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NJ Politics
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Child Advocate under scrutiny
The state ethics
commission is investigating claims that the
Child Advocate lobbied for public funds on behalf of her former employer,
Saint Peter's University
Medical Center and the child abuse treatment center it operates, state records
and officials
confirmed
Star-Star-Ledger
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Gill keeps block on Rabner for court
Hearings to confirm
Attorney General Stuart Rabner
as chief justice of the Supreme Court were officially postponed yesterday as a
state senator
from his home county continued to block the nomination
Star-Ledger
NJ Environment
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Court limits
towns' power to seize land
A unanimous state Supreme Court yesterday
sought to rein in the controversial use of eminent domain by towns. In a
Gloucester County
case, the court ruled unconstitutional a popular catchall phrase local
officials use to declare
property "in need of redevelopment," a first step toward seizing private homes
and businesses
to make way for large-scale developments
Star-Ledger
Bergen Record
AP Press Inquirer
New York Times
Glouco Times Courier-Post
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Eminent domain ruling
gives hope to property owners
For years, property owners
have protested at the Statehouse and complained about being robbed of their
land by developers
and local politicians pushing redevelopment. Yesterday, reacting to a state
Supreme Court
decision limiting towns' use of eminent domain, they felt as if someone was
listening
Star-Ledger
PA Environment
PPL eyeing
a third reactor at Susquehanna plant
Joining
an industry-wide push to move beyond a quarter-
century of paralysis, PPL Corp. has taken preliminary steps
toward building another nuclear reactor about 75 miles
northwest of the Lehigh Valley
Morning
Call
PPL Corp. will consider building a third reactor at the
same site where two others have operated for more
than 20 years — a potentially massive, multi-billion
dollar project that would make the Luzerne County
plant one of the largest nuclear facilities in the country
Citizens Voice
PA
Politics
New
York/Nation/World
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State issues final regulations to limit fish disease
New regulations prohibit freshwater fishing
with untested bait minnows anywhere except the lake or river where they were
caught, part of an
effort to stop the spread of a deadly fish disease
Ithaca Journal
Special Reports
NJ/PA Legislation & Regulation
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