While stocks are soaring, so are applications for unemployment. Applications for jobless aid are still about seven times higher than before the pandemic, and people are lining up outside unemployment offices, desperate for help. Economists remain concerned that...
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Selling bonds to balance New Jersey’s budget is a big mistake
It is a mistake for the governor and the Legislature to sell bonds to balance the fiscal year 2021 budget. Not only is it prohibited by the New Jersey Constitution but, more important, it is bad public policy and will ruin the state’s finances for years. Opinion by...
Tax relief on home renovations in Belleville? It could be happening
Marc Pfeiffer, the assistant director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University, said the increase in taxes would go up about 20 percent a year. Township attorney Steven Martino, who helped draft the resolution, said a resident would not...
We asked an economist: How long will it take NJ to make a comeback?
NJ 101.5 talks with James Hughes (Bloustein) about the jobs increase since May, which he said is a positive trend, but said the state needs to recover 74% more in order to get back to February levels. NJ1015.com, July 16, 2020
COVID-19, Racial Injustice and Climate Change Require a Bold Approach, Not Incrementalism
With a nation rattled by a public health emergency, a deep recession that has left thousands jobless, and growing signs of climate change, it may be time for bold new ideas to address those crises. “This is too good a crisis to go to waste” was the message of the...
Leading a healthcare organization through accountability in crisis
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption across the globe instituting major lockdowns and worldwide fear, prompting one of the worst unemployment and economic impacts in decades. With over 10 million positive global cases, causing several...
New Jersey Policy Perspective adds three new board members
New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) has announced the election of three new members to its Board of Trustees. Joining the NJPP board are Rutgers University Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations Professor Janice Fine, Kensington Corridor Trust Executive...
Small NJ city at center of corruption probe as ex-lawmaker charged
"Elected officials should really watch who are they are appointing to positions, where they can appoint political patronage jobs. They really need to know who they are appointing because when it goes bad it brings down a lot of people," said Marc Pfeiffer,...
‘Convoluted’ ballots give some candidates a leg up, lawsuit says
Pugach refers to this placement as "ballot Siberia." The concept is the subject of a new research paper by a Rutgers University professor that suggests primary ballots in New Jersey allow party insiders to pick winners. NJ1015.com, July 6, 2020
NJ Primary Ballots Bamboozle Voters With ‘The Line,’ Experts Say
Many residents have been worrying about the reliability of mail-in ballots during the COVID-19 crisis. But there’s a much deeper problem that needs to be put in the spotlight, some advocates allege … the ballot itself. “The primary ballots that millions of New Jersey...