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NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on a proposal that several governors have put together which would define how hundreds of federal programs could be combined into a handfull of blockgrants. The proposal would limit the funds going directly from Washington to cities.

GOVERNORS: NPR'S JON GREENBERG REPORTS ON THIS WEEK'S MEETING BETWEEN GOP CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND THE NATION'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS.

Theologian HARVEY COX. His new book is "Fire From Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the Twenty-first Century" (Addison-Wesley). It is estimated that by the year 2010, there will be more Pentecostals than all other non-Catholic Christians put together. COX traces the growth of the religion from its origins in a converted stable in Los Angeles in 1906 to its present membership of 410 million worldwide. COX is a professor of divinity at Harvard Divinity School, and the author of "The Secular City."

2: PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR ROBERT P. CASEY. June 14th will be the first anniversary of his "return from the dead." Last year when he was close to death from a fatal liver disease that was destroying his heart, CASEY received a heart and liver transplant. The donor was a young African American man who was savagely beaten by drug dealers. CASEY talks about his second chance at life. And he discusses his views--pre and post-surgery--on political issues of life and death such as abortion and the death penalty.

There will be no arts review. The interview with GOVERNOR ROBERT CASEY will continue.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the work of soprano saxophonist Lol Coxhill. ("Lohl") (The Dunois Solos, Nato re

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