Friday 9/15/2006 DAILY NEWS DIGEST

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1158312008140400.xml&coll=2 – Baxley hammers Riley on annual property tax appraisals.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1158311981140400.xml&coll=2 – Former Christian Coalition of Alabama announces new name.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1158312649140400.xml&coll=2 – Alabama advocates, Sen. Sessions push effort to change way federal AIDS funds are distributed.

http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/business/1158312642140400.xml&coll=2 – Birmingham call center announces layoffs of 202 employees.

http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1158312352140420.xml&coll=3 – Department of Post-Secondary Education send results of internal investigation of improprieties at Bishop State to attorney general’s office.

http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1158312413140420.xml&coll=3 – Article offers an analysis of Baxley’s 2002 campaign platform.

http://www.al.com/opinion/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1158311928140410.xml&coll=1 – The Huntsville Times editorial calls for careful review – and improvement – of bills proposed by Senate pro tem Lowell Barron to limit predatory lending.

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060915/delay.shtml – State Board of Education delays consideration of new nepotism policy.

http://www.gadsdentimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060915/NEWS/609150315/1137/NEWS – Attorney General office confirms that it has issued seven subpoenas for information related to Secretary of State Nancy Worley.

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060915/OPINION01/609150310/1012/OPINION – The Montgomery Advertiser calls for the resignation of PSC President Jim Sullivan.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060915/NEWS/609150329/1012/editorial1 – The Tuscaloosa News offers an analysis of the GOP’s Handshake with Alabama and finds it “not much better than Democrats’."

http://www.thedailysentinel.com/story.lasso?ewcd=427e1b9808765d6c – Sen. Barron tells hometown newspaper that proposal to address predatory lending is “not about politics.”

http://www.annistonstar.com/opinion/2006/as-editorials-0915-0-6i14×1739.htm – Editorial against ‘community service grants’ hopes state Supreme Court will put hold on money until their constitutionality is decided.