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                                        Friday, December 8, 2006
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 NJ Politics 

• Menendez case before grand jury A federal grand jury has begun hearing testimony in an
  investigation of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's relationship with a publicly funded community group.
  Two witnesses linked to Menendez's onetime home and law office were questioned be- hind closed
  doors in Newark on Thursday, a month to the day after the Democrat's election to the Senate
  Bergen Record
   

• Governor puts brakes on pension reform bill Gov. Jon Corzine guts a sweeping public
  employee pension reform bill, ensuring that lawmakers will reach a Dec. 31 deadline with little
  to show for their four-month effort to rein in soaring property taxes Star-Ledger  Gannett  Inquirer  

NJ Environment

• NJ Court upholds eminent domain In a decision highlighting the value of open space in the
  nation's most densely populated state, the NJ Supreme Court rules that Mount Laurel acted
  properly when it seized a developer's land to preserve open space Inquirer   Express-Times 
   Star-Ledger   Courier Post   Burlco Time

• NFL clears $300M for new stadium in Meadowlands Vote of 32 team owners paves
  way for construction of the most expensive sports venue in the country Star-Ledger
   
• Farm tax plan raises fears of panic selling Environ and local officials square off during
  a hearing on potential changes to how the state taxes farms Express-Times

PA Politics

• Gar Joseph: Saidel dropout: Was it Brady... or a bank job? Why would Jonathan Saidel,
  with more than $1M in the bank, drop out of the mayor's race less than a week after opening his
  campaign headquarters? Philly.com

PA Environment    

• EPA's permit to PA plant angers NJ New Jersey says it intends to sue the federal
  environmental agency over air pollution from a coal-fired power plant in PA that drifts across
  the Delaware River into Warren County Bergen Record  AP 
   

• I-80 exit clears a hurdle Resource Recovery's effort to build an Interstate 80 interchange
  to access its proposed Rush Township landfill has cleared one step in the review process
  Centre Daily  

New York/Nation/World  
 

• Spitzer's inaugural: No black ties - or Hevesi Journal News
• LIPA giving 'green' refunds to towns NY Newsday
• Global warming skeptics get Senate hearing CS Monitor

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• NJ Legislative Report (Subscribers only)

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