Drug plan vow may prove hard to keep (The Monterey County Herald)
It sounded simple enough on the campaign trail: Free the government to negotiate lower drug prices and use the savings to plug a big gap in Medicare's new prescription-drug benefit. But as Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, they are struggling to keep that promise without wrecking a program that has proven cheaper and more popular than anyone imagined.

Volunteers needed for tax filing program (Poughkeepsie Journal)
AARP Tax-Aide, the nation's largest, free, volunteer-run tax counseling and preparation service, is looking for volunteers for either tax counseling and/or leadership positions.

Medicare has pull (Bradenton Herald)
With millions of seniors facing premium hikes for their Medicare prescription plans, Democrats say they have a solution: Use the government's massive buying power to bargain for rock-bottom drug prices. The Department of Veterans Affairs does it for 5 million patients, they point out, so why not Medicare with its 43 million?