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A sampling of top news stories... Thursday April 6, 2006

NJ Politics

• Corzine hits road to pitch budget At a town hall-style meeting on his proposed
  state budget, the governor asks the public to accept a painful mix of higher taxes
  and targeted cuts in exchange for fiscal stability Star-Ledger Courier-Post                                           

• Governor's got mail, and it's oh so fiscally frank Web site finds Dems rip
  budget, Republicans offer praise Star-Ledger                      

• Roberts cites roadblocks to shared services A tangled web of state statutes
  and civil service regulations hinders efforts to push towns or school districts to combine
  or share services to reduce property taxes, says Assembly Speaker Star-Ledger

NJ Environment

• Highlands Council delays master plan adoption The six-month delay would
  force scores of anxious landowners and local officials to wait longer for a plan that
  will function as a binding blueprint for development in the 400,000-acre, preservation-
  designated area in northern New Jersey; staff shortages and the complexity of the
  task contribute to the delay Star-Ledger 

• A Rendell-Corzine summit on dredging the Delaware Rendell says they met
  two weeks ago and he believes the standoff can be resolved soon, but Corzine is
  noncommittal. PA says dredging would keep the river's ports competitive but NJ has
  environmental and cost concerns Inquirer Glouco Times

PA Politics 

• House OKs hike in minimum wage The $2 hike would bring the rate to $7.15
  an hour by July 2007 Inquirer

PA Environment

• State suspends Lehigh Coal mining Pottsville company’s surface mining permit is
  suspended for failing to refill a massive Panther Valley strip mine and provide an additional
  $6M to ensure the work would  be done Morning Call Schuylkill.com
   

• EPA ends role in river mess After assessing last summer's PPL ash basin leak that
  sent millions of gallons of fly ash into the Delaware River, the agency decides to step aside
  Express-Times  Morning Call

 New York/Nation/World   

• Yankees win, 44-3, 45-2, as council OKs stadium NY Times
   

• Closer look at Hudson PCB cleanup sought Times Union
   

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