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A sampling of top news stories... Friday April 7, 2006

NJ Politics

• Legislator drawn into the scandal at UMDNJ A powerful state senator who
  chairs the Legislature's budget committee is now the focus of a criminal investigation
  examining how millions in state funds were steered to the University of Medicine and
  Dentistry of NJ, according to knowledgeable sources Star-Ledger
   
• Veteran graft-buster brings fight to UMDNJ Star-Ledger

NJ Environment

• Activists renew call for treating VX waste in Indiana NJ  environmental groups
  -- and those in five other states -- called on the U.S. Army to revive plans to treat the
  neutralized byproduct of a deadly nerve agent in Indiana instead of shipping it to DuPont
  Chambers Works in Salem County  Today's Sunbeam

• Delaware dredging clash draws interest across globe The international business
  community wades into the war between Philadelphia and South Jersey over deepening
  the Delaware River channel from 40 to 45 feet Courier Post  

PA Politics 

• PA tax delinquents are posted on Web The state Revenue Department has
  introduced a new weapon in its efforts to pressure delinquents to pay overdue sales
  taxes: public embarrassment AP

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
   

• Mining project nears state approval In an industrial dump above Johnstown, a
  Somerset County company soon may begin constructing a one-of-a-kind mining
  operation—pulling out valuable ferromanganese Tribune-Democrat

New York/Nation/World   

• State senator arraigned on assault  Ada Smith pleads not guilty to
  assaulting a former aide, who was granted an order of protection
  against the Queens Democrat Times Union
   
• Nonprofit sues EPA over river cleanup A nonprofit enviro  group is suing
  for documents that detail plans to dredge toxic chemicals from the Hudson River,
  claiming the federal agency is allowing the scheduled cleanup to become
  more lax Journal News

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