Governor Murphy, Senate President Scutari, and Assembly Speaker Coughlin Hammer out Budget Deal

From NJ.com: “With a week to go before the deadline, Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders are finalizing a deal on a new state budget that would include tax hikes on cigarettes, million-dollar homes, and online gaming in New Jersey — but not on bowling, batting cages, and laser tag, as originally proposed, NJ Advance Media has learned.

“The tentative agreement between Murphy and his fellow Democrats who run the New Jersey Legislature — state Senate President Nick Scutari and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin — would also include full payments for public-worker pensions, the state’s school funding formula, and the ANCHOR property tax relief program, three sources directly familiar with the talks confirmed.”

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