New Jersey

The path to recovery from the coronavirus — medical and economic — remains murky and unclear.

The agency has lost substantial revenue from plummeting ridership and faces rising COVID-19-related expenses.

The Garden State may be facing a more than $10 billion shortfall through the end of next fiscal year, according to Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio.

Congress should direct more COVID-19 relief dollars to higher ridership systems, think tank Regional Plan Association said.

Voters soundly defeated a measure to replace the city's mayor-council system, with its direct mayoral election, with a council-manager government structure.

While their regions, sizes and funding streams vary, several mass transit systems underscored the dire need for additional federal funding.

Declining state support and COVID-19-related funding pressures triggered a second downgrade to New Jersey City University in advance of a $52 million borrowing.

Uncertainty surrounding whether colleges and universities can safely open their doors this fall adds stress to the already challenged higher education sector.

Financial damage from the COVID-19 pandemic forced New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to retreat from plans to build up the state’s reserves.

Moody's downgrades regional public university two notches to Baa3 ahead of a $52 million revenue refunding bond sale.