February 12, 2016 | In the News
The center included 14 buildings, 50 stores and 600,000-square feet of retail space and was anchored by Bamberger’s, the center’s biggest retailer when it opened. “Back then suburbanization was in full tilt and malls were automobile-centric with a...
February 11, 2016 | In the News
The report follows earlier studies of the flows of residents in and out of New Jersey, and what they mean for the state economy. Business groups cite them as evidence that the state is over-regulating and over-taxing businesses and residents. Rutgers University...
February 11, 2016 | In the News
The role of home health aides can vary, but expanding the types of services they can legally perform could reduce some of the caregiving burden on family members who may be taking care of a loved one and potentially the use of institutionalized care. Expanding duties...
February 10, 2016 | In the News
Rutgers political scientist Cliff Zukin estimates that landline-only phone surveys miss about 60 percent of eligible voters. Good pollsters try to … Boston Herald, Feb. 10
February 9, 2016 | In the News
Rutgers political scientist Cliff Zukin estimates that landline-only phone surveys miss about 60% of eligible voters. Good pollsters try to compensate by sampling cellphone users, too. (Pew will sample 75% cellphones in 2016.) But that’s more complicated for...
February 9, 2016 | In the News
“I think for New Jersey it’s been an improvement, but a little more guarded (than the nation),” said John McWeeney, president and chief executive officer of the New Jersey Bankers Association. The trade group teamed up with the Edward J. Bloustein...
February 9, 2016 | In the News
“Health problems and consumption of health-care services increase dramatically with age, and since we are living longer in retirement, the more imperative it is to have easy access to health-care services and facilities. That factor weighs heavily on retirement...
February 9, 2016 | In the News
Bankers in New Jersey are fairly optimistic about the current state of the economy, but most have far more faith in the nation’s economy than they do in conditions throughout their home state. The latest annual survey from the New Jersey Bankers Association found that...
February 8, 2016 | In the News
In an eight-block stretch along the Boardwalk, nearly half the land is either vacant or surface parking. That “dead zone” bound by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, South Carolina Avenue, Pacific Avenue and the Boardwalk could be much more, according to a study...
February 8, 2016 | In the News
Annual survey reflects more confidence in nation’s outlook than in state’s prospects, but overall picture seen as somewhat brighter New Jersey enjoyed its best year for private-sector job growth in over a decade last year, and the state’s banking community is not...
February 7, 2016 | In the News
As science develops, new research, data and findings come about, which revolutionizes technology and brings forth improvements to better humanity. The Eagleton Institute of Politics held a workshop to discuss whether scientific methods directly bring those changes to...
February 4, 2016 | In the News
On Jan. 28 evening the D&R Greenway Land Trust and The Green Hour radio team hosted a panel discussion at the Greenway’s upstairs auditoriumon exploring the outcomes of the 21st Climate Change Conference in Paris.This was the first of three such presentations...
February 4, 2016 | In the News
The city says there are 7,000 units under construction now and another 19,000 approved. James W. Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, cited the city’s booming residential construction sector as one...
February 3, 2016 | In the News
“Polling is much harder to do well than it was four and eight years ago,” says Cliff Zukin, a Rutgers University professor and former president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research. U.S. News & World Report, February 3
