Gov. Phil Murphy will unveil the first state budget proposal of his second term at 2 p.m.
From D.C. to Trenton to your town, the N.J. Politics newsletter brings the news right to your inbox. Sign up with your email here:The speech comes two years since COVID-19 began tearing at New Jersey, eventually killing more than 33,000 residents and stinging the economy. Murphy has repeatedly said the pandemic is in a much different place now. On Monday, heThis will mark the first time since February 2020 the governor will deliver the address inside the Statehouse.
The governor is expected to continue ramping up funding to schools and the state’s troubled public-worker pension system, as well. Republicans are warning residents to be leery. State Assemblyman Hal Wirths, R-Sussex, said they should “expect him to spin reality to be more rosy.”