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New Jersey State Policy Lab: State Equity Initiatives
‘Open data’ refers to government data, and all data that is made publicly available with little to no restrictions for use, reuse, and distribution, to support transparency, innovation, and creative interactions, leading to insights-driven value creation.
The New Jersey political tradition of landing the party line on primary ballots could end
"Abolishing the county line would be an earthquake for New Jersey politics,'' said Julia Sass Rubin, a professor at Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy who has been counseling local municipal parties about reform efforts. "Our entire...
VTC’s Sean Meehan Discusses NJ’s Safe Routes to School on KMM Podcast
Sean Meehan, Senior Research Specialist at the Voorhees Transportation Center recently joined the Keep Middlesex Moving podcast to discuss the Safe Routes to School New Jersey Resource Center program and its impact on our region.
NJ economic outlook – Will prices keep spiking?
As we head into the second half of 2022, what is the economic outlook for New Jersey? The state’s top economist said a number of variables are pulling us in many directions. Rutgers University economist James Hughes said inflation is embedded for the time being, with...
New Jersey State Policy Lab: Catalyzing the Information Economy: Moving Towards Strategic Expansions of Open Data-Driven Value Creation
‘Open data’ refers to government data, and all data that is made publicly available with little to no restrictions for use, reuse, and distribution, to support transparency, innovation, and creative interactions, leading to insights-driven value creation.
Political wrap-up: The 3 -tions: Inflation, Abortion, and the Election
Wrapping up with three hot topics in national politics, the important races of the 2022 midterm elections, and what inflation and abortion could mean for the election.
Money has always talked in New Jersey politics, but should it?
Republicans also rallied around Bob Hugin, a wealthy pharmaceutical executive who had never held elective office but still seized the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2016. He lost to Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez in 2018, but is now the state...
Speed controls, redesigned intersections can save lives of walkers and cyclists, Rutgers professor says
Vehicles killed 7,342 pedestrians, the equivalent of 40 passenger jets falling from the sky and an increase from 4,092 a year earlier, but the jump in deaths isn't a one-year aberration. Kelcie Ralph, an associate professor at Rutgers University who studies...
Why do some areas have underground utilities and others have them overhead?
Why do some neighborhoods have underground utilities? How does that come about? What are the pros/cons of having the utility poles underground vs. above-ground? Wildfire season will soon descend upon California, which emerged last year from one of the deadliest, and...
‘Buy the line’: Text messages in 2020 NJ primary raise questions about Bergen ballots
Professor Julia Sass Rubin quoted in this New Jersey Herald article following her research on New Jersey's unique ballot configurations. "For any political candidate in New Jersey, getting the so-called county line on the ballot is invaluable, all but assuring victory...
New Jersey State Policy Lab: The Revival of Urban Enterprise Zones in New Jersey
Last summer, then acting New Jersey Governor Sheila Oliver signed legislation to devote $42.5 million toward restoring the state’s Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZ) to full operation for fiscal year 2022.
Heldrich Center’s Michele Martin discusses Mental Health Awareness
Michele discusses the impact of pandemic-related job loss and unemployment on mental health and well-being, the impact of the job search on mental health and well-being, and strategies for building well-being during the job search.
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