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NJ Politics
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NJ Assembly OKs
measure to end executions
After more than
two hours of emotional debate about justice and retribution, the Assembly
yesterday gave final
approval to a bill to abolish New Jersey's death penalty, sending the measure to
the desk of a governor who is eager to sign it into law
Star-Ledger Cartoon
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'Prurient'
accusations leak in James case
Former
Newark mayor Sharpe
James billed the city for pornographic movies and lotions while staying at a
Miami
hotel, prosecutors say
Star-Ledger
NJ
Environment
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Editorial: Greenhouse bills fly under the political radar
Global warming
legislation moving in Legislature may prove more important than issues currently
attracting headlines
Trenton Times
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No proof for crab ban, fishermen say in lawsuit
filed against DEP
A group of Delaware Bay fishermen are suing the state, trying to overturn a ban
on horse-hoe crab harvesting. They say the crab supply is plentiful and there is
no
proof that their limited harvest is causing a decline in the red knot population
AC Press
PA Environment
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Merck
settles with DEP for $20M The
PA Department of Environmental
Protection has agreed to the terms of a more than $20 million settlement with
drug-maker Merck & Co. that will support restoration work in the Wissahickon
Creek watershed, upgrade the company’s West Point facility, responsible for an
illegal June 2006 chemical release into a Montgomery County sewer system,
and fund other water improvement projects in the region
Lansdale Reporter
Inquirer
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Environmental committee delivers six bills to full house
State Rep. Camille
“Bud” George, majority chairman of the House Environmental Resources and
Energy Committee, said the panel has released bipartisan measures aiming at
reducing
energy dependence and costs
Gant Daily
PA Politics
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Philadelphia Council to unions: Adopt city's hiring goals
Unions will be
the sole builders of the $700M Convention Center expansion only if they agree
to disclose the demographics of their membership and receive City Council's
approval on plans to diversify their ranks, under legislation Council passed
last
night
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