February 15, 2024 | In the News
Republicans introduced just 6% of the bills that became state law in New Jersey’s last legislative session, even though they held 41% of legislative seats. That’s not exactly eureka! news for anyone who follows politics in Trenton, where Democrats control the...
February 14, 2024 | In the News
The governing board of the New Jersey Integrated Population Health Data (iPHD) Project in December approved the release of data – along with pilot funding and data access fee waivers – for six research proposals to study the top challenges of the state’s population...
February 14, 2024 | In the News
The strike was called off. In the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, Las Vegas’s branch of the Culinary Workers Union, known as Local 226, had planned to strike over a dozen independent downtown properties—Circus Circus, The Mirage/Hard Rock, the Westgate, and the...
February 14, 2024 | In the News
On February 8, 2024, Dr. Patti O’Brien-Richardson led a conversation on balance titled “Prioritizing Faculty Wellness” at the Rutgers Club. The event was hosted by Rutgers University Equity and Inclusion, Faculty Diversity Collaborative
February 14, 2024 | In the News
A bipartisan group of state fiscal-policy experts is raising new concerns about the long-term trajectory of New Jersey’s state budget and finances, even as the nation itself seems to be absorbing the worst effects of high inflation. During a news conference Tuesday...
February 13, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey could face staggering deficits in the next few years even if the state does not move to raise spending, according to a series of projections by the Sweeney Center for Public Policy. “There are certain things that the state is committed to by constitution or...
February 12, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Abstract We analyze the effect of a bicycle lane on traffic speeds. Computer vision techniques are used to detect and classify the speed and trajectory of over 9,000 motor-vehicles at an intersection that was part of a pilot demonstration in which a bicycle lane was...
February 12, 2024 | In the News
Many voters in New Jersey do not know that we are the only state in the country to use a confusing, undemocratic form of ballot, but it’s true – and a source of corruption. It’s called, seemingly innocuously, the “county line.” Every two years at a minimum, the line...
February 9, 2024 | In the News
With so few policy differences between Andy Kim and Tammy Murphy, the ballot benefit of the county line has dominated the race so far. Murphy is expected to have it in all but the more small-d democratic counties, where the decisions of political bosses don’t carry as...
February 9, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
A new Heldrich Center national survey of U.S. workers finds that 8 in 10 (82%) workers say it is very or somewhat important that the government in Washington, D.C. ensures that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies do not cause U.S. workers to lose their jobs....
February 8, 2024 | In the News
Professor Mark Paul joins Emma Vigeland on The Majority Report podcast, diving right into the inspiration for his piece on an Economic Bill of Rights (and his economic work as a whole) in seeing the richest nation in history make its citizens suffer through the 2008...
February 8, 2024 | In the News
On January 23, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at the Eagleton Institute of Politics released an updated ranking of the proportions of women serving in each state legislature across the country. CAWP found that there was a decrease in the number of...
February 6, 2024 | In the News
About 10% of ED patients see no physician, a recent study found. Researchers analyzed 11 years of data (from 2009-2019) from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, for 156,696 patient visits seen by at least one physician and 18,575 patient visits seen...
February 6, 2024 | In the News
Last week’s FDU Poll of the forthcoming New Jersey US Senate Democratic Primary sparked significant debate among the New Jersey political cognoscenti. Specifically, the issue is whether the current frontrunner, Congressman Andy Kim, can maintain the current...
February 4, 2024 | In the News
Faculty Fellow Linda Stamato highlights the critical challenges faced by local journalism in the United States. With over 2,000 local newspapers closing in the last two decades, many communities are left without access to independent news, leading to poorly informed...
February 4, 2024 | In the News
Many patients who in the past may have visited doctors for routine health care needs now instead often see nurse practitioners or physician assistants, who also increasingly play key roles in hospitals. The expansion in nurse practitioners and physician assistants...
January 31, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey deregulated its energy market in 1999, allowing people to choose which companies generate the electricity that powers their homes. The idea behind the law was to introduce competition into the previously monopolized energy market. New Jersey residents...
January 31, 2024 | In the News
After a confusing few months of surveys suggesting that Americans are unhappy with the economy despite positive signs like low unemployment and rising real wages, the vibes are now improving. Preliminary results from the University of Michigan’s survey of consumer...
