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COVID-19 is giving many New Jersey suburbs a big boost
Most sectors of the commercial real estate market in New Jersey have been badly hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that’s not the case with residential real estate. It turns out home sales in many parts of the Garden State are doing great. According to Rutgers...
Op-Ed: What Should Happen If State Supreme Court OKs Emergency Debt Issuance
The constitutionality of the new law authorizing state debt without voter approval is about to be reviewed by the New Jersey Supreme Court. At issue is whether the state can issue these bonds because of the COVID-19 emergency, and if the proceeds can be used as...
Tech Companies Want You to Believe America Has a Skills Gap
Many worry that President Trump's suspension of the H-1B visa program in June, and his recent executive order increasing scrutiny of federal contractors' use of H-1B visa holders to replace U.S. workers, will create a black hole of talent in STEM fields. But there are...
Low-income people need the $600 jobless benefit: Expert
CNBC’s Kelly Evans discusses whether Congress should extend the additional $600 in unemployment benefits the federal government provided people who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic with Barry Knapp of Ironsides Macroeconomics and Bill Rodgers of...
New Jersey Supreme Court hears GOP bid to block proposed borrowing
Repubican opponents of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposal to borrow up to $9.9 billion for offsetting COVID-19-related revenue losses was argued before the state’s highest court Wednesday and they said the state’s constitution and past legal precedent should...
Recognizing our 2019-20 faculty retirees
Six long-time members have had an immense impact at the Bloustein School, Rutgers University, and the disciplines of planning, policy, and health.
“Can we get back to politics?”
Where do the presidential and congressional races stand? How will the conventions and VP Biden’s selection of a running mate affect the race? We discuss this and more!
Ellen Oettinger White is recipient of Kissel Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship
The scholarship promotes environmental studies by students who are residents of New Jersey or nonresidents studying in New Jersey or its surrounding waters.
Will Republican women, men stand against misogyny? | Opinion
.... in the political sphere, dismissing women, feeling comfortable ridiculing and diminishing them, abusing them verbally, has been going on for a long time, violating any sane standard for acceptable behavior. But now, what may have once been thought, even ‘uttered...
We Must Rescue Health Insurance for Small Businesses and Their Workers | Opinion
Small employers are at the cross-currents of pandemic-driven forces. Many small businesses rely on face-to-face interactions, and few have deep pockets to weather shutdowns and stalled demand. The revenue freefall that businesses have experienced over the last five...
Data Dashboard: New Jersey Points of Interest during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Student projects include advanced data visualizations with R, Python, Tableau and other tools. Here, using anonymized cell phone location data, visits to businesses, parks and other public spaces were recorded and visualized.
Missing unemployment checks, scarce jobs in coronavirus economy
Rutgers analyst James Hughes says the cultural and economic landscape’s been forever altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. He notes New Jersey’s still short 600,000 jobs lost to the lockdown. As for all the jobseekers, his new report sketches a bleak economic recovery...
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