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Sherrill’s Budget Bombshell: How NJ Plans to Fix a $3B Deficit Without Raising Taxes

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New Jersey’s Budget Crisis: Gov. Mikie Sherrill Vows “No Tax Hikes” Despite Looming $3 Billion Gap

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Trenton NJ, New Jersey is at a fiscal crossroads. In a high-stakes press conference, Governor Mikie Sherrill officially sounded the alarm on a massive $3 billion structural deficit threatening the state’s financial stability.

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COVID 19 State of Emergency Requires Massive State Spending Cuts

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Billions in Spending Increases Proposed Before Crisis Remain Unchanged While Emergency Programs to Keep People Employed Run Dry Within Minutes

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Trenton NJ, The Republican members of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee called on Governor Phil Murphy to announce which of the billions of dollars in new programs and spending and school aid increases he proposed in February will be scaled back to better fund emergency programs that are critical to helping small businesses survive and hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans to stay employed.

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