New Jersey

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill authorizing greater use of public-private partnerships.

Moody's Investors Service cut its rating to A2 from A1.

Recommendations released by a bipartisan New Jersey panel last week aimed at attacking the state’s beleaguered finances centered largely on combating soaring pension and benefit costs.

The authority received upgrades from Moody’s on its two variable rate debt issues backed by bank letters of credit.

The Trump administration’s effort to publish a proposed rule comes just over two months after the IRS announced May 23 it was working on the regulations to enforce the $10,000 cap on what previously was an unlimited personal deduction of state and local taxes, also known as SALT.

New Jersey’s shift toward giving firefighters and police officers control of their pension fund decisions may hamstring future efforts to control benefit costs, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Tax Reform 2.0 would make permanent the lower individual tax rates in last year’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that are scheduled to expire in 2025.

A Civil War-era revenue measure is the centerpiece of the arguments in the lawsuit filed by four northeastern states.

New Jersey's legal sports books reported $3.5 million in June revenue from $16 million in bets, according to a state report.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration is targeting a plan that would save more than $100 million in annual public-worker benefits as the next focus of trying to steer state finances toward better health.