August 22, 2025 | News
NJ Communities Spotlight: The Trouble with Neighborhood Trash Decades of research show a clear pattern that waste services are not always distributed equally amongst states, municipalities, townships, and even residents. Robert Bullard’s Dumping in Dixie first exposed...
August 22, 2025 | In the News
New Jersey homeowners and renters will soon be receiving Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters, aka ANCHOR, property tax relief payments in their mailboxes and bank accounts. Last year, the Garden State issued more than 2 million rebates...
August 21, 2025 | In the News
There’s positive news about jobs and tax collections, but federal policies may pose a threat Despite concerns about a shifting national economic landscape, New Jersey appears to be heading into the final stretch of summer with at least some momentum. For starters,...
August 21, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Attractive accessibility: Exploring disparities in attributes of primary care physicians in New Jersey by Yingning Xie and Michael Smart Highlights High competition results in moderate transit accessibility in census tracts near NYC. Infrastructure constraints limit...
August 18, 2025 | In the News
The $700 million-plus in projects state lawmakers added to this year’s budget favored competitive districts and those represented by Democrats, according to a New Jersey Monitor analysis of budget documents recently made public. A review of the nearly 600 budget...
August 18, 2025 | In the News
Amid the chaos of on-again, off-again tariffs — many of which went into effect on Aug. 7 after weeks of uneasy anticipation — is a bid by the Trump administration to entice manufacturing back to the U.S… New Jersey saw a long decline in manufacturing New...
August 18, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Can Collaboration Succeed in Siting a Spent Nuclear Fuel Facility in the United States?—A Challenge in Political Sustainability by Michael R. Greenberg, Henry J. Mayer, Megan Harkema, and Steven Krahn Abstract We examine the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s...
August 15, 2025 | In the News
Wall Street rating agency S&P Global has upgraded New Jersey’s credit rating for the third time under the tenure of outgoing Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. The move to raise the rating one notch to A+ from A on Aug. 11 cites efforts by the Murphy administration to...
August 15, 2025 | News
2025 Summer Intern Presentations Now Available Last week, the New Jersey State Policy Lab’s most recent cohort of summer interns presented on their respective areas of public policy research on August 6th, and the recordings of these presentations are now available....
August 14, 2025 | News
In Camden and Atlantic City, health care systems are treating housing as a public health issue Housing instability is driving ER visits and chronic illness. South Jersey health systems are stepping in with housing support and policy partnerships. Health care systems...
August 13, 2025 | In the News
As extreme weather events escalate, a new study has found that residents and government officials may have different ideas about how public funds should be spent to adapt to extreme weather events brought on by climate change. The study by the Society for Risk...
August 12, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Cultural and Institutional Factors Driving Severe Repetitive Flood Losses: Insights From the Jersey Shore Abstract Decisions about how to respond to coastal flood hazards often involve disagreements over resource allocations. In the United States, large...
August 11, 2025 | News
Report Release – Supporting Aging in Place in New Jersey: A SWOT Analysis of Assisted Living Programs by Ayse Akincigil, Uri Amir Koren, Jasmine Akman, Dima Bischoff-Hashem, Karen Zurlo Read Report New Jersey has an innovative Assisted Living Program (ALP) designed...
August 11, 2025 | In the News
By Linda Stamato While hoping no one noticed, the Trump administration freed a convicted, three-time murderer. Offering no comment, it deflects, concentrating its efforts on exporting those without any criminal charges, let alone convictions, in their records. It is...
August 7, 2025 | In the News
ATHENS, Ohio — The City of Athens unveiled a new online, artificial intelligence-powered chatbot modeled after the iconic Athens bricks, providing a new way for residents to access important city information. The chatbot, named “Benny the Athens Brick,” is intended to...
August 5, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Overview The State of the Climate: New Jersey report annually summarizes updated scientific information on climate trends and projections that can be used by state and local decision-makers, researchers, hazard planning and climate resilience professionals, and...
August 5, 2025 | In the News
Trump’s firing of BLS official casts shadow on federal data gathering Presidents and lawmakers love and hate official numbers. When federal statistics show things are good, they point to the numbers with conviction. When the data’s not so rosy, they ignore it. And...
August 4, 2025 | News
by Yingning Xie Pedaling Toward Access: How E-Bikes Could Bridge the Healthcare Gap Imagine needing medical care but being sidelined by the simple fact that you can’t get to your provider. In New Jersey, and across the U.S., accessing healthcare and wellness support...
August 1, 2025 | In the News
By Marc Pfeiffer (Published August 1, 2025 at ICMA.org) As a local government leader, technology affects more than just your internal operations. Many tech issues directly impact your residents and need your attention. Big Picture Issues Technology touches many...
August 1, 2025 | In the News
The Kansas City transit agency has installed narrow “leaning benches” at busy bus stops downtown and touted them as an accessible amenity. But riders and experts disagree and say they’re made to make people uncomfortable. Bus riders at the busy 12th and...
