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                                        Tuesday, December 5, 2006
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 NJ Politics 

• Property tax relief expansion in works The state's top lawmakers expand their proposal
  for property tax relief, saying they plan to cut 20 percent off the tax bills of all homeowners with
  annual incomes up to $100,000 Star-Ledger  Inquirer  Bergen Record  

• Gay-marriage supporters set to press lawmakers Campaign starting today will stress
  that legalizing civil unions won't be enough Star-Ledger
  > Mercer assemblyman acknowledges he's gay Star-Ledger

NJ Environment       

• A new toxic threat from Ford dump For years, the health threat at Ford's toxic waste dump
  that caused worry was the lead from auto paint sludge. Now add dioxin and PCBs that Upper
  Ringwood residents and visitors may need to fear Bergen Record
   
• New rules offered for buying farmland Move aims to save agriculture and rural landscapes
  with timely offers to beat private ones Star-Ledger

PA Politics

• Reveal pick for speaker, reformer urges House Saying the election of a House speaker
  has been an "inside game" for too long, a government reform advocate is calling on legislators
  to declare who will get their vote to hold the chamber's most powerful position Patriot News

PA Environment    

• Experts: Coal industry must build new 'culture of prevention' Coal companies must
  replace by-the-book compliance with a culture of prevention if they want to eliminate the
  underground fires and explosions that are killing miners, says a panel of experts Philly.com  
   

• Kilbuck landslide site mostly stable At the present rate the Kilbuck landslide mass is
  creeping, it could fall onto Route 65 again in nine months, but an engineering consultant said
  the site is largely stable and that a developer still plans to build there Tribune Review 
  Post-Gazette

New York/Nation/World  
 

• NASCAR raceway scrapped for Staten Island NY Times
• Editorial: Signs of energy Bush administration finally agrees to a timetable for new
  energy efficiency standards NY Times
• BP submits revised spill plan for Prudhoe Bay Reuters

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