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Maryland House Advances Bills Ahead of Key Senate Deadline (Washington Post) - The Maryland House of Delegates advanced bills yesterday to overhaul the state's voting machinery and procedures, ban a potentially dangerous chemical from plastic baby bottles and increase slot machine proceeds going to racing purses as delegates rushed to meet a key deadline tomorrow for sendin...

Kaine Vetoes Bills to Expand Death Penalty (Washington Post) - RICHMOND, March 27 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine vetoed several bills Friday, including those that would have expanded the death penalty to criminals who assist in murders or who kill fire marshals or auxiliary police officers.

Va.’s Kaine vetoes gun bills, death penalty expansions (The Washington DC Examiner) - Gov. Tim Kaine has rejected a handful of bills that would have loosened Virginia’s gun control laws and broadened use of the death penalty.

Election bills die in legislative session (Santa Fe New Mexican) - Two bills pertaining to elections — which for a few moments appeared to have legs in the recently concluded 2009 state Legislature — ultimately failed to make it out of the session.

Internet rumors are news to (still living) Bills owner (The Buffalo News) - A rumor buzzing about the Internet Friday night claimed Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. had passed away.

Veterans can show support for 10 important bills (The Conroe Courier) - On March 4, the House Veterans’ Affairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee, led by Chairwoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., held a hearing to review 10 bills to improve services and benefits for veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Council tax bills have increased four times faster than inflation in ten years (Daily Telegraph) - Council tax bills have increased almost four times faster than inflation over the past decade according to new figures.

Abortion bills struggle in House (Billings Gazette) - HELENA - Four abortion bills - representing the last of the legislation dealing with the divisive issue of when life begins - deadlocked in committee Friday, triggering plans to blast them out to the House floor.

Legislators introduce bills to help expansion (Times Herald) - Local legislators introduced a package of bills this week in Lansing designed to create oversight and mitigate the affect of the Blue Water Bridge Plaza expansion.

Bills aim to better senior care (York Daily Record) - After some shocking revelations of mistreatment at long-term care homes in recent years, lawmakers are eyeing bills aimed at protecting seniors and helping their families obtain information about homes.