New Jersey State Policy Lab in the News

September 11, 2025
NJSPL Research Affiliate Will Irving was interviewed by Barbara Flanagan during an NJ Spotlight News segment discussing current state of New Jersey’s weakening job market.
September 3, 2025
NJSPL Research Affiliate Thomas Dallessio was interviewed alongside colleagues Michelle Byers and Greg Romano discussing open space preservation on the WBRNJ Local Impact program.
August 19, 2025
The most recent R/ECON economic forecast was cited in a new article from NJ Spotlight News examining the current state of the economy in New Jersey.
New Jersey Globe
June 22, 2025
NJSPL Policy Fellow Linda Stamato published a new op-ed discussing the rise in AI usage across the country and the importance of mitigating potential societal risks by taking potential regulations and safety concerns into account.
June 13, 2025
Newswise shared an article from Rutgers Today discussing the impact of the New Jersey Promising Practices Project, a collaborative effort between the New Jersey Department of Education, the New Jersey State Policy Lab, and the Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, which sought to identify innovative educational practices in K-12 public schools.
June 12, 2025
Rutgers Today published an article interviewing Dr. Elizabeth Cooner, Dr. Vandeen Campbell, and Dr. Charles Payne discussing the Promising Practices Project, a collaborative research effort between the New Jersey Department of Education, the New Jersey State Policy Lab, and the Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies. This project examined innovative and effective instructional practices in public […]
May 8, 2025
NJSPL Research Affiliate Anita Franzione published an article with the New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well discussing economic challenges for older adults in the Garden State.
New Jersey Hills Media Group
April 24, 2025
NJSPL Policy Fellow Linda Stamato published a new op-ed in New Jersey Hills discussing the importance of public service journalism to benefit the community as a whole.
April 16, 2025
The Ocean City School District wrote and published an article detailing their superintendent’s participation in the New Jersey Promising Practices Summit, a one-day educational event held for educators across the state in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Education, the New Jersey State Policy Lab, and the Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies.
Daily Targum
April 8, 2025
NJSPL Research Affiliate Hannah Younes was interviewed by the Daily Targum regarding her recently published research into the availability of non-fatal crash reporting data.
April 3, 2025
NJSPL research affiliates Hannah Younes and Robert Noland were published in the Traffic Injury Prevention journal, in which they examined the state of automobile crash data availability throughout the country.
March 26, 2025
North Plainfield celebrated the inclusion of their school district, the North Plainfield Middle School, in the New Jersey Promising Practices Project, a collaborative research effort with the New Jersey Department of Education, the New Jersey State Policy Lab, and the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies.