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TRENTON – New Jersey’s budget is balanced in part through nearly $4.3 billion from emergency borrowing authorized in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but a nonpartisan budget analyst says it’s now clear that wasn’t necessary.
At a Senate budget committee hearing Tuesday, Thomas Koenig, the Office of Legislative Services’ budget and finance officer, said the borrowing was defensible at the time the budget was adopted in September.
“But from today’s vantage point, the borrowing was not essential to balancing the FY21 budget,” Koenig said.
Koenig said that without the borrowing, the state’s surplus would have fallen by only $165 million since Oct. 1 and remain slightly above $2 billion. Revenue forecasts have been upgraded by $3.4 billion, and the budget counts on $1.1 billion in lapses, helping build a surplus of $6.4 billion – over 15% of spending.
Coming Soon: What to expect as California gears up for reopening
Some residents say they re excited for planned return of big events Share Updated: 8:20 AM PDT Apr 7, 2021
Some residents say they re excited for planned return of big events Share Updated: 8:20 AM PDT Apr 7, 2021
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Show Transcript YOU COULD CALL PAULETTE JOHNSTON AND HER MOTHER MYRNA, PRETTY BIG THEATRE BUFFS. MY MOM MYRNA AND I ARE SEASON TICKET HOLDERS. MELANIE: PRE-PANDEMIC, THEY SAW A PERFORMANCE JUST ABOUT EVERY SIX WEEKS. WE’VE BEEN GOING TO THE SOPHIA B-STREET BEFORE HAND TO THEIR MAIN STAGE PRODUCTIONS FOR YEARS. MELANIE: WHEN VENUES LIKE THE SOFIA GOT SHUT DOWN A YEAR AGO, WELL. OH MY GOSH, WE WERE BROKEN. MELANIE: THE LAST CONCERT CHARISSE RHODES AND GINA WAOTA SAW AT GOLDEN ONE CENTER WAS MAXWELL. BOTH ARE READY TO SEE MORE AND DO MORE AT GATHERING SITES LIKE GOLDEN 1. I THINK IT’S FANTASTIC THAT THEY’RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO OPEN THINGS UP AGAI
Dozens of conventions plan to come to Sacramento this summer
Visit Sacramento says they already have 14 groups of 5,000 people or less booked for conferences at the newly renovated Safe Credit Union Convention Center. Author: Lena Howland (ABC10) Updated: 11:37 PM PDT April 6, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Governor Gavin Newsom announced California could fully reopen on June 15, with a mask mandate still in place, as long as there are enough vaccines and hospitalization rates stay stable and low.
In just 10 weeks, the state will be eliminating the colored tier system, which will allow the economy to fully reopen. This means large-scale indoor events, like conventions, could resume if testing or vaccinations are verified.
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