A Type of Revenue That Can Be Both Alluring and Packed With Pitfalls
New research looks at "non-recurring" state budget collections.
Everyone's Welcome: Saving Families With Movie Nights and Meetups
Can family enrichment centers help keep kids out of foster care?
IRS, Treasury Take Icy View of State Workarounds to Capped Deduction
A notice issued on Wednesday could have implications for some recently passed state laws.
So States Ban Bump Stocks. Now How Do They Enforce the Law?
New Jersey is not the only state having trouble enforcing its ban. In Massachusetts, where residents had until February to surrender their bump stocks, State Police received just three devices.
Supreme Court Rules States Can Legalize Sports Gambling, Reaffirming Limits of Federal Authority
The high court made clear that state legislatures have a “dual sovereignty” with their federal counterparts.
New Jersey Bill Would Strip Pensions for Workers Convicted of Sexual Offenses
The bill, passed by committee, requires that the offenses be somehow related to an individual’s public employment.
A Legal Quirk Means You Can Be Dead in New York But Alive in New Jersey
All 50 states recognize that someone is legally dead once they are brain dead, but the Garden State has a rather large exemption.
New Jersey Looks to Lead U.S. Offshore Wind Development
The industry, long dominated by Europe, has been making its way across the pond with governors and state legislatures as its champions.
State AGs Have Questions for Facebook’s Zuckerberg
And they expect the social network CEO’s ‘full cooperation’ while they ensure the consumer privacy of users.
Aid-in-Dying Gains Momentum as Erstwhile Opponents Change Their Minds
New Jersey is one of at least 25 states considering aid-in-dying bills this year.
Has Trump Intervened to Kill Gateway Funding? Chao: 'Yes!'
The multi-billion dollar project features a rail tunnel in and out of Manhattan and is a priority in the New York City region. It's getting fresh attention as Congress works on a major spending bill.
4 States Form Gun Safety Coalition After Parkland Mass Shooting
No, Florida isn’t one of them.
New N.J. Governor Re-Enters Regional Climate Pact, Reversing Move By Christie
The Garden State joins others regulating emissions absent federal policy.
Governors Press for Exemptions From Expanded Offshore Drilling
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has gone silent after excluding Florida from a draft lease sales plan, but letters criticizing that decision’s “arbitrary” nature keep coming in.
New Jersey’s Smallest Lame-Duck Loser—An Official State Microbe
Even though a legislative proposal lost out in Trenton, this bacterium helped win a Nobel Prize and cure a global disease.
With New Jersey’s Pensions in Crisis, a Question of Fiscal Priorities
To lure Amazon’s HQ2, the Garden State is offering more than double its annual contribution to the public pension system—a system that paid out $5.5 billion more in benefits than it accrued last year.
Trump Administration Eyes as ‘Much as Possible’ for Expanded Offshore Drilling
A number of state and local officials are opposing the leasing of previously protected waters.
Supreme Court Will Hear 2 Cases Impacting State Government This Week
From the Tenth Amendment to the First, civil rights to states rights, a lot is at stake for state and local governments.
States Hope Supreme Court Sports Betting Case Will Lead to Revenue Windfall
The high court might end a “failed statutory regime” that Nevada currently enjoys.
Push to Restore State and Local Deduction in Tax Bill Is Defeated
House Ways and Means Democrats and Republicans sparred Tuesday over the so-called SALT deduction.
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