Bloustein Associate Professor Mike Smart is one of five featured experts who were asked how America's public transportation could be improved, and what makes a good system in the first place, in WalletHub's ranking of U.S. cities with the best and worst public...
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Best Ways Older Workers Can Prepare for a Recession
If you’re over 50, employed and getting a little jittery about the safety of your job due to the cooling economy, that’s understandable. Although the unemployment rate is still just 3.7% — near its 50-year low — monthly job growth has slowed to 158,000, compared to...
You think Amazon got a sweet deal from Virginia? N.J. paid three times as much for tax breaks, expert says
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed an extension of the programs last month. Before that, an investigative task force appointed by Murphy had said it found $500 million in questionable tax break awards to companies. A special state Senate committee...
Shady deals, corruption of ethics leaves us a poorer state
During the American Revolution, as our fledgling nation fought against the British, local committees in the major cities mobilized support for a government based on the will of the people. The committees exposed profiteers who viewed the Revolution as a chance to line...
How Two Unrelated Hospital Measures Have Stalled in Trenton
Lawmakers in Trenton were scheduled to act on several hundred legislative items Thursday, but two controversial healthcare bills not on that agenda attracted outsized attention from hospital leaders and patient advocates. The measures have no apparent policy basis in...
Here’s how to save New Jersey from the rising tide
By Marjorie Kaplan, Lisa Auermuller and Jeanne Herb As we approach the seventh anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, we are asked – as we have been every autumn since 2012 -- “Are we better prepared for the next Sandy?” Our answer: In some places and with respect to some...
A new Senate bill would fundamentally change the internet as we know it
Overall, the legislation doesn’t do much to fix many of the largest problems with social media. Holding big companies liable for individual posts or making them stick to a nonpartisan standard does little to solve issues around privacy or targeted marketing using your...
Charge that Taxpayer Funds to Defunct Charter Schools Can't Be Traced
Dozens of charter schools in New Jersey have closed over the past few years with millions of dollars of federal taxpayer money unaccounted for, a report alleges. Julia Sass Rubin, an associate professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy...
Charge that Taxpayer Funds to Defunct Charter Schools Can’t Be Traced
Dozens of charter schools in New Jersey have closed over the past few years with millions of dollars of federal taxpayer money unaccounted for, a report alleges. Julia Sass Rubin, an associate professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy...
Not ‘too soon’ for bison restoration on state refuge
In 1987, a Big Open with bison was proposed for a large area including much of the refuge. That year, Frank and Deborah Popper proposed an even larger buffalo commons. Vehemently opposed by the livestock industry, subsequent discussion produced no bison on the ground....