For 18 State House officials, pensions are a personal issue
Governor Christie has a deadline today to sign a budget for New Jersey’s upcoming fiscal year. When he does, he’s expected to strip out more than $1.57 billion worth of payments into the state pension system that Democrats included in the budget they sent to his desk last week. Christie has already cut $900 million in planned pension payments so he could balance the current year’s state budget, and more debate over keeping the pension system stable is expected in the months ahead. (Linhorst/The Bergen Record)