People are fleeing the climate and congestion, but they’re also leaving because of high property taxes, inheritance taxes, income taxes and business taxes, said James Hughes, economics professor and dean of the Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
“It’s a tough place to live,” Hughes said. “It’s going to be slower growth going forward. We’ll probably be lagging the nation. We’re just going to have a below-average economic growth rate.”
Traveling from Point A to Point B can be challenging for New Jerseyans with disabilities and older adults seeking to access destinations both within and beyond their county of residence. Since 2021, researchers at the Rutgers Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC), part...
Read Report In Pennsylvania, when Governor Josh Shapiro’s administration set out to train 175 state employees on how to use ChatGPT responsibly, the state reported saving an average of 95 minutes when they utilized it for drafting and summarizing lengthy documents. As...
The Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, working with the Rutgers Child Care Research Collaborative, has released a new brief highlighting the challenges New Jersey’s child care workforce faces when caring for children who may have special needs and identifying...
In early October Bloustein alumnus Dan Dominguez, PP, AICP, MCRP ’14, the City of New Brunswick Director of Policy and Development, delivered the school's annual Stuart Meck Memorial Lecture in Land Use Law and Affordable Housing. Dan discussed the evolution of urban...
Bloustein School students secure top honors in national competition featuring 40 graduate program teams from across the United States. A team of Master of Health Administration (MHA) students from Rutgers University–New Brunswick's Edward...