Middlesex County officials were joined by Gov. Phil Murphy for the groundbreaking of a new community sporting venue and student center at Middlesex College, the county's community college, on Jan. 21.

While incoming Gov. Mikie Sherrill may face a fiscal landscape full of “budget time bombs,” that did not stop her predecessor ...

Gov. Phil Murphy presented his final budget of his two-year term, which includes a $3 billion deficit. New Jersey Republicans have threatened to sue the administration over the use of tax dollars for ...

Federal budget earmarks -- those well-hidden local pork projects -- generate as much negative public reaction as just about any antic undertaken by our lawmakers. When the public hears horror stories ...

Last fall, angry voters demanded that Congress end pork-barrel politics as usual. Here are the results: Item 1: Last month, the Senate had to choose how to spend $400 million: health insurance for 173 ...