March 21, 2025 | In the News
Over two years ago, Balpreet Grewal-Virk spoke to Newark nonprofits and residents to see how RWJBarnabas Health could address patient health issues outside of the four walls of their hospitals. Nonprofit workers told the senior vice president of community health that...
March 21, 2025 | In the News
N.J. gutted its pay-to-play laws. Millions in donations are the result. Out of $26,300 raised by the Mantua Township Democratic Executive Committee, $21,500 came from contractors who work for Mantua’s government, with its engineers, its lawyers and other white-collar...
March 14, 2025 | In the News
China, transparency, bidding, Conduent, TransCore — these are the recurring buzzwords around a lucrative — and controversial — new $1.7 billion contract to operate the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s E-ZPass program. At issue is a disputed bid process over the company...
March 14, 2025 | In the News
As the price of eggs continues to climb and the stock market swings amid President Donald Trump’s tariff-fueled trade war, concerns about the possibility of a recession grew this week. And now that the New Jersey Legislature is starting to prepare a budget for...
March 13, 2025 | In the News
The state has contributed more than $800 million in funding to the resort’s budgets since 2016 to help pay off casino tax appeals and steady the city’s finances when it was on the brink of bankruptcy, according to state records. But the city is hoping to reduce its...
March 13, 2025 | In the News
By Linda Stamato While President Trump’s efforts to force out tens of thousands of civilian federal workers and to dismantle entire agencies have hit legal challenges, and generating some resistance from agency heads, those efforts remain front and center on the Trump...
March 11, 2025 | In the News
By Linda Stamato The question arises frequently enough as to what constitutes local news that I thought I’d address it. Sometimes, it’s abundantly clear what is local—mayoral elections, housing and parking authorities. But other times, it’s less obvious. What is...
March 2, 2025 | In the News
Trenton, NJ – Is the ‘Good Ole Boys’ network dead in New Jersey? Or, are party chairmen across New Jersey just learning how to do business in a post-party line political landscape? The political landscape in New Jersey has undergone a seismic shift with the recent...
March 1, 2025 | In the News
This time last year, New Jersey’s county conventions were must-watch affairs like Iowa and New Hampshire are in presidential elections. Then-Rep. Andy Kim was battling first lady Tammy Murphy for Bob Menendez’s Senate seat following his corruption indictment. It was a...
February 28, 2025 | In the News
An office building in Parsippany near the busy corridor along interstates 287 and 80 has sold for $10.2 million, according to a Thursday announcement from real estate services firm CBRE, which arranged the transaction. BSD Investment Properties LLC in Lakewood is...
February 27, 2025 | In the News
How to Cope With ‘Gray Divorce’: 5 Steps to Help You Write Your Next Chapter With divorce among women over 50 on the rise, we asked experts how to move forward Breakups are always difficult, but when it comes to ending a relationship later in life, it can feel like...
February 25, 2025 | In the News
Interstate 45 is getting a $13-billion makeover in Houston. The project aims to reduce congestion by adding new lanes—a common story for the many highway expansions that are constantly happening across the U.S. In nearby Austin, Tex., I-35 is being widened as part of...
February 25, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Exploring the drivers of adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare-seeking behavior in northwestern Botswana: a cross-sectional analysis Background Research examining young people’s healthcare-seeking behaviors in Sub-Saharan Africa has largely focused on...
February 24, 2025 | In the News
JPMorganChase is letting go of 121 employees at its Jersey City offices, public filings show, as the banking and finance sector looks to trim headcount amid new technology. The layoffs are expected to go into effect in May, according to a WARN notice with the New...
February 21, 2025 | In the News
As part of continued efforts to grow New Jersey’s home- and community-based services workforce, the Department of Human Services has partnered with the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University to offer scholarships to individuals...
