Rutgers University

CABLEVISION'S UNWILLINGNESS TO SHOW RUTGERS GAME
THROWING CUSTOMERS FOR A LOSS
Assemblyman Questions Where Company's Loyalties Lie:
With Fans and Subscribers or Its Own Bottom Line

(NEWARK) -- Frustrated by Cablevision's posturing with the NFL Network over the broadcasting of Rutgers' December 28 Texas Bowl game against Kansas State, Assemblyman Wilfredo Caraballo said the company's continued intransigence may lead him to ask for legislative hearings into its "habitual anti-New Jersey sports-fan business decisions."

LANDMARK STEM CELL RESEARCH BILL
SIGNED INTO LAW
Invests $270 Million in Cutting-Edge Research,
Enhances State's International Reputation in Scientific Field

(TRENTON) -- Governor Jon S. Corzine today signed into law landmark legislation that appropriates $270 million to build stem cell and biomedical research centers in New Jersey's northern, central and southern regions, reinforcing the state’s national status as a leader in the promising field of stem-cell research.

ASSEMBLY PASSES LANDMARK
STEM CELL RESEARCH BILL
Bill Would Invest $270 Million in Cutting-Edge Research,
Enhance State's Image as International Reputation in Scientific Field

(TRENTON) -- The Assembly today passed landmark legislation that would direct $270 million to build stem cell and biomedical research centers in New Jersey's northern, central and southern regions and reinforce the state's national status as a leader in the promising field of stem-cell research.

CODEY BILL TO FUND WORLD-CLASS STEM CELL INSTITUTE HEADED TO GOVERNOR'S DESK

TRENTON -- In a move that could position New Jersey as a leader in stem cell research, both houses of the legislature gave final approval to a bill sponsored by Senate President Richard J. Codey (D-Essex) to fund a world-class stem cell institute and several other supporting research facilities throughout the state.

HANDLIN: LATEST BUSINESS OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR NJ

NEW JERSEY NEEDS TO DO MORE TO MAKE STATE ATTRACTIVE FOR BUSINESS AND JOB DEVELOPMENT

Responding to today's release of the annual New Jersey Business & Industry Association's "Business Outlook" report, Assemblywoman Amy Handlin called on Governor Corzine and the Democrat leadership in the Legislature to begin looking at ways that the state can improve what has been a steadily deteriorating business climate.

ROBERTS PUTS HIS SCARLET KNIGHT PRIDE
ON THE LINE
Assembly Speaker, Kentucky House Speaker Make Jersey-Blueberries-for-Country-Ham Wager
On Tonight's Rutgers-Louisville Game

(TRENTON) -- Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr., put his Rutgers pride on the betting line in advance of tonight's highly anticipated game between the Scarlet Knights and the University of Louisville Cardinals, placing a gentlemen's wager with Jody Richards, Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives.

BURZICHELLI: RUTGERS PAINTING THE STATE SCARLET
As Scarlet Knights Prepare for Biggest Home Football Game in Nearly 140 Years,
Pride in State's Largest University Swelling

(PAULSBORO) – On the eve of what he termed "the second-most-important home game in school history," Assemblyman John Burzichelli today praised Rutgers University officials for their foresight in not pulling the school's football program out of the highest level of NCAA competition in 2003.

CHATZIDAKIS-BODINE BILL FOR
COST SAVING STATE LANDSCAPING ADVANCES

Legislation sponsored by Assemblymen Larry Chatzidakis and Francis Bodine, which requires State landscaping projects to use low maintenance landscaping design and grasses, was released today by the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee.

CORODEMUS AND BECK INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REPEAL SALES TAX EXPANSION

WOULD ELIMINATE EXPANSION OF SALES TAX TO GYM MEMBERSHIPS, PARKING, STORAGE, AND OTHER SERVICES

LANDMARK STEM CELL RESEARCH BILL CLEARS FINAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE HURDLE

(TRENTON) - The Assembly Appropriations Committee today released legislation that would direct $270 million in unused bonding capacity to be utilized to fund stem-cell research facilities and other biomedical facilities.