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 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 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...
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...
