The Rutgers study took a macroeconomic approach in an attempt to look at the ripple effects of the tax, and not just its impact on directly affected industries. Michael L. Lahr, a public policy professor at Rutgers and the study’s primary author, said he expected to...
Topic
In the News
How the pandemic and a renewed focus on equity could reshape transportation
The pandemic and racial justice protests in Washington and cities across the country have reshaped many aspects of life. For some travelers and commuters, shifts in travel patterns exposed vulnerabilities within the transportation network. While many transportation...
How To Stop Basement Apartments From Becoming “Death Traps” During Flash Floods
Parts of Queens were built on marshy land, and some neighborhoods in the borough are in low-lying areas that are more vulnerable to flooding from storms and nearby creeks, streams and rivers. “People who try to have inhabitable basements in those areas are gambling...
Donors sought for fundraiser to benefit new nonprofit journalism group
The Corporation for New Jersey Local Media (CNJLM) will host the inaugural Byrne-Kean Dinner to benefit its work of expanding non-profit journalism and civic engagement in New Jersey at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at The Stone Terrace by John Henry’s in Hamilton...
Amtrak might add more than 50 new routes. But they still won’t be faster than a car
"This expansion provides reliable transportation for people who couldn't afford airfare, who don't have cars," Billy Terry, director of the National Transit Institute at Rutgers University, told CNN Business. "A low to moderate-income family can go to a family...
NJ implementing universal health care coverage for children, including unauthorized
A bill signed into law earlier this summer by Gov. Phil Murphy creates a system of universal health care coverage for tens of thousands of New Jersey children, including unauthorized citizens. Now, the state and partner entities are working to get the word out, so...
Domestic violence can also take the form of economic abuse
Defining economic abuse in legislation won’t necessarily help survivors get out of coerced debt or regain financial stability, said Russell. Still, she hopes it offers a foundation to build on because financial wellbeing is crucial to leaving an abusive relationship...
Debt. Inaccessible accounts. Job sabotage. Domestic violence survivors often suffer economic abuse, too
Defining economic abuse in legislation won’t necessarily help survivors get out of coerced debt or regain financial stability, said Russell. Still, she hopes it offers a foundation to build on because financial wellbeing is crucial to leaving an abusive relationship...
Small-scale power grids face giant hurdles
In a new report prepared for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, these microgrids — once touted as a way to increase the resiliency of the electrical network in the wake of extreme storms and widespread power outages — are finding it increasingly difficult to...
Report calls for change as town center microgrids run into roadblocks
Town center, or TC microgrid, projects in the Northeast have foundered in the face of regulatory, statutory and technical challenges, according to a report written for the New Jersey Bureau of Public Utilities (NJBPU). “Town center microgrids are one conceptual...