December 11, 2018 | In the News
It’s mayor against mayor in part of Bergen County, where there’s a proposal to build a power plant. Just off busy Route 1 & 9 down an industrial part of the Meadowlands is a concrete recycling plant that could soon be transformed into a power plant burning natural...
December 10, 2018 | In the News
Consider these stats from the National Park Service, which handles the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program in cooperation with the State Historic Preservation Offices. They’re from a new report — by the park service and Rutgers...
December 10, 2018 | In the News
The New Jersey Food Council has promoted its chief government affairs representative to vice president for her work representing food retailers, including supermarkets, independent grocers and convenience stores, as well as their supplier partners. Mary Ellen Peppard...
December 10, 2018 | In the News
“New Jersey’s record of advancing reproductive health policy—while better than most states—has yet to fully address barriers faced by those who need these services the most,” said Jazmyne McNeese, NJPP 2018 Crotty Fellow and author of the report. “This report gives a...
December 10, 2018 | In the News
The Trump administration is none too happy about the right to speak and assemble peaceably — and, particularly, to protest — as we saw when the president found fault with the hundreds of thousands of women —and men — who marched on the National Mall following his...
December 7, 2018 | In the News
Regardless, the tight labor market is helping reduce dependence on the federal program, said Joel Cantor, the founding director of the Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers University in New Jersey. “The economy has increased employment rates and encouraged...
December 6, 2018 | In the News
When Melinda Wenner Moyer, a science journalist for The New York Times, was attempting to report on an unexpected aspect of a vaccine’s efficacy or safety, she found that scientists often didn’t want to talk with her. And when she did get them on the phone, she says,...
December 6, 2018 | In the News
Throughout the region, millennials and the employers seeking to attract them want office environments with an urban feel, even if that means creating a mini-downtownwithin a suburban office park by adding walkways, restaurants and housing. In their evolution from the...
November 30, 2018 | In the News
Chief Economist of the Rutgers University Heldrich Center for Workforce Development William Rodgers and fmr. Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor shares the three trends that have impacted how we work at CNBC’s Capital Exchange: Diversity & Inclusion...
November 29, 2018 | In the News
Earlier in October, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, (D-NJ), another author of the law, pledged to continue battling to safeguard coverage and protection gains achieved through the ACA, while also striving to extend coverage to all New Jerseyans. As of 2017, 8.7 percent of...
November 29, 2018 | In the News
Earlier in October, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, (D-NJ), another author of the law, pledged to continue battling to safeguard coverage and protection gains achieved through the ACA, while also striving to extend coverage to all New Jerseyans. As of 2017, 8.7 percent of...
November 24, 2018 | In the News
Social Security is the single largest program in the federal budget with outlays of one trillion dollars – twenty-five percent of the budget. Social Security is a vital component of the American safety net. Without Social Security many retired and disabled workers –...
November 24, 2018 | In the News
Nearly all of the office buildings in North Jersey were built during a 1980s construction boom, and they are therefore roughly the same age. But they have vastly different life expectancies. Some have been given up for dead and are scheduled for demolition. Others are...
November 21, 2018 | In the News
It saddens me greatly to hear of the passing of Paul Larrousse, the manager of Metro Transit from 1989 until 2000. Larrousse came to Madison’s bus system as an assistant general manager in the early to mid-1980s and became the general manager in 1989. He...
November 20, 2018 | In the News
In time for Thanksgiving, several Rutgers faith-based service groups came together on Sunday for Good Deeds Day, where they spent 3 hours doing community service work for New Brunswick’s residents. The organizations that co-sponsored the event were Rutgers...
November 19, 2018 | In the News
If approved, the NESE project would bring numerous economic benefits to the region. Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy found that the design and construction of NESE would create approximately 2,400 jobs in the state....
