February 7, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
By Angie Nga Le, Stuart Shapiro, and Elizabeth Cooner New Jersey’s state higher education plan, “Where Opportunity Meets Innovation – A Student-Centered Vision for New Jersey Higher Education” (the Plan), was introduced in 2019. It envisions an ecosystem where every...
February 4, 2025 | In the News
This is a somber weekend for journalism in New Jersey, as the print edition of The Star-Ledger comes off the press for its final run today after 193 years under one banner or another. It occurs one day after the final edition of the Jersey Journal, which will shutter...
January 31, 2025 | News
By Marc Pfeiffer ICMA.org, February 1, 2025 I asked Claude.ai to define surveillance technology. In response, it replied, “devices, systems, or software that are used to monitor, track, and collect information on people, places, or things.” Municipalities use a wide...
January 28, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Introduction To reduce morbidity and mortality among individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), the evidence is strongest for medications for OUD (MOUD), which include methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone. Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are essential...
January 28, 2025 | In the News
The volume of those who received medications for opioid use disorder at federally qualified health centers more than doubled over a recent 6-year span, results from a cross-sectional study showed. Yet, still less than one-quarter of patients with substance use...
January 27, 2025 | News
By Yonaira Rivera and Vivek Singh In today’s digital world, large language models like ChatGPT are important sources of healthcare information, particularly for those who face barriers like insurance issues or language constraints. As part of the IMPACT-NJ project,...
January 24, 2025 | News
The New Jersey Inclusive Healthy Communities (IHC) grant program has announced its latest Request for Proposals (RFP) for grants to local governments and nonprofit organizations to advance policy and systems change through the inclusion of people with disabilities to...
January 23, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Abstract Problem, research strategy, and findings Pilot projects are an increasingly popular tool for dealing with opposition to new ideas. The premise is simple—let experience change minds—but it belies considerable uncertainty. How do opinions evolve during a pilot...
January 22, 2025 | In the News
President Donald Trump’s regulatory freeze looks set to capture several energy and environmental rules from the prior administration. On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order telling agencies to block regulations going forward. Past presidents have...
January 21, 2025 | News
Published on nj.com January 20, 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. profoundly championed a consequential and historically unprecedented social change movement against what he referred to as the “Triple Evils” of Racism, Poverty, and War-Violence. The hallmark of King’s...
January 19, 2025 | In the News
New Jersey’s health care nonprofits are bracing as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration day approaches, concerned that health disparities will widen if federal funds diminish. “If I were leading a nonprofit that was dependent on those kinds of grants, I’d be...
January 16, 2025 | In the News
The first and only phone message I’ve gotten from my kid’s elementary school this year was about parking lot safety reminders: “Please listen to the directions of our staff that are in the parking lot to help direct traffic and keep children safe.” The welcome meeting...
January 16, 2025 | In the News
The estimated property loss from California’s wildfires will probably top $20 billion. Insurance companies like State Farm have already dumped homeowner policies in New Jersey. And the industry is taking evasive maneuvers nationwide, including in New Jersey. It’s a...
January 16, 2025 | In the News
New Jersey is weighing a proposal that could potentially save homeowners tens of thousands of dollars on their mortgages. Legislation moving through the pipeline in Trenton would require all financial institutions in the Garden State to allow homeowners to make...
January 15, 2025 | News
The Bloustein School’s Nashia Basit (MPP/MCRP ’24) was one of 22 applicants selected as a 2025 New Leaders Council New Jersey (NLC-NJ) fellow. NLC-NJ is the statewide chapter of the nation’s largest organization that develops, connects, and uplifts...
January 14, 2025 | In the News
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) hosted a panel to discuss the importance of immigration numbers, legal and illegal, and their impact on wages, the labor market, and the future of the American workforce. This timely panel, “Beyond the Border: Why Legal...
January 13, 2025 | In the News, News
Insurance companies are hiking costs, dropping N.J. homeowners more often due to climate risks By Steven Rodas | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com You can look to the rising seas, raging wildfires and the lack of snow. A harbinger for the changing climate has also arrived...
January 10, 2025 | In the News
‘What matters isn’t the delivery method but the quality and accessibility of local journalism’ The recent announcement that NJ Advance Media is ending print operations for several newspapers marks a pivotal moment for New Jersey journalism. While some view this...
January 10, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
A new two-part study written by Marc H. Pfeiffer examines the evolving landscape of state and local journalism in New Jersey during a critical transition from print to digital news delivery and challenges those changes mean for the publication of “official notices.”...
January 9, 2025 | In the News
The new top executive of the New Jersey agency dedicated to rooting out corruption and fraud claims principal residency in two states while working a second full-time job in Washington, D.C. Tiffany Williams Brewer, who was named as the chief executive officer of the...
