Pennsylvania

LACKAWANNA CUT-OFF BILL ROLLING FORWARD

Legislation Sponsored by Senate Republican Budget Officer Robert E. Littell (R-Sussex/Morris/Hunterdon) calling for the reactivation of the “Lackawanna Cutoff passenger rail line in northwestern New Jersey passed the full Senate today.

PAMELA FISCHER APPOINTED
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY DIVISION DIRECTOR

TRENTON – Governor Jon S. Corzine today announced the appointment of Pamela S. Fischer as the new director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety.

LACKAWANNA CUT RESOLUTION ROLLS FORWARD
Restoration of Historic Rail Line will Reduce Congestion & Improve the Environment

Legislation sponsored by Senator Robert E. Littell (R-Sussex/Morris/Hunterdon) urging the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Federal Transit Administration and the New Jersey Transit Corporation to work together to restore rail passenger service on the dormant Lackawanna Cut-Off rail line from Port Morris, New Jersey, to Scranton, Pennsylvania was favorably released from the Senate Transportation Committee. Passenger service on the rail line ended in 1970.

KEAN SAYS PROPOSED NJ TRANSIT FARE HIKE
YET ANOTHER HIT ON RESIDENT'S WALLETS

With the head of New Jersey Transit calling for a 10 percent fare hike for both bus and rail transportation, Assemblyman Sean Kean said today it's unfathomable that another state agency is looking to pick the pockets of New Jersey residents.

MEASURE TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIN OF RESPONDERS
WHO DIE FROM 9/11-RELATED ILLNESSES BECOMES LAW

(TRENTON) -- Legislation Assembly members Pamela R. Lampitt, Fred Scalera, Mike Panter, and Patrick J. Diegnan sponsored to provide college scholarships to surviving family members of New Jerseyans who die from illnesses caused by exposure to the 9/11 terrorist attack sites has been signed into law by Governor Jon S. Corzine.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...

Words are cheap
Editorial, Trenton Times, January 11, 2007

It's time for action. If Gov. Jon Corzine's State of the State address Tuesday sounded familiar, it's because it was. Starting last year when he was sworn in as New Jersey's chief executive and last summer during the budget showdown with the Legislature, Gov. Corzine has proven he can frame the issue. And the issue is that the state's taxpayers, who pay the highest property taxes in the nation, need relief and they need it now.