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                                             Tuesday, Feb 13, 2007
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NJ Politics

Bryant won't run again, quits law firm State Sen. Wayne Bryant, D-Lawnside, one of the most influential and controversial politicians in South Jersey over the last 27 years, will not seek re-election
to the state Senate. He also will retire from the Zeller & Bryant law firm after a 33-year career Gannett
Star-Ledger
Pressure builds in probe of Legislature Gov. Jon Corzine and ranking Republican legislators call
for the immediate release of all records demanded by the U.S. attorney in a widening corruption probe
of the NJ Legislature Star-Ledger Bergen Record

NJ Environment

Corzine sets sights on global warming The governor today will issue an executive order that lays
out stringent, new long-term goals to curb greenhouse gas emissions and portends a slew of new
state regulations Star-Ledger
DEP spares bears from death to relocate them New Jersey is back in the bear relocation business.
A little more than a year after deciding to kill bears that wander into urban areas, the DEP has decided to give them a break Star-Ledger AP Press

PA Politics

$1,350,000?! to defend Vince Fumo Pennsylvania taxpayers spent $1.35M on attorney fees in the last two years for the state Senate Appropriations Committee as its Democratic leader, state Sen. Vince Fumo, was the target of a federal investigation Daily News

Rendell pitches new state prisons Recognizing a surge in the inmate population, the governor proposes building three new state prisons, including a 2,300-bed facility in Luzerne County that would create hundreds of jobs Times Tribune

PA Environment

PA-DEP takes more action against coal company The DEP is seeking permanent revocation of the certifications of the R&D Coal Company and three mine officials employed by the company following an investigation into methane explosions in 2004 and 2006 at the Buck Mountain Slope Mine in Tremont Township, Schuylkill County PA-DEP

Report lists ways to manage Delaware flooding Members of a task force do not necessarily agree
on the causes of recurring floods in the Delaware River basin, but they conclude their four states could cooperate to limit impacts of such floods Star-Ledger

New York/Nation/World

Upstate senator demands action on chemical landfills Twenty years after New York passed a law requiring the redistribution and phasing out of chemical-waste landfills, the state is no closer to completing
a plan NY Journal News

Congressional group wants Indian Point safety review The nuclear plant would have to submit to an independent safety assessment to extend its nuclear plants' licenses through 2035 if federal lawmakers succeed with new legislation Journal News
Little progress in LI toxic soil removal Newsday
Not all aboard with LIRR third track plan Newsday

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