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New digital banking services platform aimed at facilitating consumers’ access, use of their money launched
“Rellevate's suite of financial services will reduce the volatility in income that a growing number of Americans face. It will also enable them to better meet unanticipated expenses, meaning they no longer have to rely on high-cost alternatives,” said William M....
Commemorating Constitution Day and Remembering its Architects
The U.S. Constitution was approved 232 years ago today; its ratification was made possible by the efforts of four resolute patriots September 17 is Constitution Day. It marks the 232nd anniversary of the approval of the United States Constitution. The work of the...
Signs that Employee Activism is Growing
Union workers striking at General Motors and the ongoing push for a higher minimum wage may be a sign of a new era of worker activism. Workforce and labor expert Carl Van Horn says "even though profits of companies have been going up, people's paychecks haven't been...
NJ lawmakers unveil $40M plan to repair Wildwood Boardwalk
The Democrats said in a statement they would introduce legislation to revise the Transportation Trust Fund’s rules to permit boardwalk repairs — a move Testa says he opposes. So does Martin Robins, director emeritus of Rutgers University’s Alan M. Voorhees...
Bloustein alum Jasmine Jones-Bynes selected for ULI/Randall Lewis Health Mentorship Program
Jasmine Jones-Bynes, EJB ’18 (Urban Planning & Design), is one of five graduate students selected to participate in the 2019–2020 ULI/Randall Lewis Health Mentorship Program.
Dying is a moral event, professor says. And N.J.'s law has finally caught up with morality.
New Jersey’s Medical-Aid-in-Dying legislation authorizes physicians to issue a prescription to end the lives of their patients who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness, are expected to die within six months, and have requested their physicians to help them do so.
Dying is a moral event, professor says. And N.J.’s law has finally caught up with morality.
New Jersey’s Medical-Aid-in-Dying legislation authorizes physicians to issue a prescription to end the lives of their patients who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness, are expected to die within six months, and have requested their physicians to help them do so.
Best Ways Older Workers Can Prepare For A Recession
A forthcoming article in Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging will note that long-term unemployment has remained at heightened levels. More than one in four job-seekers ages 55 and older had been unemployed for more than six months in March 2019, it...
2019’s Cities with the Best & Worst Public Transportation
Bloustein Associate Professor Mike Smart is one of five featured experts who were asked how America's public transportation could be improved, and what makes a good system in the first place, in WalletHub's ranking of U.S. cities with the best and worst public...
2019’s Cities with the Best & Worst Public Transportation
Bloustein Associate Professor Mike Smart is one of five featured experts who were asked how America's public transportation could be improved, and what makes a good system in the first place, in WalletHub's ranking of U.S. cities with the best and worst public...
Best Ways Older Workers Can Prepare for a Recession
If you’re over 50, employed and getting a little jittery about the safety of your job due to the cooling economy, that’s understandable. Although the unemployment rate is still just 3.7% — near its 50-year low — monthly job growth has slowed to 158,000, compared to...
You think Amazon got a sweet deal from Virginia? N.J. paid three times as much for tax breaks, expert says
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed an extension of the programs last month. Before that, an investigative task force appointed by Murphy had said it found $500 million in questionable tax break awards to companies. A special state Senate committee...
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