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Already more than 475 bills, resolutions introduced in 2007 state legislature (Minot Daily News) - BISMARCK — More than 475 bills and resolutions were introduced on the House and Senate Floors combined during the first week and a half of the state’s 60th legislative session.

Hill's Wild Week: Bills Pass, Iraq Debate Flares (NPR) - House Democrats quickly pass bills on such issues as the minimum wage, homeland security, Medicare drug-price negotiations and stem-cell research. But the Senate steals headlines with sharp questions on Iraq.

Hill's Wild Week: Bills Pass, Iraq Debate Flares (NPR) - Weekend Edition Saturday , January 13, 2007 · What do you get when you have a new Congress, a defensive president, and a war going badly? Four bills, two veto threats, one White House speech and testimony from a couple of Cabinet officials on Capitol Hill.

First-half tax bills to have a different look (The Ironton Tribune) - Lawrence County property owners will soon be getting their first-half-year tax bills in the mail and those bi-annual bills will no doubt look a lot different.

Parkland boy steals neighbor's identity to pay $1,100 in bills (Sun-Sentinel) - PARKLAND -- When a ninth-grader from American Heritage High School needed money to pay his cell phone and credit card bills, investigators say he turned to a neighbor for cash.

Taxpayers paid for nearly all of CIETC's legal bills (WOI-TV Des Moines) - DES MOINES, Iowa Taxpayers paid for almost all the legal fees last year from a Des Moines job agency battling the fallout of a salary scandal. Detailed legal bills were released today for the Central Iowa Employment and Training Consortium.

Legislation May Lower Cell Phone Bills (WESH via Yahoo! News) - Florida cell phone users may soon save some money on their bills.

Tories must pay ex-candidate's bills (The Ottawa Sun) - Sat, January 13, 2007 Tories must pay ex-candidate's bills By MEGAN GILLIS, OTTAWA SUN Despite Tory denials, the party did agree to pay a former Ottawa South candidate's expenses after he made way for a star candidate, a judge ruled yesterday. Justice Denis Power ruled that the Conservative Party of Canada entered a binding agreement with Alan Riddell. He ruled the party agreed to pay Riddell's ...

Legislative session sees few bills on immigration (The Morning News) - Lawmakers have filed few bills regarding illegal immigration despite the issue's high profile during the 2006 general election.

Bills Target Lobbying, Germs (The Morning News) - LITTLE ROCK -- Measures to bar ex-legislators from going straight into lobbying, protect shoppers from germs and expand drug court programs were among the bills filed Friday for the legislative session that begins Monday.