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Tammy Murphy’s connection to Joe Biden could give her a big advantage in Senate primary
It took Tammy Murphy just weeks to win the backing of key New Jersey Democratic leaders in her bid for Senate. In a state where party bosses still carry strong influence in elections, that could ordinarily be enough to ensure her nomination — giving the New Jersey first lady preferential ballot positioning right below President Joe Biden in many critical counties.
Flood risks keep rising in N.J. Will more homeowners be paid to leave?
“People have different risk tolerances. Some people want to stay in their home no matter what. Other people have lower risk tolerances, and they’re more willing to consider relocating,” said Laura Geronimo, a PhD candidate at Bloustein.
NJSPL – 50 Years of Protecting the Shore: What’s Next for CAFRA?
CAFRA’s history has mirrored 50 years of evolving public concerns including coastal industrial development and environmental impacts, and it contains threads that lead straight to present-day issues, including coastal retreat and the ever-sensitive issue of regulatory jurisdiction with regard to local land use.
Prof. Eric Seymour co-authors Horizontal Holdings: Untangling the Networks of Corporate Landlords
Three firms control more than 19,000 single-family homes across the five core counties of Metro Atlanta, using an extensive network of more than 190 corporate aliases—registered to seventy-four different addresses across ten states and one territory.
Sagging revenue, looming costs could sink big senior citizen tax cut plan
Sagging revenue and a bevy of looming funding needs in the coming fiscal year threaten to pull New Jersey’s $8.1 billion surplus below a threshold that would pause the nascent StayNJ property tax relief program before it sends out a single payment.
PhD candidate Adam Scavette selected as finalist for 2024 WRSA Tiebout Prize
The annual award honors the best graduate student paper at the Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) Conference. HIs paper submission studies the impact of Atlantic City’s casino monopoly on its metropolitan economy.
NJ unemployment rate up? But job growth is strong? Making sense of 2024 New Jersey economy
The strong job growth in December helped New Jersey end 2023 with a net gain of 69,600 jobs. By comparison, the state lost 303,600 jobs in 2020; added 265,600 jobs in 2021; and added 129,700 jobs in 2022; Rutgers University economist James W. Hughes said.
A Love of Green Spaces Changes a Career Path
“I want to be a part of creating special places that people feel a connection to and look back on fondly. I would love for people—especially in urban areas where it is often lacking—to have the same opportunity that I had to connect to nature. Choosing urban planning allows me to focus on planning greenspaces within the public realm while sharing what is really important to me.”
DRIVE TIME: The struggle to find housing in New Jersey
Dean Emeritus James W. Hughes talks about the rising cost of housing in NJ and what the future will bring.
NJSPL – Partnerships, Targeted Goals, and Impacts: A Revised Implementation Strategy for the Great American Outdoors Act
Established in 2020, the Great American Outdoors Act promised the investment in national parks that the U.S. desperately needed by providing permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund & creating a national parks & lands restoration program.
Jersey Shore workers struggle to find middle-class homes
“We know there is a shortage, a significant shortage of affordable housing in New Jersey, but the middle class is getting squeezed as well,” said Will Irving. “And it’s getting harder and harder for young families to afford to buy a house.”
Cantor Calls Camden Coalition’s Work a Success
“It’s a qualified success,” said Joel Cantor, director of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, which provided data for the review. “Life is more than just not getting hospitalized.”