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NJ Politics

• Those with 2 NJ paychecks call the shots Skepticism about tax reform at the Statehouse|
  is high given that 50 legislators — accounting for about 42 percent of the Legislature — work
  more than one public job Associated Press      

•  He says he took $10,000 bribe to fight the machine Inquirer

NJ Environment  

• With its high-priced land, Jersey's not fertile ground After 17 years of farming, the
  owners of the highly successful Honey Brook Organic Farm still can't afford to buy acreage
  in the Garden State Star-Ledger

• DEP to review sites after day-care fiasco NJ environmental officials will inspect 1,846
  sites previously removed from a list of contaminated properties, following a scandal in which
  one still-polluted site was converted into a day-care center Star-Ledger

PA Politics 

• Two linked to Sen. Fumo are offered deals to testify Federal prosecutors investigating
  State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo have pressured two more people - a current and a former aide -
  to testify against him in exchange for immunity, according to a newly unsealed court
  document Inquirer

PA Environment

• DEP cites railroad for derailment spill Norfolk Southern faces penalties of up to $35,000
  per day for spill of 44,000 gallons of lye in 28-car derailment PA-DEP

   

• Water Gap I-80 span targeted for expansion A study released last month recommends
  expanding the Delaware Water Gap toll bridge to ease traffic in the region's northernmost major
  east-west corridor Express-Times More bridge details

New York/Nation/World  

• Automakers, EPA agree on mercury-recycling program New program paid for by industry
  groups is expected to capture up to seven tons of emissions a year NY Times  Washington Post

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