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A sampling of top news stories... Tuesday March 21, 2006
NJ Politics
Corzine to ask for state's
first $30B budget
Gov. Jon Corzine today will propose a state
budget that tops the $30 billion mark for the first time, increase the sales tax
and place new or
higher taxes on cigarettes, alcohol, luxury cars and municipal drinking water
Star-Ledger
Inquirer
AC
Press
Gannett
Glouco Times
> Rebates, taxes both rising
Bergen Record
Transport fund to
survive, without cap
The controversial plan to raise $8B over
the next five
years for highway, bridge and mass transit projects is approved by the state
Senate, but not before
some last-minute jostling over anti-sprawl language that had been pulled from
the bill
Star-Ledger
NY
Times
Inquirer
NJ Environment
PA Politics
So hard to
say, 'It's time to resign'
Most Philadelphia Council members want Rick Mariano
to quit his seat, but he's entitled to it until his July 6 sentencing date
Inquirer
PA Environment
Bottled vs.
tap: A challenge to tell them apart
An activist group,
worried that water is being transformed
into a profit-driven commodity, is putting Philadelphia's water up against
major bottled brands - some of which
are merely filtered tap water - in a blind taste test
Inquirer
Hearing set on
contamination at former scrap metal site
DEP invites residents to
comment on the
proposed investigation of the former Everglade Iron & Steel Co. site in
Hempfield Township, Westmoreland
County
PA-DEP
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