While legislative leaders provided no details when they added the trauma center funding to last year’s budget late in the process — it was not part of Murphy’s original plan — budget documents indicate it was aimed at helping them improve “their ability to respond to...
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A big interest rake hike is coming: What it means for NJ residents
The Federal Reserve is expected to announce a half a point interest rate increase on Wednesday afternoon, which will send mortgage and credit card rates higher, and increase the cost of getting a home equity loan. According to Rutgers University economist James...
DeSantis’s attack on Disney will likely fail — and that’s probably OK with him
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has recently made headlines by attacking the Walt Disney Company after the company criticized Florida legislation that would severely restrict education in public schools on sexual orientation and gender identity. Central...
Why N.J. needs to establish public health institute (as 33 other states already have)
If the COVID-19 pandemic taught us anything, it’s that there’s no such thing as being too prepared. We fell well short of being ready to confront the public health emergency, but investment in public health also has long been inadequate for dealing with challenges...
Preparing to Design Robots for Social Contexts
by Clint Andrews for IEEE.org Educational programs in robotics have focused mostly on developing science, technology, engineering, and math skills, with recent extensions into the arts [1]. This focus has been entirely appropriate, until recently. Successful...
The Pros and Cons of Cybersecurity Insurance for Municipalities
In case of a breach, such coverage can be a critical backstop. Cybersecurity insurance “can provide financial, technical and legal resources in response to somebody getting into an agency’s system, shutting it down, stealing data or doing other things that could...
Rutgers study shows decreased hospitalizations for diabetes patients associated with telementoring program
The model for Project ECHO is based on the “all teach, all learn” model, which encourages participants to engage in thoughtful discussions, unlike traditional medical education, Bridgeman said. This ensures that local community providers have the necessary knowledge...
N.J. tax revenues are shockingly high as we’re slammed by inflation. Here’s what’s behind it all.
New Jersey tax revenues have taken a wild ride over the past two years, and collections for the state’s major taxes are reaching historic highs. Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration says it expects to collect nearly $47 billion in taxes for the current fiscal year that...
College enrollment has declined in NJ — a blip, or a new trend?
The number of students attending college in New Jersey is down significantly compared to fall 2019, right before the coronavirus pandemic moved in. Many colleges and universities in the Garden State experienced a dip in student-body sizes in both 2020 and 2021, but...
Many cities have more robust subway camera systems than NY
As a manhunt began Tuesday morning for the person who shot 10 people in a crowded Brooklyn subway car, law enforcement quickly looked to the station cameras that they hoped had caught their suspect on tape. But they were out of luck. The surveillance cameras...