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Gov. Lingle Vetoes 27 Bills (KITV TheHawaiiChannel.com via Yahoo! News) - Gov. Linda Lingle vetoed 27 bills on Tuesday passed by this year's Legislature.

Colo. OKs toughest U.S. immigration bills (AP via Yahoo! News) - Colorado lawmakers ended a five-day special session on illegal immigration with a resounding approval of several bills that Democrats call the toughest in the nation and Republicans say don't go far enough.

Pakistani c.bank to sell T-bills in 8-day repo (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - KARACHI, July 12 (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank said it would sell Treasury bills to commercial banks on Wednesday in an eight-day repo operation to mop up funds from the money market.

Treasury bills mixed in weekly auction (Sioux City Journal) - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction, with rates on three-month bills declining while rates on six-month bills rose.

Group of Vietnamese people arrested for dodging bills (The Jakarta Post) - Immigration officials in Jayapura, Papua, have detained 19 Vietnamese nationals for failing to pay their hotel bills and their meals at nearby food stalls, an official said Tuesday.

Illegal immigration bills passed in Colo. (AP via Yahoo! News) - State lawmakers approved a measure late Monday that would force a million people receiving state or federal aid to verify their citizenship, part of a package of bills dealing with illegal immigration that Democrats called the toughest in the nation.

Lingle vetoes 27 bills (Honolulu Advertiser) - Gov. Linda Lingle vetoed 27 bills this morning, including unemployment insurance, workers' compensation and prevailing wage bills that were important to labor unions.

Colo. OKs Toughest U.S. Immigration Bills (ABC News) - Colorado Lawmakers Pass `toughest in Nation' Bills on Illegal Immigration

Gov. Lingle Vetoes 27 Bills (The Hawaii Channel) - HONOLULU -- Gov. Linda Lingle vetoed 27 bills on Tuesday passed by this year's Legislature. That means the measures are dead for at least this year because the House and Senate both said they will not call for a special session to override her vetoes.

Lawmakers pass 'toughest' bills on illegal immigration (Summit Daily News) - DENVER - State lawmakers adjourned their five-day special session late Monday after approving the last of a bipartisan package of bills Democrats called the toughest in the nation in dealing with illegal immigration.