The declining school populations in part reflect a wider trend of depopulation of the outer-ring suburbs that is playing out across New Jersey and the Northeastern United States, according to Professor James Hughes, a senior faculty fellow at the Edward J. Bloustein...
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Business leaders cautious about NJ economy, love where US is headed
New Jersey’s top business leaders are optimistic about the national economy and the direction it’s headed in this year. But they remain cautious about New Jersey’s immediate economic future as the state elects a new governor this November. The results of a new survey...
'Unpleasant but necessary' actions NJ's next governor may need to tackle
A philanthropic group called The Fund for New Jersey wants candidates running for governor and Legislature, as well as the public at large, to know just what they getting into. The first in its Crossroads NJ reports is an election-year downer on fixing the Garden...
New Jersey's Economic Outlook for 2018 Is So-So, Accountants Say
While New Jersey hasn’t had any setbacks to annual job growth since the recession officially ended in 2009, the state has been adding about 45,000 jobs each year, a pace that has lagged both the national recovery and the rate of growth experienced during the 1990s as...
Extensive and Expensive: Coming to Terms with NJ's Fiscal Challenges
Taken together, the fiscal policy changes proposed in the report could produce “somewhere in the area of about $5 billion” in annual revenue, said fund trustee Henry Coleman, who is a professor at Rutgers University’s Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy...
Business Leaders Meh About NJ's Prospects But Optimistic for National Economy
New Jersey’s top business leaders are optimistic about the direction that the national economy is heading in this year, but as the state gets ready to elect a new governor, they are more cautious about New Jersey’s own immediate economic future. The results of a new...
Only 2 NJ towns don't have any immigrants
According to James Hughes, a Rutgers University professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, immigrants made up more than 25 percent of the Garden State’s population at the beginning of the 20th Century. NJ1015.com, June 26, 2017
Latino and Asian immigrants pump nearly $100 billion into NJ economy
James Hughes, a Rutgers University professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of planning and public policy, pointed out that “a lot of Asian immigrants were drawn here by the pharmaceutical industry, particularly pharmaceutical research, so they’ve been a presence...
Rutgers study says pipeline will boost economy
While a Rutgers University study says improvements to Transco's natural gas pipeline will boost the state's economy, environmentalists say its conclusions are "full of hot air." The study by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy found that the...
Prominent Real Estate Investor, Influenced by Rutgers Regional Report, Results in Successful South Jersey Acquisitions
In December 2012, Dr. James W. Hughes, Dean, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, and his colleague, Dr. Joseph J. Seneca, published, Reinventing the New Jersey Economy: New Metropolitan and Regional Employment Dynamics. The...
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