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Lights out: A final word from N.J.’s only editorial board

Marc Pfeiffer, the associate director of the Bloustein School at Rutgers, put it this way in a new report about the future of journalism in New Jersey: “Despite some contemporary criticisms of (editorial opinion),” he wrote, “it has, over many decades, helped generate public discourse and solve complex and controversial issues facing our society.”

Trump’s regs freeze trips up Biden’s green rules

“Regulatory freezes are standard practice for incoming administrations,” Stuart Shapiro, dean of the public policy school at Rutgers University, told POLITICO’s E&E News. “They want to pause any actions not completed by the previous administrations so they can decide whether they want to complete them.”

School Dropoff Is Everything That Sucks About Car Culture

Dr. Kelcie Ralph at Rutgers University found that even when controlling for income, wealth, residential location, family composition, and race, “young adults who were carless as children completed less education, worked for pay less often, experienced more unemployment, and earned less than their matched peers with consistent car access.”

Climate change risk hits NJ homeowners’ insurance

“There is a message that comes through, which is that insurers are leaving a lot of the riskier markets because they perceive it to be risky. There’s also a sort of a standard pattern of first they raise premiums and then eventually they exit that market,” Clinton Andrews,

Salzman Presents on Why Legal Immigration Numbers Matter

The debate over high-skill guestworker supply is ongoing, with over 700,000 high-skill workers entering the U.S. annually through various programs, not just the H-1B visa. U.S. colleges, especially master’s programs, play a significant role in this supply chain, often targeting foreign students due to the financial benefits.

Andrews Explains How Climate Risks Impact Insurance in NJ

“There is a message that comes through, which is that insurers are leaving a lot of the riskier markets because they perceive it to be risky. There’s also a sort of a standard pattern of first they raise premiums and then eventually they exit that market,” Clinton Andrews,

Op-Ed: The future of New Jersey news is digital — and that’s OK

Earlier this month, I completed a report titled “The Future of New Jersey Journalism: Evolution, Not Extinction,” and it was recently released by the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers’ Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. In it, I discussed the current environment facing New Jersey journalism, and recommendations on how it can thrive. I also analyzed the current debate about advertising legal notices in newspapers.

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