Homestead benefits once accounted for $1 of every $15 the state spent. They're now $1 of every $135. Inflation pushes out tens of thousands of homes each year.
School aid changes made last year to help underfunded districts have a flip side: Some lose funding, and they turned out in force at the first budget hearing.
Lawmakers don't appear convinced that around $800 million in health plan savings are enough to justify the millionaires tax sought by Gov. Phil Murphy.
Gov. Phil Murphy says his 2020 budget "will put forward significant and sustainable savings” – but also “speak once again to my commitment to tax fairness.”