Archives for February 2006
School board hopefuls make candidacies official
Published on 28 Feb 2006 at 8:59 am.
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Courier News Online Candidates wanting to run for a seat on their local school board filed their paperwork Monday to run in the April 18 election.
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Assemblyman wants driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
Published on 24 Feb 2006 at 10:24 am.
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By BONNIE PFISTER TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey assemblyman is pushing to create a “driving privilege” card that would allow undocumented immigrants to motor legally on New Jersey roads.
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2005 New Jersey Report Card
Published on 23 Feb 2006 at 9:48 am.
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Every year, New Jersey publishes reams of data about public schools. This is part of The Star-Ledger’s effort to help you make sense of it all.
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Moody?s Cuts N. Plainfield?s Bond Rating
Published on 20 Feb 2006 at 9:45 am.
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Company blames reduction from A3 to A2 on borough?s lack of financial flexibility. By Cathy Bugman Star-Ledger Staff Moody?s Investors Service has down-graded North Plainfield?s long-term general obligation bond rating a notch, but officials of the borough and Moody?s are cautioning taxpayers not to be alarmed.
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Governor to push global warming fight
Published on 17 Feb 2006 at 10:51 am.
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Mark Martin San Francisco Chronicle Sacramento — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration is expected this month to release a plan to combat global warming that recommends raising petroleum prices and requiring industries to report, for the first time, their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Critics slam Cheney’s interview choice
Published on 16 Feb 2006 at 1:57 pm.
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Matea Gold, Los Angeles Times New York — For days, the White House news corps has pounded the Bush administration, demanding to learn more about Vice President Dick Cheney’s accidental shooting of a hunting companion Saturday.
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DEMS UNVEIL ’08 MESSAGE: ‘YOU’RE FAT!’
Published on 14 Feb 2006 at 9:10 am.
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The Drudge Report THE DRUDGE REPORT has obtained an email sent Monday evening by Democratic National Committee (DNC) research director Devorah Adler that contains ten opposition research packets on potential 2008 GOP presidential contenders.
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Developer’s 175-unit housing plan raises concerns in Tewksbury
Published on 10 Feb 2006 at 7:27 am.
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BY NYIER ABDOU Star-Ledger Staff A plan for a 175-unit, predominantly age-restricted development in Tewksbury has aroused interest among residents concerned with overdevelopment of a 121-acre parcel of farmland south of Route 78 at Oldwick Road.
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KING FUNERAL TURNS POLITICAL: BUSH BASHED BY FORMER PRESIDENT, REVEREND
Published on 8 Feb 2006 at 5:25 am.
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Drudge Report Today’s memorial service for civil rights activist Coretta Scott King — billed as a “celebration” of her life — turned suddenly political as one former president took a swipe at the current president, who was also lashed by an outspoken black pastor!
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McCain mocks Obama
Published on 7 Feb 2006 at 1:29 pm.
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BY LYNN SWEET Sun-Times Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) received a dressing down Monday from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who accused the freshman of using the ethics reform issue for “self-interested partisan posturing.”