Opinion: After years escaping scandal, New Jersey's US Senator Bob Menendez faces a federal indictment that may cause his downfall
The London School of Economics published a blog post from Dr. Ashley Koning, Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling director, on the possible political downfall of Senator Menendez.
"The gold bars, hidden wads of cash in jacket pockets, foreign entanglements, fancy cars, corruption, and crime sound like the plot of a blockbuster thriller, but this is no movie (yet). This sequel is unfolding in real life, as Democratic US Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey is indictedon federal charges for the second time within a decade. Six years after his first federal indictment ended in a mistrial, Menendez now faces a new set of bribery charges alongside his wife, Nadine Arslanian Menendez".
New Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics Director shares her vision for organization
The Daily Targum sat down with Dr. Elizabeth Matto, Eagleton Institute director, and discussed her vision for Eagleton's future.
"As a campus, our aspiration ought to be to identify and create civic engagement opportunities for students so they graduate Rutgers University equipped and encouraged to be active participants in democracy," Matto said.
With New Jersey Legislature on the ballot, candidates debate parent's rights
New Jersey Monitor spoke with Dr. Ashley Koning, Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling Director on the debate over parent's rights ahead of the November 7 election.
“We used to say all politics is local, and now really all politics is national,” said Ashley Konig, director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University. “We’ve seen that seeping into New Jersey increasingly in the past several years now, where issues that are at the forefront on the national stage are now coming into New Jersey politics.” | 
