| May Fri, 2019
Wisconsin is near a record for women in the Legislature. They still hold barely a quarter of the seats.
“Wisconsin is at a near record high for women in the state Legislature, but at 27% is slightly below the 2019 national average of 28.6%, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.”
| May Fri, 2019
N.J. Pension Change May Skip Governor, Go to Voters, Lawmaker Says
“In New Jersey, 65% of residents want public workers to pay more toward their pensions, and 64% said their health benefits should be more in line with private employees’, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll of 1,203 adults released April 10.”
| May Fri, 2019
In Nevada’s legislature, women outnumber the men – a first in the nation
“‘Historically, state legislatures have been "stubborn, slow-to-change institutions, which were heavily male-dominated,’ said Kelly Dittmar, a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.”
| May Fri, 2019
Celebrating the Class of 2019
Eagleton Fellow Shilpa Viswanath and Eagleton Undergraduate Associate Nicholas Pellitta were featured in the "Rutgers Today" student excellence series, "Celebrating the Class of 2019."