July 26, 2022 | In the News
Emerging from the rubble of the Great Recession, the establishment of the New Start Career Network in 2015 provided support to more than 6,000 New Jerseyans experiencing long-term unemployment over its initial six-year period. That’s according to Carl Van Horn,...
July 25, 2022 | In the News, News
Economic sentiment plays a pivotal role in how Americans make their electoral choices and is one of many factors that could influence how voters cast their ballots in the 2022 midterm elections. On July 15, the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Press Center...
July 22, 2022 | In the News
What’s in store for the New Jersey economy for the rest of this year? It turns out nobody is quite sure because right now there’s a hodgepodge of different economic signals. Rutgers University economist James Hughes said as is often the case, “we have really...
July 20, 2022 | Research, Publications, and Reports
A new article by David Hsu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Clinton J. Andrews (Rutgers Bloustein School), Albert T. Han (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Carolyn G. Loh (Wayne State University), Anna C. Osland (Kathleen Blanco Public...
July 19, 2022 | In the News
As consumers nationwide grapple with increases in the cost of rent, gas, and groceries, New Jersey lawmakers have offered a slew of plans they say will address skyrocketing inflation. Sales tax holidays on certain items, moratoriums on toll increases, and a revamp of...
July 18, 2022 | Alumni Spotlight, News
James Hughes MCRP ’69, Ph.D. 71, former dean of the Bloustein School and his wife, Connie Hughes, MCRP ’76 were among the first donors to make the initiative possible. Lucas Torres, a public health major, is among the first 100 students selected for...
July 18, 2022 | In the News
According to Julia Sass Rubin, professor of public policy at Rutgers University, who gave a presentation to the commission, candidates on the “county line,” which is the column for candidates endorsed by the local Democratic or Republican party committees, have an...
July 17, 2022 | In the News
Police experts are still looking for ways to circumvent deadly chases and fatal traffic stops. One way, according to Kelcie Ralph, a transportation scholar at Rutgers University, are traffic cameras. Traffic stops are the most common interactions between police and...
July 15, 2022 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Posted by Rutgers Today/Rutgers Research News, July 11, 2022. To increase public support for automated traffic safety cameras, regulators should emphasize the technology’s ability to limit racially divisive interactions with the police, according to a...
July 15, 2022 | In the News
The prices of gas, home energy and food all spiked by double digits over the past month, but wages aren’t keeping up, with annual inflation now topping 9%. “It’s leading to a very sour mood,” said James W. Hughes, dean emeritus at Rutgers University’s...
July 13, 2022 | In the News
Perceptions among state and federal policymakers that the public opposes the installation of speed cameras has made the technology rare despite the fact it could reduce racial profiling and minimize police-driver interactions, according to a Rutgers study recently...
July 13, 2022 | In the News
When the Legislature passed laws in 2007 and 2010 designed to save taxpayers money by limiting sick leave cash-outs for local public employees, it did not explicitly add an enforcement mechanism. And that may be one of the reasons why the Office of...
July 12, 2022 | In the News
The idea of automated speed cameras along roadways may get more support from the public, as well as policymakers, if the technology were promoted as a way to reduce racial profiling by law enforcement. That’s according to a new study out of Rutgers University....
July 11, 2022 | In the News
When we saw the words “health benefits fraud” in a headline recently, our first thought was finally, a step toward justice in the massive kickbacks to public employees in South Jersey for submitting bogus prescriptions to their lavishly funded...
