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NJ Politics 

Corzine plans cuts to pork in budget The governor will end a peaceful budget season today by signing a $33.5B spending plan with no new taxes and significant property tax relief.  Some won’t be happy as he vows
to cut funding for "quite a number" of the pet projects added by lawmakers
Star-Ledger

Kushner sells off Jersey apartments in $2B mega-deal Controversial developer Charles Kushner pulls
off one of the largest real estate deals in the history of NJ, selling nearly 17,500 apartments to an investment firm for roughly $2 billion
Star-Ledger

NJ Environment 
Editorial: Christie in reputation protection program Herald News

State AG validates Highlands Council A regional master plan being created by the state Highlands Council for a large swath of North Jersey will be the planning Bible for the most environmentally sensitive
lands in the region, according to an opinion by the state Attorney General's Office. Highlands’ land- use
rules trump local and county zoning and supersede land-use guides of the State Planning Commission,
AG opines
Star-Ledger 



PA Environment

 

Proposed PPL rate increase draws fire One by one they trooped to the microphone and told the
judge they didn't want PPL Electric to get a distribution rate increase -- sometimes in emphatic terms

Patriot News

 

Ethanol officials address concerns At a special public meeting held by the Lawrence Township Supervisors, BioEnergy officials seek to ease residents' concerns about a $200M ethanol facility
proposed to be built on a 73-acre cornfield
Clearfield Progress

 

PA Politics 

 

Phoenix overtakes Philly as nation’s fifth largest city Inquirer

Rendell, Senate GOP budget standoff may give way to deal With the state budget set to expire
in a matter of days, the fundamental differences that remain between Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell and
Senate Republican leaders cast doubt on a timetable for an approved replacement
AP

New York/Nation/World

Blackout’s a crisis but only temporarily Daily Journal
Panel aims to give boost to alternative energy
Times Union
Coalition calls for protection of herring fishery
Pew Trusts

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