Terrell Homes: Ideal example of how public-private partnerships are redeveloping aging cities
Terrell Homes, originally named FDR Apartments after our wartime president, Franklin Roosevelt, was built in 1946 as an Army barracks and later renamed in honor of its tenant and apartment manager, Millard E. Terrell.
At...
Off-shore wind offers opportunity for state to reclaim its place as leader of innovation
Since the days of Thomas Edison and so many others, New Jersey has long been a hub for transformative innovation. In recent decades, however, the state has ceded ground as a locus of innovation...
Why won’t N.J. capitalize on craft brewery boom?
Only four states are home to fewer breweries per capita than New Jersey — Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Utah.
Why?
Why would a wealthy, densely populated state in the heart of the craft-loving Northeast, one with...
Harnessing tools, resources to flatten COVID curve
With cases of COVID-19 surging again in recent weeks, Americans are looking to government agencies and officials for a plan to keep them safe. From Congress to the county freeholder board, people need to...
Why impact of Advanced Clean Truck legislation will be huge — especially for people...
New Jersey is the first state on the East Coast to require the phasing-in of electric commercial trucks to reduce air pollution, thanks to new regulations adopted by the state.
ACT, also known as Advanced...
N.J. lawmakers rush through insurance bill automatically raising rates for 1.1M drivers by average...
Just a few short months ago, when we together implored the New Jersey Legislature to ban the use of income discrimination in car insurance and it fell on deaf ears, who would think that...
Health care workers are here to help and to heal — not to be...
There’s no shortage of observers pointing out that our country has grown more impatient recently, and that civil discourse seems forgotten.
This growing loss of civility — good manners, my mom would say — also...
Why clean energy future means putting gas cars in rearview mirror
The escalating threats and risks associated with climate change to our health, environment and economy create an imperative to decarbonize our economy as quickly as possible. Simultaneously, the rapid increase in clean energy innovation,...
Now is the time for fiscal prudence
As the COVID-19 vaccines continue to be integrated into our daily lives, one can sense the optimism people are feeling that the end of the pandemic is near.
The focus will soon shift to what...
South Jersey business leader: State needs to press on with offshore wind industry goals
As the world grapples with the urgent need to transition towards cleaner, more sustainable energy sources, New Jersey stands at the forefront of a groundbreaking movement — the development of its offshore wind industry....
