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A sampling of top news stories... Friday, May 5, 2006

NJ Politics

• Treasurer sees deeper budget hole, more cuts The state could be short as
  much as half a billion dollars in the coming budget year because income and
  corporate taxes are running behind Star-Ledger Bergen Record Glouco Times Inquirer
   

• UMDNJ hands pink slips to 14 administrative staffers Layoffs will save more
  than $1.8M in combined salary and benefits costs, says spokeswoman; three of the
  furloughed have to be escorted from the building Star-Ledger    

NJ Environment

• State accused of hiding water quality report They issued no press release.
  They didn't post it on the public notice board. But Thursday, on three days notice,
  the state conducted a "public information session" to reveal that 970 bodies of water
  are polluted in one way or another; some enviros says this is how DEP tries to slip
  bad news past the public's radar Courier-Post
   
• Anti-utility merger group presses Corzine Business, consumer, environmental
  and labor groups opposed to the planned merger of PSE&G and Exelon urged Governor
  to help keep the electric utilities from combining Gannett Express-Times

PA Politics 

• Opinion: What up with that Doc probe? Waiting for the results of Democratic City
  Committee's probe into expenditures OKd by treasurer John Dougherty Daily News 

PA Environment

• Rendell signs eminent domain curbs Gov. Rendell signs into law two bills placing
  restrictions on government's use of eminent domain power to seize homes or businesses
  for economic development Daily News

• Waste imports to state show a decline The total amount of waste disposed of in
  PA landfills drops for fourth consecutive year, going from 25.18M tons in 2004 to 24.55M
  tons last year Inquirer  Times Tribune
   

New York/Nation/World  

• NY-DEC wins decision on Adirondack ATV use PostStar
   

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