GOP to Democrats: Reclaim cash, skip pork to shrink NJ budget gap

By: John Reitmeyer, Budget/Finance Writer

Outlets: NJ Spotlight

Published: June 8, 2026

Words: 935

Last Updated: 4 days, 2 hours ago

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Weeks before lawmakers must approve an annual state budget, Republicans are pitching cost-saving proposals and urging majority Democrats to take a look.

Among the GOP-backed ideas is a call to repurpose unspent balances from prior-year appropriations, which they estimate could free up hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.

Some Republicans have also pledged to refrain this year from seeking any legislative additions to a $60.7 billion spending plan put forward by Gov. Mikie …

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