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                                           Monday, April 2, 2007
            
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 NJ Politics  

• Ex-mayor busted as sport betting ring ‘book’ Former Union City Mayor and state
  Assemblyman Rudy Garcia arrives  with his hands shackled for a hearing on criminal
  charges connected to a crackdown on a huge betting ring Jersey Journal

• Overbilling of Medicare triggered Bryant probe State Sen. Wayne R. Bryant, the
  Camden County Democrat accused of corrupt practices at a South Jersey medical school,
  chose the wrong place to break the law, federal authorities say AP Press
  > A 2002 Bryant speech takes on new meaning Inquirer

NJ Environment   
 

• Feds get oversight for chemical plants New federal rules giving the Bush administration
  authority for the first time to regulate and even shut down chemical plants will not overrule
  stricter state rules already in place, according to a letter sent to lawmakers by Homeland
  Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Senator Lautenberg has his doubts Star-Ledger

• Measure would tap sales tax for open space New Jersey, the most densely populated
  U.S. state, would use $175M a year in sales-tax revenue over 20 years to purchase open
  space under an initiative a state lawmaker wants to put to voters in a November referendum
  AP   AC Press

PA Environment

• PPL seeks rate increase Citing the mounting costs of wires and equipment, PPL Electric
  Utilities asks state regulators for a rate hike that could increase the average customer bill by
  6.8 percent Times Tribune  New Era
   

• Both sides claim legal right to be on authority board The makeup of the Harrisburg Authority
  board is crucial as members must negotiate and approve a multimillion-dollar contract with Covanta
  to operate the incinerator Patriot News

PA Politics 

• Explosive meeting on reform Gov. Ed Rendell got an earful last week when he presented his
  six-point government reform agenda to lawmakers at his Harrisburg mansion Courier-Times

New York/Nation/World  

• Senate approves state enviro official Poughkeepsie Journal

• Budget passes; school aid fight erupts in Albany NY Times        

• NYRI foes ask counties for cash Post-Standard

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