By Candace Harrison November 20th, Transgender Day of Remembrance, commemorates the transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people who have lost their lives due to anti-transgender hate crimes. It is a day to affirm the human rights of transgender persons. The transgender community can face substantial barriers, such as violent hate crimes, family neglect, lack [...]
The New Jersey State Policy Lab is sponsoring a speaking event with the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration which will feature Acting Governor Tahesha Way at the Rutgers-Newark campus.
NJSPL Principal Investigator Dean Stuart Shapiro was quoted in a POLITICO article discussing the ramifications of Trump’s announcement that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new government efficiency commission aimed at overhauling the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal offices.
By Ojobo Agbo Eje, Michael Akinwumi, Itzhak Yanovitzky, and Kristoffer Shields Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming various sectors of the economy across the world, from health, transportation, and finance to the workforce, education, and many others. A tidal wave of AI legislation is sweeping across state legislatures. The number of AI-related bills has skyrocketed [...]
Public Administration New Jersey Lawmakers Hear Public Testimony at Second Hearing on Ballot Design - On November 7th, state lawmakers held their second hearing on redesigning New Jersey ballots where they accepted public testimony for the first time. Witnesses, including experts from New Jersey Policy Perspective, Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and [...]
By Yonaira M. Rivera & Vivek Singh As the public sector continues to adopt chatbots to assist individuals in acquiring information about important health and government services, multilingual access is key to fostering equitable digital health adoption. IMPACT-NJ aims to address this issue by developing policy guidelines to enhance language equity in chatbot responses, [...]
By Taylor Hughes Many members of my family have served in the U.S. military, and growing up, I knew it was a place where I could make a difference. I enlisted in the New Jersey Air National Guard (a component of the U.S. Air Force) as a Health Services Management Technician in 2018. In [...]
Stop by Booth #1102 and at the New Jersey Education Association 2024 Convention at the Atlantic City Convention Center from November 7-8, 2024 and learn more about the research the NJ Promising Practices Project is accomplishing for educators throughout the Garden State. The Promising Practices Project is an important initiative launched by the New Jersey [...]
Public Administration Lawmakers Hold First Hearing on Ballot Design After County Clerks Called for Uniform Design and Voter Education - On October 29th, the 12-member Assembly select committee on ballot design held its first hearing in a series focused on redesigning primary ballots. County clerks testified that current voting machines could accommodate new ballot designs [...]
By Irina B. Grafova, Pamela B. de Cordova, Jennifer Polakowski, and Jessica Anderson The importance of well-being programs has never been more critical. Virtual Schwartz Rounds (VSR) provide a platform for connecting with nursing colleagues facing challenging experiences while trying to care for themselves and others. Over the past three years, 2,346 nurses have registered [...]
