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A sampling of top news stories... Tuesday March 14, 2006

NJ Politics

• Hidden pay for school superintendents A scathing report on school administrator
  pay released by the SCI details what it calls widespread padding and "manipulation" of
  compensation, costing taxpayers millions in added, and often hidden, costs Star-Ledger 
  NY Times Gannett  Inquirer  Bergen Record  
• Sales and income taxes going up? Hiking the sales tax from 6 percent to 7 percent,
  expanding the sales tax to cover more items, or placing a surcharge on existing income
  taxes are all being considered, say administration sources  Gannett

 NJ Environment

• Enviros: Transit plan encourages sprawl The governor’s plan to borrow billions of
  dollars to pay for transportation projects advances in Legislature after a change is made
  to lift spending limits on new construction. Angry enviros say that encourages sprawl 
  Gannett Bergen Record Star-Ledger Courier Post Courier News
• Ford seeks to switch Ringwood suit to federal court Lawyers for the automaker
  are seeking to have a suit brought by residents of the polluted area moved from state to
  federal court; DEP commissioner visits former dump site and pledges a closer watch
  over latest cleanup under EPA supervision Bergen Record  

PA Politics 

• Jailed for 2 years, Druce is freed Former State Rep. Thomas Druce walks out of
  state prison with $15 in his checking account, $100,000 in debt, his 15-year-old marriage
  nearly dissolved, and his career plans unclear Inquirer

PA Environment

• NRC to discuss Epsilon violations Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet
  with representatives of Epsilon Products Co., a company in Marcus Hook, on March 15,
  to discuss several apparent violations identified during an NRC inspection PA-DEP

• Bird warfare Forget the drama under the Capitol Dome. Nothing much happens there
  anyhow. Instead look atop the Rachel Carson State Office Building, where the DEP resides.
  There, a life-and-death turf war unfolds between a peregrine falcon and a red-tailed hawk
  Doylestown Intelligencer

New York/Nation/World 

• City shifts policy on its upstate water system NY Times

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