Between 2008 and 2022, U.S. hospitals closed nearly 30 percent of pediatric inpatient units. While those reductions are often framed as a response to declining admissions, they have an unintended cost, the loss of shared capacity that once sustained rare and complex care.
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NJ Commute Relief May Hinge on US Election With Funds in Limbo
“The ball is really in Amtrak’s court,” said Michael Smart, associate professor of urban planning at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.
NJSPL – 2018 Revision of New Jersey’s School Aid Formula Impacts
The School Reform Act of 2008 (SRFA) was designed to create a new school funding formula with the intention of ending a long cycle of failed legislative attempts to reduce school spending inequalities in New Jersey. But how has eliminating this adjustment aid affected school districts?
New Jersey COVID-19 business and nonprofit organization survey: Nonprofit organization insights
Examines responses of NJ nonprofit organizations about the financial impact of COVID-19, how they responded to the loss of funding and revenue, and their concerns about and plans for reopening.
Power & Politics: NJ Transit and the Gateway Project
Both NJ Transit and the Gateway project are facing funding problems. Martin Robins, the authority on all things mass transit and Founding Director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, talks about the challenges facing Gov.Phil Murphy when it comes to...
Op-ed: Threats to cut funding over "opt-outs" are on shaky legal ground
Efforts to cut school funding as retribution for parental refusals are more likely to prompt the opposite political response NJ Spotlight Op-ed by Julia Sass Rubin and Monty Neill, May 1