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A sampling of top news stories... Monday June 5, 2006

NJ Politics

• Editorial: Clash looming with state unions  State employee unions have begun lobbying in support
  of Gov. Corzine's proposed 16 percent increase in the state sales tax - a tax that would help keep their
  members fat and happy. Three Democratic legislators have a much better idea AP Press 
  >AFL-CIO opposes Sweeney position NJ AFL-CIO

• Ranking Chris Smith's power The conservative from liberal NJ, was recently named the third most
  effective congressman in the country based on his legislative record Trenton Times

NJ Environment

• Journal adds fuel to growing fears of  chromium risk A scientific journal has decided to retract an
  industry-funded 1997 study that downplayed the risks of toxic chromium, which plagues Hudson and Essex
  counties. industry-paid scientists may have helped write the study but left their names off it and their conflict
  of interest undisclosed Star-Ledger

• Opinion: BPU audit should not be shrouded in secrecy A Mercer County judge put the wraps on the
  audit at the request of former Attorney General Peter "See No Evil" Harvey. He's gone. No need to keep
  it secret Gannett

PA Politics 

• Measures pose risks, opportunities for Santorum The Senate returns from recess to debate a constitutional
  ban on same-sex marriage, a divisive measure that Sen. Rick Santorum has championed
  Inquirer

PA Environment

• Wind energy enthusiasts facing strong headwinds As crowds gather today at Downtown's David L. Lawrence nation's largest-ever conference on wind power for the nation's largest-ever conference on wind power, they do so against the backdrop of one big question: Have increases in the price of energy from traditional sources made wind power a significant player in America's energy picture? Post-Gazette

New York/Nation/World  

• What’s coming downstream? Gene Meredith doesn’t put much stock in the PCB controversy that has
  dominated Hudson River discussions for much of the past 30 years NY Journal News

• Some upset by dredging plans for Hudson Journal News

• Enviro fund caught in fight over other issues Journal News
   

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