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Didn’t states say they were broke?

JULY 1, 2021 | by Editorial | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Editorial, includes “New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy last spring was projecting a $10 billion budget shortfall due to the pandemic. Now the state boasts a $10 billion surplus. Perhaps politicians in Trenton can now fund the new Hudson River train tunnel project? Nope. They’ll leave most of that to Congress. … But Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said the state ‘has other pressing infrastructure needs’ to fund. He means Medicaid, public-worker pensions and green-energy subsidies.”

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