The holiday season is upon us, and Santa — presumably — is now in the stage of checking his list twice. So is Congress, as they attempt to pass a final budget bill before a new Congress takes over in the new year. Much like a Christmas list, the omnibus is...
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Inflation in NJ Still High but Slowing – What it Means for You
The Federal Reserve is expected to increase interest rates again Wednesday, which means the cost of borrowing money for home mortgages and credit cards is about to go even higher, but there is good news on the inflation front. According to Rutgers University economist...
Four Ways To Build A Better Automated Enforcement Program
Decades of evidence that technology like speed cameras reliably reduces car crashes on the corridors where they're sited — not to mention their potential to reduce dangerous encounters between BIPOC and human officers — but automated enforcement...
Court decisions allowing public bidders in N.J. to use PO boxes alarm advocates
A little-noticed court decision last month will give companies more leeway as to which addresses they list when bidding for local government public contracts in New Jersey. The Appellate Division decision — which allowed a paving company to list its owners ’post...
Cybercriminals Step Up Attacks on Health Care Payment Processors
The Federal Bureau of Investigation in September warned that it has received multiple reports of cybercriminals increasingly targeting health care payment processors to redirect payments to themselves. Typically, this involves a cybercriminal obtaining...
American Dream mall gets construction lender lifeline
Triple Five, owner of the American Dream mall in New Jersey, has struck a deal with a group of creditors led by JP Morgan that grants the developer a four-year extension on overdue construction debt. The loan extension gives Triple Five some much-needed breathing room...
N.J.’s population center still tilts north. This town considers it a badge of honor.
The center of population shows where Americans are moving and migrating. As people move, the center of population shifts, James Hughes professor at Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, which is neighboring New Brunswick. Hughes added that he’s not...
Assessing Inequities in Shore Communities – Who Stays and Who Leaves?
“New Jersey is trying to be forward-looking with their climate adaptation planning, but more work needs to be done on how we implement social justice in the distribution of federal resources for hazard mitigation and resiliency...
After midterms, the return of the ‘pen and phone’
Interim Dean Stuart Shaprio assesses the post-midterm strategy of the White House in this opinion post from The Hill. "So — presidents then turn to the other tools in their arsenal, specifically — as President Obama famously declared — the “pen and the phone.” In...
Listen for a loud classroom to find the most-engaged students
It’s natural for educators to worry that the edtech tools I bring will ratchet up the volume — and that administrators and other teachers may perceive that as lax classroom management. But many educators understand that the volume increases when students are...