christie told his radio audience on NJ 101.5’s Ask the Governorthis evening that “There’s been absolutely no final decision made by me.”
Christie said that he would work through the budget that the State Legislature sent him today, veto some increases, and then make a decision.
“Let’s get through tonight and work on the budget, and then I’ll make a decision.”
Christie’s public schedule indicates that he will take action on the budget tomorrow morning at 11:30 and take questions from the press.
TRENTON — Democratic lawmakers on Monday are expected to reveal their plan for a state budget they say would bridge the gap between the $1.3 billion Gov. Chris Christie wants to spend on public worker pensions next year and the $3.1 billion unions are demanding. That plan likely relies on the controversial millionaires’ tax and a… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — Democratic lawmakers on Monday are expected to reveal their plan for a state budget they say would bridge the gap between the $1.3 billion Gov. Chris Christie wants to spend on public worker pensions next year and the $3.1 billion unions are demanding. That plan likely relies on the controversial millionaires’ tax and a…