After a bill to constitutionally mandate that the state make quarterly public pension payments advanced in committee Monday, Republican lawmakers and business groups are calling for the legislature to reject the plan in favor of cuts and reform. The bill, which cleared the Assembly Judiciary committee today, would require half-payments toward the state’s $83 billion pension shortfall starting in 2017, then full payments in 2021. JT Aregood, PolitickerNJ Read more
