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Byline: Brian Hallenbeck Jun. 17--NEW LONDON -- An inveterate concert-goer, Jason Sattler is tired of paying the hidden 'junk' fees that often inflate ticket prices. He's no fan of Ticketmaster. [...]

Byline: Alexander Shur May 16Assistant district attorneys and public defenders would receive a $36 starting hourly wage under Republicans' plan approved Tuesday, $1 more than the minimum wage Democratic Gov. [...]

Byline: Alexander Shur Apr. 19The Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday approved bills increasing reckless driving penalties and allowing people who sue to obtain public records to have their attorneys fees reimbursed [...]

Byline: Brad Dokken Apr. 13BISMARCK A House-Senate conference committee in the North Dakota Legislature is scheduled to tackle differences over a bill that would revamp fees and policies for fishing [...]

Byline: Brad Dokken Mar. 10Politics has never been Geremy Olson's aspiration, but the Washburn, North Dakota, fishing enthusiast has found himself immersed in the process during the current session of [...]

Byline: Randy Billings Mar. 9A bill sponsored by a South Portland Democrat to allow Maine municipalities to assess fees on vacant second homes was rejected by the House of Representatives [...]

Byline: James Mayse Mar. 8A bill that would give Daviess County a second family court judge has passed the House and is awaiting action in the state Senate. House Bill [...]

Byline: Chris Brennan Jun. 4With two members of Philadelphia City Council under federal indictment in separate cases, Clout is certain the tabs for defense attorneys are hefty and growing. Let's [...]

Byline: Riley Vetterkind Apr. 2Gov. Tony Evers is asking former President Donald Trump and a GOP official who filed lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's presidential election results to pay at least $250,000 [...]

Byline: Riley Vetterkind Apr. 1Gov. Tony Evers is asking former President Donald Trump and a GOP official who filed lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's presidential election results to pay at least $250,000 [...]

Byline: James Mayse Apr. 1The bill that would have made Daviess County's second Family Court judge position permanent perished Tuesday night on the General Assembly's last day of work for [...]

Byline: Sarah Seifert Apr. 1EAU CLAIRE The UW-Eau Claire student body will vote in April on whether to add a new student fee of up to $90 per semester to [...]

Byline: David Beard Mar. 30MORGANTOWN The House of Delegates passed its version of the personal income tax reduction and elimination plan Monday and sent it to the Senate. The House [...]

Byline: Tom Coulter Feb. 3CHEYENNE The Wyoming House of Representatives gave initial approval Tuesday to legislation that would raise a wide range of agency fees, some of which haven't been [...]

Byline: Hannah Black Jan. 30CHEYENNE The Wyoming Senate on Thursday sent a bill to the Judiciary Committee that would require a defendant facing animal cruelty charges to pay reasonable costs [...]

Byline: Betsy Bloom Dec. 09--A La Crosse County supervisor wants a public vote on whether the county should have a $20 annual vehicle registration fee, even though there's no move [...]

Byline: Laura A. Bischoff and Chris Stewart Nov. 08--Lunch for Ohio Democrats holding statewide elected office requires only a table for two: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and state Supreme Court [...]

Byline: Craig R. McCoy and Angela Couloumbis Oct. 26--HARRISBURG -- Taking a hard line, Democratic leaders in the state House have decided not to pay legal bills for four Philadelphia [...]

Byline: Kevin Miller Aug. 30--A judge has ordered Portland to reimburse Friends of Congress Square Park more than $50,000 in legal fees incurred during the group's successful legal battle involving [...]

Byline: Rochelle Moore May 29--Legislation that could remove privilege license taxes from cities across North Carolina is moving through the Senate with the potential of a Senate vote Thursday. If [...]

Byline: Brad Bumsted Jan. 27--HARRISBURG -- Conservative activist Bob Guzzardi and Republican Gov. Tom Corbett agree on several issues, but Guzzardi sharply criticizes the incumbent on two of the largest [...]

Byline: Stevie Mathieu Sept. 03--Despite many legislators' public aversion to raising taxes and fees this year, Washington lawmakers proposed more than 180 bills to do just that, according to information [...]

Byline: Becky Orr Jan. 25--CHEYENNE -- A state legislator asked his colleagues Thursday to help pay possible legal fees for Wyoming's top K-12 education leader, whose authority may soon be [...]

Dec. 05--Thanks to the gerrymandering that was done earlier this year by the General Assembly, the Legislative Research Commission was hit with a $186,000 legal bill. But do you think [...]

Byline: Chelyen Davis Oct. 07--Defense contractors have a difficult decision to make in the coming weeks. Should they go ahead and warn workers they might be laid off if Congress [...]

Byline: Craig R. Mccoy Sept. 30--Former State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo was charged with spending 'other people's money' when he went on trial in 2008 on corruption charges. He found [...]

Byline: Brad Bumsted Aug. 19--HARRISBURG -- House Republicans and Democrats convicted of defrauding taxpayers walked away with almost $1 million after withdrawing their contributions to the state retirement system, documents [...]

Byline: Brad Bumsted July 12--HARRISBURG -- The state attorney general's investigation of legislative corruption that began in 2007 found no substantial evidence of wrongdoing among Senate Republicans, sources close to [...]

Byline: Craig R. Mccoy July 04--For the first time, a judge has ordered a Pennsylvania politician convicted of corruption to pay back to taxpayers the money put up for legal [...]

June 01--Nearly $1 million and counting. That's the cost to Wisconsin taxpayers for legal bills racked up defending new election maps. And the price tag could increase to $1.6 million [...]

Byline: Raed Omari May 21--AMMAN -- The Lower House on Sunday passed the 2012 draft law governing the projected constitutional court, whose establishment is stipulated in Article 58 of the [...]

Byline: Paula Reed Ward May 10--The government is seeking more than $1.5 million in reimbursement for the legal expenses paid by the Senate on behalf of state Sen. Jane C. [...]

Byline: Raed Omari March 05--AMMAN -- An overwhelming majority of MPs on Sunday voted for referring the draft law governing the projected constitutional court to the Lower House Legal Committee [...]

Byline: Paula Reed Ward Sept. 09--The Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus paid $1.2 million in legal fees relating to alleged criminal activity by Jane Orie prior to her being criminally charged [...]

Byline: Bobby Kerlik Sept. 09--Taxpayers on the hook for $12.5 million in legal fees for the Bonusgate investigation shelled out an additional $1.2 million related to the defense of state [...]

Byline: Tom Humphrey May 18--NASHVILLE -- A bill that calls for revoking the driver's licenses of those who fail to pay court costs or fines on time won approval of [...]

Byline: Betsy Z. Russell April 07--BOISE -- Idaho lawmakers rushed through a bill to pay $100,000 to the Idaho Republican Party -- to which 81 percent of them belong -- [...]

Byline: Jodi Weigand Nov. 17--Gov. Ed Rendell likely will sign legislation ensuring Duquesne high school students can continue to attend classes in the East Allegheny and West Mifflin districts as [...]

Byline: Chelyen Davis Feb. 11--Bill to raise fees for suits advances RICHMOND -- The Senate Finance Committee has approved Sen. Richard Stuart's bill to increase court fees to raise revenue [...]

Byline: Brad Bumsted Aug. 13--HARRISBURG -- Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett's investigation of bonuses paid to legislative staffers who might have done political work has become 'a joke,' a GOP [...]

Byline: Brad Bumsted Feb. 20--HARRISBURG -- When the next criminal charges come in a public corruption investigation of the Legislature, they will 'shock the conscience of people' because of the [...]