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A sampling of top news stories... Thursday June 22, 2006

NJ Politics

• Mayor’s arrest distracts Jersey City It is not the first time that Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy,
  55, a former assistant Hudson County prosecutor and former municipal court chief judge, has
  stumbled into trouble after visiting a bar.  NY Times

• Is N.J. on verge of a tax revolt? Some think so Tax-hike opponents are split over
  whether the proposed rate increases in Gov. Corzine's $30.9B budget will trigger a 1990s-
  style citizens' tax revolt like the one that ousted many Democratic state legislators and
  the governor AP Press                                                                   

NJ Environment

• Ex-FEMA chief backs catastrophic storm fund for NJ The nation's former top
  emergency coordinator warns "people are going to suffer" unless the state creates a $20B
  insurance fund to help cover losses in the event of a major storm. The proposed fund would
  collect premiums from insurance companies, grow tax-free in the state Treasury and be
  tapped when the insured losses statewide exceeded $2B Star-Ledger Bergen Record Gannett

PA Politics 

• Senate's same-sex marriage ban only fans fire The state Senate last night approved
  a bill outlawing gay marriage, but the vote did nothing to settle the ongoing social controversy
  that deeply divides conservatives and liberals Post-Gazette

PA Environment

• Editorial: Federal approach to mercury regulations a mistake On this issue, the
  Senate is wrong and the Rendell administration is right Morning Call

• Lawyer's group escapes pact penalty DEP won't punish recycling business for failure
  to fulfill tire-shredding contract in Buckhorn Press-Enterprise

New York/Nation/World  

• Spitzer’s influence felt in NY Legislature NY Times

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