Lawmakers Bulk Up Budget With $600M in Last-Minute Spending

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Altogether, more than $600 million was added to fund things like ballparks, such as $1.5 million for the Trenton Thunder Ballpark, and for individual school districts, such as $12.5 million for a “learning annex” in Wood-Ridge, the hometown of Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Chair Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen).