December 27, 2025 | In the News
An array of issues Rutgers University economist James Hughes, dean emeritus of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said a rise in unemployment nationally, mixed messaging from Washington, D.C., the increasing cost of electricity and...
December 22, 2025 | In the News
A proposal in Montclair that would have addressed the inequitable distribution of dollars from payment in lieu of taxes to the public schools doesn’t work as proposed. But the town council is considering other ways to help its cash-strapped school district, including...
December 22, 2025 | In the News
It’s the end of an era. The GOP, in the person of Donald Trump, has fallen out of love with subjecting regulations to cost-benefit analysis… Liberals complained that cost-benefit analysis biased OIRA against protecting health and safety because a regulation’s...
December 19, 2025 | In the News
The latest national jobs report is raising fresh questions about where the American economy is headed. The U.S. unemployment rate is now at 4.6% — its highest level in four years — while job growth has slowed and wages aren’t rising much faster than inflation. Will...
December 17, 2025 | In the News
The last weeks of 2025 are bringing more bad news for workers in New Jersey as more layoffs have been announced, pushing the state’s total to more than 16,000 for the year. The latest — and largest — cut announced is by Verizon, which is cutting 1,319 jobs in...
December 13, 2025 | In the News
The fire-damaged, temporarily closed mall in Camden County has lost nearly all its tenants. Shoppers can’t even access the interior of the once thriving shopping center, formerly known as Echelon Mall. The storefronts are closed behind metal gates, caution tape and...
December 11, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Report Release: Trends in Investor Acquisition of Residential Properties in New Jersey Read Report Corporate ownership of single-family homes and other small residential properties has drawn growing concern from housing advocates and policymakers in New Jersey and...
December 11, 2025 | In the News
As economic forecasters await updated federal employment numbers, they’re seeing red flags in other data that suggest New Jersey could be headed towards a possible recession next year. Since January, almost 100 NJ companies have filed Worker Adjustment and Retraining...
December 9, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
A Central Role for Counter-Mapping with Marginalized Populations to Promote Resilience through Community-Driven Urban Design Read Article Abstract Counter-mapping of community assets and hazards deemed relevant to the effects of climate change and environmental...
December 9, 2025 | In the News
By Marc Pfeiffer Dear Gov.-Elect Sherrill: Congratulations! You are now in the public management business. Having spent many years working in New Jersey’s public management arena, I would like to share some key concepts for you, incoming chief of operations Kelly...
December 8, 2025 | In the News
By Linda Stamato All three of New Jersey’s Republican congressmen – Reps. Jeff Van Drew, Chris Smith, and Tom Kean Jr. – supported the bill to open the government with no evident hesitation. It was signed into law by President Donald Trump soon afterwards. When they...
December 8, 2025 | In the News
By Marc Pfeiffer for NJ Advance Media New Jersey faces a decision it hasn’t confronted in 15 years: how to support the public interest information needs of 9 million residents. New Jersey state government news receives historically limited coverage by New York and...
December 5, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
The Healthcare Affordability Crisis in NJ and Nationally In 1992, political strategist James Carville famously said, “It’s the economy, stupid!” in reference to the messaging needed to get Bill Clinton elected. Carville’s admonition applied just as much to this year’s...
December 3, 2025 | In the News
New Jersey’s school segregation is among the worst in America, in large part because the state is divided into so many districts – roughly 600, as compared to 180 in a more populated state like Georgia. Those partitions magnify residential segregation because students...
