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Practicum in Public Policy: Healthy Homes Initiative
Graduate students prepared a Healthy Homes Initiative for the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency. Focusing on the cities of Paterson and Newark, the team identified multiple mental and physical health issues that arise from inadequate housing.
Need to address biases in current policies if we want investment growth
Bill Rodgers, Rutgers public policy professor and economist, and Andre Perry, Brookings Institution fellow on economic impact, join ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss what can be done to make the United States more equitable. CNBC, Monday, June 1, 2020
Rebuilding New Jersey after COVID-19: Advancing a Healthy, Resilient, Sustainable and Fair Garden State
This virtual convening brings together leaders to discuss opportunities for restarting New Jersey’s economy, post COVID-19.
How Toilet Paper Brought Supply Chain Management to the Pandemic Front Lines
“Supply chain” became the buzz phrase at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Anne Strauss-Wieder she breaks down the “breakdown” of the supply chain at the start of the pandemic with Stuart Shapiro.
Trump’s comments on Google show true attitude toward regulation
Last week, President Donald Trump tweeted his unhappiness that Google search results seemed to be favoring sources critical of the president. His chief economic adviser suggested that the administration “is taking a look at whether Google searches should be...
America needs a permanent solution for paid sick leave
With the federal government’s enactment of an emergency paid sick leave law to help slow COVID-19, the pandemic has put a spotlight on what should be a major policy concern in America. The Trump Administration passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)...
Restarting the Economy: Understanding How the Cost of Not Investing Can Hurt NJ’s Pandemic Recovery
With the guarded hope that we are on a downward trend of coronavirus activity, the discussion has turned to the reopening of the state. EJB Talks host Stuart Shapiro broaches the topic with Bloustein alumnus Brandon McKoy, MCRP ’13, president of New Jersey Policy Perspective, and a member of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s commission to reopen the state.
Opinion: How to Meet the Financial Challenges Facing New Jersey
The state extended the current fiscal year by three months, a very unusual move but permitted under our Constitution. It allows more time to access the revenue impact of the pandemic and develop a strategy for the remainder of this year and next. During this time, the...
Rural America emerges into recovery ill-prepared for COVID-19’s spread
While major cities remain the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in our country, COVID-19 cases are surging in rural states like Nebraska. The coronavirus presents a significant challenge in rural areas across the U.S. With luck, lower population densities, and a...
Communication During COVID: Why Your Communications Strategy Is Not A Nice To Have
I recently had the chance to “sit down”, in the Covid world, with Bob Sommer, a West board member. Bob is a leading advisor on government relations and public affairs. He advises now at Awsom Associates after having built and sold a national public relations firm and...
OIRA and the Future of Cost-Benefit Analysis
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan signed an executive order giving the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) the authority to review executive agencies’ regulations. That executive order and its successor, which President Bill Clinton signed in 1993, have...
The girl who died twice: How doctors saved a 12-year-old whose heart stopped for 45 minutes
Only one-third of pediatric patients who go more than 20 minutes without a pulse survive, according to Dr. Anthony Rosania (Exec MHA '19), an associate professor of emergency medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. The survival rate was once as low as 6%, said...