February 6, 2024 | In the News
About 10% of ED patients see no physician, a recent study found. Researchers analyzed 11 years of data (from 2009-2019) from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, for 156,696 patient visits seen by at least one physician and 18,575 patient visits seen...
February 6, 2024 | In the News
Last week’s FDU Poll of the forthcoming New Jersey US Senate Democratic Primary sparked significant debate among the New Jersey political cognoscenti. Specifically, the issue is whether the current frontrunner, Congressman Andy Kim, can maintain the current...
February 4, 2024 | In the News
Faculty Fellow Linda Stamato highlights the critical challenges faced by local journalism in the United States. With over 2,000 local newspapers closing in the last two decades, many communities are left without access to independent news, leading to poorly informed...
February 4, 2024 | In the News
Many patients who in the past may have visited doctors for routine health care needs now instead often see nurse practitioners or physician assistants, who also increasingly play key roles in hospitals. The expansion in nurse practitioners and physician assistants...
January 31, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey deregulated its energy market in 1999, allowing people to choose which companies generate the electricity that powers their homes. The idea behind the law was to introduce competition into the previously monopolized energy market. New Jersey residents...
January 31, 2024 | In the News
After a confusing few months of surveys suggesting that Americans are unhappy with the economy despite positive signs like low unemployment and rising real wages, the vibes are now improving. Preliminary results from the University of Michigan’s survey of consumer...
January 30, 2024 | In the News
Class was canceled Monday across the Freehold Township school district, but not for the familiar January troubles of slushy roads, frozen pipes or a busted boiler. No, this was “a cybersecurity event” that ground school business to a halt. District officials disclosed...
January 29, 2024 | In the News
On January 4, Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) signed the New Voter Empowerment Act into law, permitting 17-year-olds to vote in state primary elections, provided that they will turn 18 before the November general elections, according to a press release. Nineteen states have...
January 29, 2024 | News, Urban Planning Studios
View StoryMap The New Jersey Meadowlands District is an ecologically sensitive and economically valuable location in North Jersey, located opposite the Hudson River from New York City. With increasing demands for affordable housing in the area, as well as...
January 29, 2024 | In the News
For decades, politicians, policy makers, and industry leaders have told a disturbing narrative: An inferior educational system, this account goes, prevents many young Americans from entering STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields, weakening...
January 29, 2024 | In the News
The state’s industrial and office sectors both faced headwinds in 2023, but the year ahead for each asset class may be decidedly different. That was a key takeaway last week from panelists at NAIOP New Jersey’s Annual Meeting and Commercial Real Estate Outlook, who...
January 29, 2024 | In the News
Fueling this year’s general election is a fear that the democracy “entrusted to the hands of the American people,” as George Washington declared in his first inaugural address, is on the verge of collapse. Democrats are terrified that former President Donald...
January 29, 2024 | In the News
Mercer County’s elected commissioners earned a salary of just $32,853 last year. They largely hold jobs outside their political posts, with careers in government, non-profits or the corporate world that pay the bills. To the public, the county describes its seven...
January 28, 2024 | In the News
It took Tammy Murphy just weeks to win the backing of key New Jersey Democratic leaders in her bid for Senate. In a state where party bosses still carry strong influence in elections, that could ordinarily be enough to ensure her nomination — giving the New Jersey...
January 27, 2024 | In the News
Outside Phil Rosso’s porch sits the empty lot where his daughter’s house stood before the remnants of Hurricane Ida blew through Lambertville in 2021 and sent the house careening into the nearby creek. That home and another next to it were ultimately bought by New...
January 24, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Abstract Since the capitalist and colonial enclosure of land-qua-property, the property parcel has served as the geographic foundation of land ownership. Bounded, self-contained, and mutually exclusive with all surrounding parcels, this geography is taken for granted...
January 22, 2024 | In the News
Sagging revenue and a bevy of looming funding needs in the coming fiscal year threaten to pull New Jersey’s $8.1 billion surplus below a threshold that would pause the nascent StayNJ property tax relief program before it sends out a single payment. Revenue from New...
January 19, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey’s economy added 12,200 jobs in December, but its unemployment rate ticked up to 4.8% from 4.7%, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development said Thursday in a report showing the labor market in 2023 slowed down from its frenzied pace. The...
