New Jersey

New Jersey school districts face fiscal pressures from Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed New Jersey budget, according to S&P Global Ratings.

The Gateway plan to add a second rail tunnel linking New Jersey with Manhattan has funding challenges.

Atlantic City’s new proposed structurally balanced budget is a credit positive for the junk-rated city, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Atlantic City’s proposed fiscal 2017 budget, with $35.3 million in cuts, is a step in the right direction for the distressed gambling hub, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Straining to stay afloat, CPS will find out April 28 whether courts will intervene.

New Jersey is meeting expectations to maintain an A rating from Fitch.

Hard Rock International unveiled plans this month for a $375 million makeover of Atlantic City’s shuttered Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in a move elected officials hope will help spur the debt-ridden Jersey Shore resort back to prosperity.

Atlantic City Mayor Donald Guardian has proposed a new budget with $35 million in cuts in an effort to bring the cash-strapped Jersey Shore locality back to fiscal health.

An 11th New Jersey credit downgrade under Gov. Chris Christie prompted a grilling of State Treasurer Ford Scudder Wednesday about concerns of future higher borrowing expenses.

Gov. Chris Christie has cut off state payments to Amtrak.

The New Jersey Municipal Qualified Bond Act program, New Jersey County College Enhancement Bond Program, and New Jersey School Bond Reserve Act program were all downgraded in connection with the recent downgrade of the state government.

Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly, former allies of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, are headed to prison for their roles in a politically motivated plot to create traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge in the scandal known as Bridgegate.

Atlantic City's redevelopment effort appears to be gathering momentum following a "lost decade" that featured the closing of five casinos, a housing crisis and major recession, according to a new bi-annual report released Tuesday by the South Jersey Economic Review.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation Monday allocating $400 million from the state's Transportation Trust Fund for immediate road, bridge and transit projects in the current fiscal year.

Rising pension liabilities landed New Jersey its second downgrade in less than four months Monday, with Moody’s Investors Service dropping the state’s general obligation bonds one notch to A3.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is likely to face spread penalties for its $525 million revenue bond deal this week, but strong demand is still expected despite the state's credit woes.

New Jersey lawmakers approved legislation to spin off management of the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System from the state’s struggling $71 billion pension fund.

President Trump’s proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget would cause a major setback to plans for a long-stalled Gateway rail project connecting New Jersey and Manhattan, lawmakers and transportation advocates warned.

Drew University's bonds went deeper into junk territory after Moody's Investors Service cited the small Madison, N.J., private college's "unsustainable operating deficits" and weakening reserves.

The New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority achieved record bond volume in 2016, the higher education conduit issuer announced Friday.