WedPay.com Web News Archive

Bills want R.I. drivers to hang up their cell phones (The Providence Journal) - Amid growing reports nationwide of fatal car accidents tied to cell phone use, Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a pair of bills that would ban hand-held mobile telephones and prohibit text messaging while driving.

Phenix City Residents Not Paying Sewer Bills Could Soon Be Turned Off (WSFA 12 Montgomery) - People in one Phenix City subdivision could soon see their sewer system turned off after they have not paid their bills in several months and some even years.  The Utilities Department says the outstanding sewer bills in the Ridgebrook subdivision are hundreds of dollars in the red.

Dawasco too harsh on water bills - minister (IPP Media) - Water minister Shukuru Kawambwa has faulted the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Corporation (Dawasco) for uprooting water pipes to make its customers pay their bills.

Lawmakers Consider Boating Safety Bills (WCSH 6 Portland) - AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- The bills were prompted, at least in part, by a crash involving a high powered speed boat on Long Lake last summer that left two people dead.

Bruce Chides Colleagues For Stamping Bills With Emergency Status (KMGH 7 Denver) - Newly appointed Republican state Rep. Douglas Bruce has chided his colleagues, saying they're misleading the public by stamping bills with emergency status.

General Assembly focuses on several animal bills (WDBJ 7 Roanoke) - The General Assembly is going to the dogs, cats, and chickens. Top lawmakers are pushing bills this year that crack down on animal fighting. Dogfighting in Virginia is a felony, but it still happens. Fighting cocks in Virginia is not a crime unless gambling is involved.

Bruce chides colleagues for stamping bills with emergency status (KJCT 8 Grand Junction) - DENVER (AP) - Newly appointed Republican state Representative Douglas Bruce has chided his colleagues, saying they're misleading the public by stamping bills with emergency status.

City approves lowering wastewater bills (The Pekin Daily Times) - Times staff writer PEKIN - The Pekin City Council Monday reversed its position on discounting some wastewater bills for residents who watered their lawns during the warm month of October.

Residents: Pinckneyville Gas Bills Too High, Too Fast (Du Quoin Evening Call) - After months of warning from Pinckneyville city council members that natural gas and water bills in the city would go up, Pinckneyville residents on Monday told the council that the rate increase was too much too soon.

State to weigh Bryant bid to use campaign cash for legal bills (Asbury Park Press) - State election law officials today will consider whether former state Sen. Wayne Bryant can use his campaign cash to pay legal bills stemming from his indictment on federal corruption charges.