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                                             Monday, January 29, 2007
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NJ Politics

How plans for tax reform were pecked to pieces The goal was simple: Reduce most property
taxes 20 percent. Make it possible by cutting bloated pensions and benefits; consolidating some of
NJ's 1,182 governments and school districts; capping yearly local tax increases at 4 percent; retooling
the school aid formula; and establishing a state watchdog against wasteful government. But the
proposals have taken a unusual route, even by Trenton standards Star-Ledger
Bergen Record 1 Bergen Record 2
Illegal immigrants straining health care New Jersey’s 81 hospitals expect to spend between
$275 and $300M treating uninsured illegal immigrants this year Star-Ledger

NJ Environment

Your tax dollars fund Encap golf venture The biggest winner in the Meadowlands appears
to be the group of politically connected private developers at EnCap Golf Holdings who have cobbled
together an unprecedented series of incentives provided by state agencies without voter approval
Bergen Record > Guided tour of the development site
Edamame, anyone? Rutgers helps farmers market cilantro, bok choy, and other multicultural
crops Associated Press

PA Politics

Philly mayoral race dwells on crime; Has incumbent done enough? More than three years
ago, Mayor John Street brushed off disclosure of a corruption investigation that reached as far as his
office, and was easily re-elected Tribune Review

PA Environment

State alleges cover-up at Schuylkill Co. mine where worker died State regulators on Friday revoked the operating permit of a coal mine where a worker died in an explosion three months ago,
alleging that a cover-up of a similar 2004 blast might have contributed to the man's death Times News
Federal mine funds to replace water supplies More than $3.4M from a federal fund supported
by a tax on coal will be used to extend municipal water lines and provide water supplies to some 135
homes in Boggs and Decatur townships, Clearfield County, where wells have been affected by
abandoned coal mines PA-DEP

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