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Cantor Discusses Managing Septic Grants on Podcast
Lance Gregory, Environmental Health Division Director with the Virginia Department of Health, discusses Septic Smart Week and the demand for the agency’s Septic and Well Assistance Program. This week is also Falls Prevention Awareness Week. "Well, the aim of the IPHD...
NJSPL – High Quality Health Care: How New Jersey Residents Report Their Ability to Access It
Today’s NJSPL Report examined the results an Eagleton Institute survey related to the ability of New Jerseyans to rate their ability to access high-quality health care.
Prof. Michael L. Lahr Quoted in ABC’s Segment on Rising Food Prices
Prof. Michael L. Lahr was quoted in this video segment hosted by Jaclyn Lee via WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, PA. Following this week's Wall Street drop, and steady inflation numbers, Ms. Lee asked local residents how the rising food prices are impacting them. Professor...
Will NJ workers be ordered back to the office this fall?
As we head into the fall season, will your boss insist you come back to the office instead of working from home? According to Carl Van Horn, the director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, this will depend on what kind of...
Will NJ Workers be Asked to Return to the Office This Fall?
David Matthau of New Jersey 101.5 asked Heldrich Center Director Carl Van Horn to predict which workers will likely return to the office and which ones will remain working from home.
2024 Spring Virtual Information Sessions
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Heldrich Center’s New Start Career Network featured in The Daily Targum
The Heldrich Center for Workforce Development has provided assistance in finding employment to more than 6,000 state residents by providing job training, networking and guidance in creating a resume. "Older Americans are more likely to find themselves among the...
NJ State Policy Lab Marijuana Study featured on NJ.com
A recent study by the New Jersey State Policy Lab, "Does the Decision to Allow Local Cannabis-Related Businesses Impact Home Sale Prices?" by Michael S. Hayes, Associate Professor, Rutgers University-Camden and Prakash Kandel, Ph.D. Student, Rutgers University-Camden,...
Policy Fellow Richard F. Keevey Reflects on U.S. Constitution History
Richard Keevey takes the reader on a historical journey starting at the end of the Revolutionary War to the ratification of the Constitution in 1788, reflecting on the political processes and debates of this "revolutionary plan." PA Times 9/9/22
Dean Emeritus James W. Hughes says NJ economy is a tightrope of sorts
New Jersey 101.5 wants to know "Summer is fading fast: Will NJ consumers keep spending?" Inflation and interest rates continue to rise and there is concern that NJ will head into a recession if the spending doesn't keep pace. But Hughes suggests, "The labor market...
NJ State Policy Lab – Influences in Differences in NJ Municipal Tax Rates
Today’s NJSPL Report analyzes various factors that affect municipal tax rates, including age dependency ratios, private school enrollment, and population density.
NJ State Policy Lab – Adapting to a New Era of Climate Change
In today’s NJSPL blog, Kathyrn Balitsos & Garin Bulger conducted a 3-month research effort to better understand managed acquisition programs that remove buildings susceptible to sea-level rising & flooding as a result of climate change.

