A Journalist Who Left Her Mark— Vera Glaser, a pioneering journalist who spent most of her career covering Washington, D.C., is the subject of an essay by Kimberly Wilmot Voss. To learn more about Glaser and her remarkable career, read Vera Glaser: A Journalist’s Ode to Offbeat Washingtonian Politics.

Summer Reading— Hall Institute Executive Director Michael P. Riccards, the author of 14 books, offers his thoughts and observations on lists of America's top 100 novels. Read what he has to say about the choices in Our Best Novels.

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The Hall Institute is a non-partisan, not-for-profit foundation established to explore social, economic, educational and cultural issues. Our weekly email newsletter is sent to organizations and individuals with an interest in the material posted on our website at www.hallnj.org.

Since its inception in 2005, the institute has emerged as a leading voice for public policy in New Jersey. More than 400 papers, on topics ranging from health care to education to property taxes, have been posted on our website.

In 2006 and 2008, the institute presented online Virtual Debates among the candidates in New Jersey's U.S. Senate race. We also sponsored NJ2008, a special section on New Jersey's role in the 2008 presidential campaign.

In addition to our other activities, the institute also has published two books -- The State of the Garden State and Reaction and Reform in New Jersey. Both are compilations of the major papers posted on its website. A third volume, Creating A Common Future: New Jersey and Public Policy, is posted on the Hall Institute website.

Located in Trenton directly across from the New Jersey State House, the institute was established by George E. Hall, a successful business executive and a leading philanthropist who lives in Middletown, N.J.