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Assembly speaker tries to get abortion issue on November ballot By John P. Mcalpin, Associated Press, 11/29/2001 14:52 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) New Jersey voters might get their say next November on a plan that could require parents be notified before their underage daughter gets an abortion. Outgoing Assembly Speaker Jack Collins, R-Salem, is trying to force the parental notification measure through the lame duck Legislature. Lawyers are screening state laws to see if a vote in December and then another in January meet a requirement that gets the constitutional amendment before voters in the next general election. Collins vowed Thursday ...

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<p>Links are maintained to many newspaper articles.</p> <p>Copies of the Special Counsel letters (1997 and 1998) outlining breaches of ethical conduct are available to be read online. GIF copies of these letters are also posted.</p>

<p>May 22, 2003 -- Soon after Acting New Jersey Gov. Donald DiFrancesco left office early last year, he joined the board of directors of a bank that got his help while he was still in office.</p> <p>In one of his last acts in office, DiFrancesco signed legislation giving the Burlington County Bridge Commission, which operates two Delaware River toll bridges, the power to issue bonds for other government entities.</p>

<p>The Pilgrims and the Mayflower also are excluded, as well as the word "war," which has been replaced with "conflict" in lessons about the early settlers, colonization and expansion.</p> <p>Also gone are most references to the inhumane treatment many American soldiers endured in wars overseas during the 20th century. However, the standards specifically note that students should identify slavery, the Holocaust and modern Iraq as examples "i n which people have behaved in cruel and inhumane ways."</p>