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Kelcie Ralph, PhD, named to Mobility Safety Advisory Group
The National Safety Council (NSC) set up a Mobility Safety Advisory Group (MSAG) of non-NSC people from the private sector, government, non-profit organizations and academia which will advise the NSC Roadway Safety Practice on tactics and strategies that can best...
Kelcie Ralph Selected to National Safety Council’s Mobility Safety Advisory Group
In a potentially significant move for road safety outcomes in the US, the country's National Safety Council (NSC) has moved to push the needs of people who are not in vehicles to the fore. The Mobility Safety Advisory Group (MSAG) consists of non-NSC people from the...
Celebrating National Crown Day, addressing hair discrimination on the job
It’s an exhausting experience that often makes people question whether to wear their hair naturally. Statistics show Black women are 80% more likely than white women to feel the need to change their hair to fit in at the office, according to 2019 research by JOY...
Letters: Talks in the Russia-Ukraine War
Linda Stamato and Sanford M. Jaffe discuss the Russia-Ukraine war in a letter to the editor New York Times, June 30, 2022
New Jersey State Policy Lab: Mapping New Jersey’s overdose hotspots: Insights from state administrative data
Today’s New Jersey State Policy Lab blog focuses on mapping New Jersey’s overdose hotspots. Gavin Rozzi used Uber’s H3 system to locate where police administered Narcan to reverse opioid overdoses.
New Jersey State Policy Lab: Prevalence of Child Poverty in New Jersey
Over the past two decades, children in New Jersey have been more afflicted by poverty than have adults.
New Jersey wineries battle rising cost of packaging, shipping wine
Wineries are being hit hard by the high cost of supplies, and they are also facing supply shortages. While there isn't a wine shortage, the cost to package and ship bottles of wine has gone up, according to some employees at wineries in New Jersey. *********** A local...
As Tax Bills Arrive, Mayor Renews Misleading Attack on School Board
Two outside experts and the former Board of Education president are taking issue with Mayor Steven Fulop’s recent attacks on the BOE and school officials following their adoption of a record $955 million budget and a tax levy that would cost the average homeowner an...
New Heldrich report: Examining Funding Streams for Opportunity Youth in New Jersey
The report examines the development of New Jersey’s youth workforce system since the implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, including available funding for youth workforce development and the programs currently serving youth in New Jersey.
New Jersey State Policy Lab: A Quarter Century of Open Space, Farmland and Historic Preservation
State CIOs are prioritizing digital equity more after the pandemic.
Research: Risk-benefit perceptions, preferences for solutions, and gaining trust: Listening to New Jersey’s Atlantic Ocean port communities
Ports are economic gems in a globalizing, multipolar economic world but are also challenging for planners and managers, as they often lead to health and environmental impacts affecting the surrounding communities, including air quality issues, emissions, water contamination and more.
Where exactly is the state bank we were promised?
Gov. Phil Murphy promised to create a state public bank. In November 2019, he did just that, traveling to Newark to announce its creation in Executive Order 91. Surrounded by community and financial justice advocates, the governor pledged to leverage...