News Round-up for Wednesday, April 26

by: Sharon GR

Wed Apr 26, 2006 at 11:26:30 AM EDT

• UMDNJ is eliminating about 20 management jobs in a move to restructure its administration. A new CFO is also on the horizon for the scandal-ridden school.
• The State Supreme Court will hear arugements next week about funding for the Abbot school districts. The proposed state budget keeps funding flat for the "special needs" districts, but the districts themselves state that this would mean strong cuts for them. Newark filed its own separate appeal as well.
• During a budget hearing, Assemblyman William Payne yesterday questioned the lack of diversity in the state's DOT in executive positions . Payne advised the state transportation commissioner, Kris Kolluri, that employees in different departments have complained to him.
• A report being released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation about states' access to health care shows that residents of Our Fair State are above the national averages of uninsured adults being unable to receive certain health care services.
• Absentee ballots have changed the initial results in the recent Atlantic City school board race. Challenges and recount requests are, of course, being filed.
• Human remains found in a Bucks Co. PA landfill are believed to be those of John Fiocco Jr., the TCNJ student who went missing a month ago. State police are holding a press conference this morning and are expected to confirm reports.
• Today is Governor Corzine's 100th day in office, and the honeymoon is over. The Quinnipiac poll numbers show that the governor's approval rating is down to 35%, but 87% acknowledge that the governor inhereted the budget mess.