Beach and Ocean Pollution Disaster: The Response of Two New Jersey Governors
Report by Edward Neafsey, member of the administrations of Governor Tom Kean (R) and Governor Jim Florio (D), on the New Jersey beach pollution disaster of 1987.
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Report by Edward Neafsey, member of the administrations of Governor Tom Kean (R) and Governor Jim Florio (D), on the New Jersey beach pollution disaster of 1987.
Read MoreReport written by Rutgers undergraduate Fiona Kniaz, as recipient of the John and Ann Holt Endowed Undergraduate Applied Research Fund in American Politics. The report breaks down the redistricting process and provides reform recommendations for best practices.
Read MoreA report on music by and inspired by governors throughout U.S. History, by Eagleton Center on the American Governor Director John Weingart
Read MoreEagleton report analyzing and providing recommendations for the transition period between Election Day and Inaugural Day, by John Weingart and Kristoffer Shields.
Read MoreRutgers University assistant research professor Kristoffer Shields said it's not altogether uncommon for ex-governors to make the move to higher education. Shields is a historian at the Eagleton Center on the American Governor, and points to states like Michigan, California and Maine as having former governors leading state universities and university systems.
Read MoreKristofer Shields with the Eagleton Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University-New Brunswick in New Jersey defines the modern era as the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century.
Read More“Crises such as the current pandemic require governors to assure citizens that they have the situation under control and console those who are suffering,” said Kristoffer Shields, assistant research professor and historian at the Eagleton Center on the American Governor.
Read MoreIn an August 2012 interview for the Rutgers Center on the American Governor, Whitman described how when she was approached about running for Somerset County freeholder, her first elective position, it was to be the token female.
Read More“Governor Murphy has taken a number of bold steps during the coronavirus response, a show of leadership that has thus far garnered widespread support, including from some groups that are typically not in his corner," said Shields.
Read More“Crises such as the current pandemic require governors to assure citizens that they have the situation under control and console those who are suffering,” said Kristoffer Shields, assistant research professor and historian at the Eagleton Center on the American Governor.
Read More“Crises such as the current pandemic require governors to assure citizens that they have the situation under control and console those who are suffering,” said Kristoffer Shields, assistant research professor and historian at the Eagleton Center on the American Governor.
Read More“The effect of this pandemic is so much more widespread than any other calamity, or emergency, or crisis in anyone’s memory – and its path and duration are hard to predict,” says John Weingart, director of the Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University in New Jersey. “No one wants restrictions relaxed too soon, but what nobody knows is the definition of ‘too soon.’”
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