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A sampling of top news stories... Monday June 19, 2006
NJ Politics
Overtime costs rise
sharply for state workers
NJ state workers racked up
$600M
in overtime over the past three years, records show
Bergen Record
State's
budget headaches took shape over a decade
Workers will
rally for Corzine plan
today
Star-Ledger
Assembly leaders tell
Corzine sales tax hike is dead
Ultimatum throws
state budget
into turmoil
Star-Ledger
NJ Environment
Editorial:
Toughen chemical security
Plants
that make or use dangerous chemicals
have a bull's eye on them. A single terrorist attack at one of these facilities
could injure or
kill thousands
Star-Ledger
When a
state can take or save the family farm
Hundreds of millions of tax dollars
are now being spent to preserve farms and farmers get tax breaks to keep them in
business.
So why, farm advocates ask, are farms being taken for other purposes through
eminent domain?
Star-Ledger
PA Politics
Legal fees
in pay-raise suits pile up
One million dollars and
counting. That's the cost
to taxpayers so far to defend all three branches of government - lawmakers, a
Supreme Court
justice, and Gov. Rendell - against legal challenges arising from the
unpopular legislative pay
raise
Inquirer
PA Environment
$1M
received for watershed study
The U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers will receive $1M
in federal funds to collaborate with the Delaware River Basin Commission in a
study of ways
to enhance the use and management of water resources in the Delaware River
Basin
Courier Times
Rowers
retake Schuylkill with no signs of fish kill
It was a gorgeous day for
racing on the
Schuylkill yesterday, with the sun shining and water sparkling - and it was
all the more exhilarating
after a health advisory that nearly threatened to keep rowers on dry land
Inquirer
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