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A sampling of top news stories... Wednesday, April 26, 2006
NJ Politics
Newark Council president defends his UMDNJ role
Responding to a report
that he used his position as a trustee at the state medical school to help win a
favorable
lease deal for a campaign contributor, Donald Bradley says he did nothing
improper and
claims he had been a "superb" trustee
NY Times
State-issued
cars fall victim to cutbacks
More
than 600 to be auctioned off.
State senator welcomes move, citing abuses and rising gas prices
Express-Times
NJ Environment
Lawmakers tell DEP: Speed things up
At budget hearing,
Democrats and
Republicans say the DEP needs to speed up its permitting process for refineries,
drug makers and other industries. A South Jersey lawmaker says the three oil
refineries
in his district were not expanding because they were "intimidated" by the DEP's
permit
process. Environmental lobbyists mock the charges, claiming the questions were
orchestrated by chemical industry’s lobby
Bergen Record Star-Ledger
Army report backs shipping nerve agent waste to NJ
An Army
report concludes
it would take nearly five years longer to finish destroying the deadly nerve
agent VX if
a plan to ship the resulting wastewater to New Jersey was dropped in favor of
keeping it
in Indiana
Associated Press
PA Politics
New Mariano
theory: He was a thief
In
a related trial, the councilman was said
to have stolen money that he was already convicted of taking as a bribe
Inquirer
PA Environment
New limits
on eminent domain
In an effort to
better shield home and business
owners from government land grabs, the state Senate gives final approval to
new
restrictions on the use of eminent domain for private economic development
Inquirer
Creditors
seek bundle from Lehigh Coal
Weeks
after the state suspended the
company’s mining permit for failing to refill old mines, the beleaguered
Pottsville coal
company has found itself once again in federal bankruptcy court, accused of
defaulting
on a total of $9,292,042 in payments to four creditors
Morning Call
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