>Inside Christie-Sweeney plan to make N.J. public employees pay more for pension, health benefits
In a new twist to the controversial plan to make 500,000 New Jersey public employees pay more for their pension and health insurance, Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) announced on Tuesday that the lower house’s Budget Committee will meet Monday to consider the so-called compromise legislation to bring about the payment increases that has been introduced in the Senate. (Hester, New Jersey Newsroom)