August 16, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey deregulated its energy market in 1999, allowing people to choose which companies generate the electricity that’s supplied to their homes. The idea behind the legislation was to introduce competition to the formerly monopolized energy market. New...
August 16, 2024 | In the News
Two months after the former mayor of Camden was indicted in a sweeping corruption case that involves top South Jersey powerbrokers, the city is revising rules that could help pay for her legal expenses. Camden’s city council gave initial approval on Tuesday to changes...
August 14, 2024 | In the News
The Lawrence Hopewell Trail Corporation (LHTC) has added Maria Connolly to its Board of Trustees as the representative for Mercer County government. Connolly is the new Mercer County Director of Planning, succeeding long-time LHTC Trustee Leslie Floyd, who recently...
August 13, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
III. SPECIAL ISSUE TWO: UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF INNOVATIONSSpearheaded under the leadership of Clinton J. Andrews, a second special issue, which although connected to the first, rightfully commands its own set of viewers captivated by the topic of unexpected...
August 8, 2024 | In the News
CLIFTON ― An ongoing feud between two City Council members devolved into an impasse that lasted almost half an hour on Wednesday night when one demanded that the other’s seat be moved. The 18-minute impasse around the rectangular table of the council chamber in...
August 7, 2024 | In the News
Head over to American Dream in East Rutherford on a Saturday and you’ll see a packed mall. Guests on indoor roller coasters or indoor waterslides, or zipping down the indoor ski slope. Or shopping or dining at one of the hundreds of offerings at the venue. Yet...
August 6, 2024 | In the News, News
When summertime rolls around in New York City in the year 2065, the living ain’t gonna be easy. On a perfectly average day in August, the mercury will climb to 91.6 degrees, rather than the historic average of 84.6, according to one future climate scenario calculated...
August 1, 2024 | In the News, News
Patrick Flanary: No one knows when the next major hurricane could hit the Cape, Coast, and Islands. But if and when the big one comes, it will bring days of wind, waves, and worries. And then the skies will clear. The economic impacts, on the other hand, could last...
July 31, 2024 | In the News
When the federal government allotted $190 billion to school districts throughout the nation in an attempt to address learning loss caused by Covid-19, Newark Public Schools was a big beneficiary of what are called ESSER funds, or Elementary and Secondary Schools...
July 16, 2024 | In the News
In a trip to Las Vegas, where rents climbed twice as fast as wages last year, President Biden is pitching a plan for national rent stabilization — sort of. The plan wouldn’t directly cap rents — despite a growing freakout from the lobbying groups that fight tooth and...
July 16, 2024 | In the News
In his search for a job, North Jersey resident and recent college graduate Colin Logsdon sometimes sends out up to 100 applications a week. Logsdon, from Chatham, had done everything right up to this point. He went to Iona College and studied finance. He was a D1...
July 16, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Spillovers in Public Benefit Enrollment: How does Expanding Public Health Insurance for Working-Age Adults affect Future Health Insurance Choices? Abstract Enrollment in one public benefit program often affects enrollment in others. We study life-course spillovers by...
