TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

REFORM: Initiative and Referendum, Term Limits, Campaign Finance, Redistricting

• TX: Group focuses on city charter review (Houston Chronicle) "We're trying to get the councilmen and the mayor to respond to the people," Pruitt said.
• MI: Reform package may aid Dems - State party wants petition on ballot to overhaul Legislature; GOP say it's power play. (Detroit News)
• NY: Gov. Paterson: The first 100 days (Poughkeepsie Journal) Short on political reform