January 9, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
By Will Irving READ REPORT R/ECON’s economic forecast for New Jersey as 2024 drew to a close once again shows a slowing trajectory, with annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2025 projected to slow more sharply than in the prior forecast. This is true even as...
January 6, 2025 | In the News
As the Township Committee refuses to return to in-person meetings, claiming they are not needed for citizen involvement, data shows meetings now are noticeably shorter and public participation is sharply reduced under the virtual format. An Asbury Park Press analysis...
January 6, 2025 | In the News
Nearly 100 New Jersey companies announced more than 13,300 layoffs combined in 2024, public records show, as white-collar sectors such as pharmaceuticals, banking and finance tightened job counts. The numbers are made public through New Jersey’s Worker Adjustment and...
January 6, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Does State-Level Structural Racism Impact Risk for Suicide Attempts Among US Adolescents Across Race And Ethnicity? Abstract Objective Our study examined the association between state-level structural racism and past year rates of suicide ideation (SI) and suicide...
December 17, 2024 | In the News
Convened by the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice co-chaired by Taja-Nia Henderson (Rutgers Law School) and Khalil Gibran Muhammad (Harvard Kennedy School), the New Jersey Reparations Council is the first-of-its-kind commission to finally confront and repair New...
December 17, 2024 | In the News
A special Assembly committee in a unanimous vote Monday approved a controversial overhaul of New Jersey ballots that will write the county line out of state law. The bill, which follows a federal court decision that found New Jersey’s county-line system — a ballot...
December 17, 2024 | In the News
Lawmakers in Trenton voted unanimously to release an amended bill that would abolish New Jersey’s so-called county line primary ballot — long wielded as a political tool by party bosses who sometimes banished opponents to so-called “ballot Siberia.” Instead, New...
December 16, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Household income and county income inequality are associated with financial hardship among cancer survivors in New Jersey Abstract Purpose To examine how household income and county income inequality are linked to financial hardship among cancer survivors. Methods...
December 13, 2024 | In the News
Montclair Township on Thursday defended an employee-organized holiday party planned to be held in honor of its outgoing interim town manager. It is an event that one local government expert said speaks to a level of “tone deafness.” A sign for the party to be held in...
December 12, 2024 | In the News
Palisades Park and Clifton are the latest in a trend of local governments that have hired professional publicity companies to handle their municipal communications. Clifton hired a communication manager earlier this month for a salary between $80,000 to $100,000. The...
December 10, 2024 | In the News
A groundswell of vocal residents is urging the Township Committee via petition to return to in-person meetings after nearly five years of having them online only. But Lakewood elected officials, led by Mayor Ray Coles, say it’s not happening, claiming the...
December 9, 2024 | In the News
For months, it was billed as the most important election of our lives — a presidential battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump that would determine the future of our divided country and maybe even the fate of democracy itself. But in New Jersey, many voters...
December 9, 2024 | In the News
Problems in the housing market stem from decisions made in the early democratic era that handed Taiwan’s urban environment over to developers at the expense of first-time home buyers The Taipei Times reported last week that housing transactions fell 15.3 percent last...
December 9, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Can reducing learning costs improve public support for means-tested benefit programs? by Gregory A. Porumbescu, Stephanie Walsh, and Andrea Hetling Abstract This study investigates how efforts to reduce learning costs of means-tested public benefit programs impact...
