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PolitickerNJ presents the New Jersey Natural Gas Power List
The POLITICKERNJ.COM POWER LIST 2008 identifies New Jersey’s 100 most politically influential personalities. In developing our list, we eliminated anyone who currently holds elected office, as well as the Judiciary.
http://politickernj.com/editor/21114/politickernjcom-power-list-2008
Time to lay off the corn?
With food prices soaring in the face of a federal mandate to increase production of corn-based ethanol, food producers and retailers yesterday called on Gov. Jon Corzine to petition the federal government to relax the ethanol requirement. (Dunstan McNichol, The Star-Ledger)
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-10/121454137052510.xml&coll=1
Political positioning
When most of his Democratic colleagues endorsed backyard darling Hillary Clinton for president over a year ago, U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman (D-9) cut from the pack and picked Illinoisan underdog Barack Obama. (PolitickerNJ)
http://politickernj.com/max/21130/obama-transition-time-rothman-pushes-hard-chief-staff-run-nj-ops
Considering universal health care
New Jersey took an important step this week toward becoming one of the first states with universal health care when lawmakers approved a bill expanding a health insurance program for low-income families. (Adrienne Lu, Philadelphia Inquirer)
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20080627_N_J__moves_closer_to_universal_health_care.html
Zimmer's break from Congress leaves voters wondering
Twelve years after leaving Congress, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer is an unknown quantity to most New Jersey voters, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll re leased yesterday.
The survey showed four-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) leading Zimmer by 45 percent to 28 percent, with the rest undecided. (Robert Schwaneberg, The Star-Ledger)
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-10/121454139052510.xml&coll=1
Andrews shows strong commitment to transgendered rights
U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews underscored his commitment to civil rights Thursday by convening a hearing to examine job discrimination transgender people face. (Jessica Coomes, Gloucester County Times)
http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/index.ssf?/base/news-3/121455064013970.xml&coll=8
Gun control laws in New Jersey to remain intact
NEWARK — A gun control advocate says New Jersey's tough firearms laws are not threatened by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a handgun ban in the District of Columbia. (Associated Press)
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080626/NEWS/80626035
Gas stations fight back against AG report
UNION — New Jersey gasoline retailers fired back Thursday at state Attorney General Anne Milgram, who had accused hundreds of stations of assorted wrongdoings, including overcharging. (Tom Baldwin, Gannett State Bureau)
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080626/NEWS0301/80626046
NJ transit lead accused of sexual harassment
Five New Jersey Transit police officers, including the agency's first female lieutenant, have filed separate lawsuits over the past year accusing NJ Transit's top cop of harassment, discrimination and retaliation based on race, sex and physical disability.
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-10/121454141952510.xml&coll=1
Fuel prices could change everything
NEWARK — Throw out the planning models, scratch out the economic forecasts and be prepared to start over because the unprecedented rise in fuel costs has changed everything: Where people will live, work, travel and, perhaps, even grow their food. (Michael Daigle, The Daily Record)
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/COMMUNITIES/806270343/1203
Millionaire's amendment struck down
A federal campaign finance law inspired by Jon Corzine that was used against Sen. Frank Lautenberg this spring was struck down Thursday in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito. (Herb Jackson, The Bergen Record)
http://www.northjersey.com/news/njpolitics/21907789.html
Search begins for new superintendent
Paterson – Governor Jon S. Corzine has announced the formation of a search committee for superintendent of Paterson schools and named Dennis Clancy as interim replacement for outgoing Superintendent Michael Glascoe. (The Herald News)
http://www.myheraldnews.com/view.html?type=stories&action=detail&sub_id=37893
Mayor to eliminate prison labor on municipal projects
BRIDGETON – Prison labor doesn't come as cheap as it used to.
This city's mayor said he was told Tuesday that Trenton will no longer allow prison crews to work on municipal jobs unless towns and cities pay for the labor. (John Martins, Press of Atlantic City)
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/186/story/192472.html
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