Construction industry must focus on unprecedented suicide crisis | Op-Ed
September is suicide prevention month, and the construction industry is facing a national public health crisis. Data shows that our industry has the second-highest rate of worker death by suicide, behind only the mining...
When lawsuit ads become a public health problem | Op-Ed
Every night, television viewers in New Jersey are bombarded with a familiar message: alarming law firm advertisements disguised as healthcare alerts warning about the dangers of prescription drugs and medical devices. These ads—often slickly...
Is N.J. the best place in America to build what’s next? | Op-Ed
New Jersey’s innovation economy just got stronger as the FY26 state budget was passed a few weeks ago when three bills — all strongly aligned with innovation, investment, and advanced manufacturing — advanced out...
Leave the military out of the political firestorm over Joint Base detention center proposal...
Not surprisingly a political firestorm ignited across the Garden State last week after the Trump Administration announced that Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst was one of the nation’s military installations selected to detain immigrants rounded up...
How new crypto legislation is reshaping innovation – and what it means for New...
As the GENIUS Act - the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act - becomes law, a new era of crypto regulation is unfolding across the U.S. financial landscape, and New Jersey...
Why New Jersey communities should show up for military families | Op-Ed
Did you ever move to a new school where you were the new kid at lunch and had no one to sit with?
If so, you already understand why Blue Star Families’ Welcome Week matters.
Now,...
The Employee Mental Health Business Imperative | Op-Ed
In today’s evolving workplace landscape, mental health is not just a wellness issue—it’s a business imperative. The 2024 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Workplace Mental Health Poll offered a striking insight: only 31%...
Joint Base MDL integrates drones into training to help shape the next generation of...
In a groundbreaking effort to enhance operational capabilities, the U.S. Air Force has launched a new initiative aimed at incorporating drones – or Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) - into the training of airmen...
No one in the military should face mental health issues alone – support networks...
The word “resilient” is hurled around like a football in the military community, and for a long time, mental health resources in the military have been centered around this word and nothing else.
Adjusting to...
The 5 Most Time-Consuming Marketing Tasks (and How to Streamline Them)
If your to-do list is always full, and digital marketing keeps slipping to the bottom, you’re not alone. Whether you’re a CEO juggling client work or a lean team trying to do it all,...
