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           A sampling of top news stories... Wednesday July 26, 2006
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NJ Politics

• GOP decries tax panel makeup Senate Republicans are accusing Democratic leaders
  of stacking the deck against them and injecting partisan politics into the upcoming special
  legislative session on property tax relief Express-Times  
   
• Audit finds lax prison oversight of activist's company State corrections officials
  did not provide proper oversight of inmate educational programs conducted by a company
  owned by well-known Trenton activist, audit finds Trenton Times  Star-Ledger

NJ Environment

• Audit lashes BPU for $80M bank account Top executives at the state Board of Public
  Utilities created a private bank account worth more than $80M that lacked basic controls,
  allowing for an array of questionable decisions and suspected abuses, a long-awaited audit
  contends Gannett  Star-Ledger 
   
• Enviros urge governor to veto Pinelands project The state’s four largest environmental
  organizations send a letter  urging Corzine to veto a large residential-commercial project in
  the Pinelands, calling it the biggest threat facing the South Jersey ecological area in 25 years
  Express-Times  AC Press 

PA Politics 

• Swann vows to preserve farms He wants to earmark 2,000 more farms, but doesn't have
  a plan to come up with the millions it will take to do it Associated Press

PA Environment

• Mercury restrictions draw mixed reactions While many people favored a state plan
  requiring coal-fired power plants to reduce mercury emissions more than required under the
  federal rule, opponents at the first of three public hearings said yesterday that it would put
  the state at a competitive disadvantage Inquirer  Post-Gazette  The Mercury

• Merck faces fines for June fish kill The DEP said the company "delayed or impeded"
  a probe into a chemical discharge in Wissahickon Creek Inquirer

New York/Nation/World  

• Spitzer and Suozzi in fiery, sole debate NY Times Daily News
• Power's up, but view of Big Apple sours Newsday  
• Re-volting! Restored customers zapped again NY Post

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