gas tax

NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.

A New Jersey gas tax increase of 9.3 cents per gallon went into effect at midnight on Thursday. The state’s Department of the Treasury said the tax hike was due to “lower fuel consumption trends, which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.” Consumption of gasoline fell by a total of 38.7 percent from March to May in the state,…

New Jersey’s Department of the Treasury announced a gas tax increase of 9.3 cents per gallon due to “lower fuel consumption trends, which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.” The increase will go into effect this fall. According to the treasury department, consumption of gasoline fell by a total of 38.7 percent from March to May in the state….

In New Jersey, there’s a law that bans self-serve gasoline. Now, some workers say they fear catching the coronavirus when they pump gas for customers.

New Jersey’s gas tax won’t be going up in the coming year.

President Donald Trump dropped the pretense of working with congressional Democrats on Wednesday and sent a clear message that his re-election campaign will be centered on condemning overzealous investigations rather than advancing a robust domestic policy agenda. Both sides may have feigned surprise at Trump’s angry outburst, in which he said he won’t work with Democrats until they drop their...

President Donald Trump abruptly stalked out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday, flatly declaring he would no longer work with Democrats unless they drop all investigations in the aftermath of the special counsel’s Trump-Russia report. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it all “very, very, very strange” and said she was praying for Trump and the nation. Trump...

New Jersey bolstered its reputation as one of the country’s highest-taxed states in 2018, raising rates on high income earners, businesses and motorists, and posting yet again among the nation’s highest average property tax bills.

On Dec. 4, President Donald Trump tweeted about French President Emmanuel Macron and the Paris Agreement, misrepresenting the foreign leader’s position on the climate accord. Macron has not said or suggested the Paris Agreement is “fatally flawed,” as Trump implied.

Gas is going up in the Garden State, a place where many people go to get better prices at the pumps.

A potential budget crisis is looming for the state of New Jersey. Lawmakers now have less than a week to reach a deal to avoid a government shutdown, and they still appear to be far apart. Brian Thompson reports.

NYPD officers helped an Upper East Side couple deliver their baby when the tenacious newborn wouldn’t wait around for a hospital.

NYPD officers helped an Upper East Side couple deliver their baby when the tenacious newborn wouldn’t wait around for a hospital.

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno launched her gubernatorial campaign on Tuesday, pledging to cut taxpayers’ burdens and accusing Democrats of making those burdens worse.

Kim Guadagno has largely been seen but not heard while serving under Governor Christie but now she wants to succeed him. Brian Thompson reports.

New Jersey voters said yes to a question asking whether every penny of the state’s 37.5-cent per gallon gas tax should go exclusively to transportation costs. The question of creating a so-called constitutional “lockbox” was viewed as a no-brainer by most lawmakers, but Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno came out opposed to the question recently. She argues a yes...

The end has come for a long-celebrated tradition for Pennsylvania and New York drivers: Starting Tuesday, cheap gas in New Jersey is a thing of the past.

New Jersey commuters woke up to higher prices at the pump on Tuesday. A 23-cent gas tax hike went into effect. It’s the first gas tax hike in New Jersey since 1988 and it means the state now has the sixth highest gas tax in the country. Tracie Strahan reports.

The end has come for a long-celebrated tradition for Pennsylvania and New York drivers: Starting Tuesday, cheap gas in New Jersey is a thing of the past.

The Garden State will go from having the 2nd-lowest gasoline tax in the country to the 6th-highest. Erica Byfield reports.