New Jersey Budget

September 26, 2008 - 4:02pm
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BUONO CALLS FOR ECONOMIC CONTINGENCY PLANS

TRENTON Senator Barbara Buono, Chair of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee, today said State officials should prepare budget contingency plans now to deal with the “inevitable downward revenue spiral” caused by the Wall Street credit crisis.

            “Like families trying to pay monthly bills, we have to stay within our means,” said Senator Buono, D-Middlesex. “To avoid panic later, we need to plan now.”

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June 17, 2008 - 4:10pm
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BUONO: GRIM BUDGET PLAN FOR NJ’S FISCAL REALITIES

TRENTON Senator Barbara Buono, Chair of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee, today made the following comments as details were being released about the proposed agreement on the State’s spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

            “It’s not a happy day when the realities of spending cuts result in pain for the beneficiaries of many worthy programs. But we can’t reduce the size of government without shutting down our voracious appetite to spend and borrow. The record-level restraints in this (budget) proposal were needed to move us in the right direction

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April 22, 2008 - 3:54pm
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BUONO'S BUDGET PRIORITIES: RESTORE MUNICIPAL AID, NO CHRISTMAS TREE ITEMS

TRENTON Senator Barbara Buono, Chair of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee, today said her top budget priorities are restoring cuts in state aid to municipalities, especially smaller towns hit hard by proposed reductions, and rejecting any bids to insert so-called “Christmas Tree Items” in

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