Medications for opioid use disorder such as buprenorphine are the best available treatment and prevent against relapse, overdose, and death. This report examined emergency room policies related to buprenorphine treatment for reducing opioid overdose risk in #NJ: policylab.rutgers.edu/publication/...
🔋🪫 When a data center begins operating in a new ZIP code, do local household electricity bills rise relative to those not near the data center? #Rutgers researchers built a state-ZIP-level panel and linked those places to 2,277 operational data centers with valid ZIP codes:
🏥 Legislation advanced out of the Assembly #Health Committee which would allow the #NJ Department of Health to oversee operations of financially distressed hospitals; 🚜 another bill advanced out of the Assembly Agriculture Committee which would establish a mentorship program for beginner farmers:
💼 Through labor market analysis, researchers identified industries with the highest concentration of small businesses within Middlesex #NJ & conducted a workforce analysis for the two highest concentrated industries: Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services and Healthcare & Social Assistance
🚗 Happening now 🚘 Researchers Bob Noland & Hannah Younes are presenting on their work examining automobile crash data availablility at the #NJ State House in a new seminar hosting by the NJSPL & Rutgers Gov Relations.
🚓🚑 Publicly available data provide a statewide snapshot of the ARRIVE Together program in #NJ, but they say little about how the program works locally. To better understand the implementation of this program and its use among emergency services teams, researchers examined municipal press releases:
The #NJ Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission recommended a "Look-Back" statute which would provide youth sentenced as adults to 30+yrs to be entitled to apply for resentencing after serving 20yrs, allowing the court to modify or reduce the sentence:
🚲🚲🚲Sixty-four percent (64%) of respondents from a recent survey on e-bike use and perception agreed that the government should do more to support e-bike use. Over 70% of the respondents were from #NJ, with a smaller percentage from surrounding states, and 443 were non-owners:
🚲🚲🚲Sixty-four percent (64%) of respondents from a recent survey on e-bike use and perception agreed that the government should do more to support e-bike use. Over 70% of the respondents were from #NJ, with a smaller percentage from surrounding states, and 443 were non-owners:
⚖️ Gov. Sherrill directed $12M in additional funding to support a state immigrant defense initiative; 🏘️ the Assembly advanced a bill allowing homeowners to build accessory dwelling units; 🦮 the Senate advanced a bill to create a therapy dog pilot program within #NJ public schools. Read more here:
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Publicly available data provide a statewide snapshot of the ARRIVE Together program in New Jersey, but they say little about how the program operates at the municipal level. Some information about how...
E-bikes are having a moment. They’re showing up in neighborhoods, on trails, at work and transit stations, and in the hands of people who never saw themselves as “cyclists.” But as their popularity su...
Health Bill Advances to Add Vitamin B9 to Corn Masa Products - On June 15, Bill A5119 unanimously passed the bipartisan Assembly Agriculture Committee with amendments. The “Fortifying Corn Masa Act” w...
This is the fifth and final showcase of our selected preliminary findings on public support for sentencing reform in New Jersey across four areas. The fourth area concerns two different reforms. While...
If you have opened an electric bill recently, you have probably noticed the same thing many households have: it is higher than it used to be. Nationally, average residential electricity prices rose by...
E-bikes are having a moment. They’re showing up in neighborhoods, on trails, at work and transit stations, and in the hands of people who never saw themselves as “cyclists.” But as their popularity su...
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Researchers at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development are currently engaged in a project with the New Jersey State Policy Lab to examine how New Jersey’s artificial intelligence (AI) in...
Education Senate Advances Therapy Dog Pilot Program Bill - On May 28th, the New Jersey Senate unanimously passed Bill S-3453, sponsored by Senators James Beach and Anthony M. Bucco, which aims to esta...
