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The Peak of Trump’s Fact-Free Vendetta Against Regulation

It’s the end of an era. The GOP, in the person of Donald Trump, has fallen out of love with subjecting regulations to cost-benefit analysis... Liberals complained that cost-benefit analysis biased OIRA against protecting health and safety because a regulation’s...

EJB Talks: Fighting for Government Accountability in NJ

From Corruption to Ballot Reform: Fighting for Government Accountability in New Jersey As we close out our 13th season of EJB Talks, Dean Stuart Shapiro asks Public Policy Program Director, Professor Julia Rubin, about why New Jersey has long been considered one of...

Stagnating national jobs market raises economic concerns

The latest national jobs report is raising fresh questions about where the American economy is headed. The U.S. unemployment rate is now at 4.6% — its highest level in four years — while job growth has slowed and wages aren’t rising much faster than inflation. Will...

Heldrich Center: Updated Multi-State Postsecondary Report Released

The Heldrich Center for Workforce Development has announced the release of an updated Multi-State Postsecondary Report, linking postsecondary completion data to employment outcomes across Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia. This effort...

NJ Job Losses Reach 16K For 2025; What Does 2026 Hold?

The last weeks of 2025 are bringing more bad news for workers in New Jersey as more layoffs have been announced, pushing the state's total to more than 16,000 for the year. The latest — and largest — cut announced is by Verizon, which is cutting 1,319 jobs in the...