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                                         Thursday November 16, 2006
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NJ Politics 

• Troopers to play role in fighting corruption NJ's attorney general announces a new plan
  to enlist state troopers in his drive to root out corrupt public officials  Bergen Record Star-Ledger
   

• Tax-cut panels unveil long-awaited reforms The battle to rein in NJ's highest-in-the-nation
  property taxes now shifts to Gov. Jon Corzine and Democratic legislative leaders after four
  legislative committees yesterday recommended 98 ideas for change. But the effort to convert
  the broad reforms into specific programs for tax relief is far from over Star-Ledger  NY Times   
  > Proposal would limit lawmakers to 1 job Glouco Times                                   

NJ Environment       

• Corzine administration kills plan for bear hunt Unless Commissioner Lisa Jackson’s
  decision is overturned by the courts, it will stand for 2006 Courier Post Star-Ledger AP 

• Activists looking for open space protection With the state fund for preserving open space
  and combating sprawl set to run dry in months, environmental groups call for a 2007 bond issue
  dedicating at least $3.2B over the next decade for preservation Today's Sunbeam
   > Editorial: Greens should get real Star-Ledger  

PA Politics

• John Dougherty's home searched in federal probe Federal agents executed a search
  warrant at the home of Philadelphia labor union leader John J. Dougherty  as part of their
  tax-fraud investigation into a local electrical contractor, sources said Inquirer

PA Environment    

• IRRC OKs state-specific mercury plan Pennsylvania’s Independent Regulatory Review
  Commission approves a plan to cut toxic mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants by
  90 percent by 2015. The state plan would supersede a weaker federal EPA rule PA-DEP
        

• Couple injured in deer attack PA game officials are investigating the apparently unprovoked
  attack by a male white-tailed deer on two residents in Clintondale, Clinton County
  PA Game Commission

New York/Nation/World  
 

• NYC councilmen, other officials to get pay raise NY Times
• Coordination speed progress at Ground Zero NY Times
• U.S. backs record on environment AP

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