The Star-Ledger reports on Governor-elect Phil Murphy’s transition team, noting that Carl Van Horn (BSPPP/Heldrich) was named Senior Advisor to the Transition for Strategy and Policy and was name to the Stronger and Fairer Economy team; Henry Coleman (BSPPP) was named...
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NJ
How stressed are people in New Jersey?
Stress levels among people in New Jersey are not very different from those among people nationally, but residents of South Jersey reported more stress than their northern neighbors in several life categories, a new study has found. Researchers from the Rutgers Center...
Rutgers research finds 1.5 million NJ residents are under excessive stress
About one-fourth of New Jersey adults have said they felt a “great deal” of stress in the past month, according to a New Jersey Health & Well-Being Poll conducted by the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy. Joel Cantor, director of the Center, said that they...
NJ’s fiscal future: A direction for the new governor
The fiscal future of New Jersey is bleak. New Jersey has struggled to balance its budget for two decades. In the early 1990s, the state was AAA by each Rating Agency. Over the last eight years, it was reduced seven times – it is now the second lowest. Some...
North Jersey owes $273 million in retirement payouts
Marc Pfeiffer, assistant director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University, said payouts were once a benefit for public employees whose salaries were typically lower than those of their private-sector counterparts. And being able to bank...
Feeling stressed in New Jersey? Join the club
A new poll confirms what you might have already figured out on your own — a lot of Garden State residents feel completely stressed out. “Just over a quarter of people say they are very stressed. Another 40 or so percent say they are at least somewhat stressed,” said...
These 3 things are stressing Jersey out the most, poll says
"Stress figures prominently in the lives of a large share of New Jersey residents," said Joel Cantor, director of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy. "New Jersey residents having a hard time making ends meet and those experiencing health problems are among...
Report Outlines Pathways to Greenhouse Gas Cuts in New Jersey
New Jersey has met its near-term requirement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, but reaching its 2050 goal will require much deeper reductions to meet this goal, according to a report released today by researchers at the Rutgers Climate...
Budget basics: How New Jersey spends your money
New Jersey has a strong central government. The governor has potent appointment and financial powers. New Jersey’s local governments like to tout their home-rule powers — and they’re correct in certain circumstances — but when it comes to municipal, county, and school...
EJB, Rutgers Climate Institute to host conference on Climate Change Policy in New Jersey, September 27
The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance, with support from the Rutgers Climate Institute and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy will host a conference, "Climate Change Policy in New Jersey: Advancing Opportunities to Make New Jersey Safer,...
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