August 15, 2025 | In the News
Wall Street rating agency S&P Global has upgraded New Jersey’s credit rating for the third time under the tenure of outgoing Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. The move to raise the rating one notch to A+ from A on Aug. 11 cites efforts by the Murphy administration to...
August 13, 2025 | In the News
As extreme weather events escalate, a new study has found that residents and government officials may have different ideas about how public funds should be spent to adapt to extreme weather events brought on by climate change. The study by the Society for Risk...
August 12, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Cultural and Institutional Factors Driving Severe Repetitive Flood Losses: Insights From the Jersey Shore Abstract Decisions about how to respond to coastal flood hazards often involve disagreements over resource allocations. In the United States, large...
August 11, 2025 | In the News
By Linda Stamato While hoping no one noticed, the Trump administration freed a convicted, three-time murderer. Offering no comment, it deflects, concentrating its efforts on exporting those without any criminal charges, let alone convictions, in their records. It is...
August 7, 2025 | In the News
ATHENS, Ohio — The City of Athens unveiled a new online, artificial intelligence-powered chatbot modeled after the iconic Athens bricks, providing a new way for residents to access important city information. The chatbot, named “Benny the Athens Brick,” is intended to...
August 5, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Overview The State of the Climate: New Jersey report annually summarizes updated scientific information on climate trends and projections that can be used by state and local decision-makers, researchers, hazard planning and climate resilience professionals, and...
August 5, 2025 | In the News
Trump’s firing of BLS official casts shadow on federal data gathering Presidents and lawmakers love and hate official numbers. When federal statistics show things are good, they point to the numbers with conviction. When the data’s not so rosy, they ignore it. And...
August 1, 2025 | In the News
By Marc Pfeiffer (Published August 1, 2025 at ICMA.org) As a local government leader, technology affects more than just your internal operations. Many tech issues directly impact your residents and need your attention. Big Picture Issues Technology touches many...
August 1, 2025 | In the News
The Kansas City transit agency has installed narrow “leaning benches” at busy bus stops downtown and touted them as an accessible amenity. But riders and experts disagree and say they’re made to make people uncomfortable. Bus riders at the busy 12th and...
July 31, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Read Report R/ECON’s economic forecast for New Jersey as of mid-2025 continues to show a slowing trajectory. Annual GDP growth is projected at just 0.5% for 2025, significantly lower than in prior forecasts and markedly below the national rate of 1.5%. Growth will...
July 31, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Digital Twin or Digital Kin: Misunderstandings and Myths about Urban Simulation, and Directions for Change Abstract Using three case studies from the United States and Australia, this article explores the conditions required to make urban digital twin projects...
July 24, 2025 | Undergraduate Public Policy Student Spotlights
Pursuing a college education and the American dream, Rafael Escalante departed the embattled South American nation and made his way to New Jersey Rafael Escalante escaped politically motivated persecution as a teenager in Venezuela to find his place – and a brighter...
