Monday, 2/26/2007 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/117248169291080.xml&coll=2 - Governors of Florida, Mississippi back Alabama’s efforts to lure huge steel manufacturing facility.
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/117248150491080.xml&coll=2 - Legislature to convene today for special session, primarily to provide mechanism for funding huge incentives to lure steel plant to state.
http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/117248142391080.xml&coll=2 - The Birmingham News criticizes State Board of Education for their complaints against interim chancellor.
http://www.al.com/news/press-register/index.ssf?/base/news/1172485058235590.xml&coll=3 - Governor’s commission to implement HAVA lags behind self-imposed schedule.
http://www.al.com/news/press-register/index.ssf?/base/news/1172484997235590.xml&coll=3 - “The Political Skinny,” the Press-Register’s weekly roundup from Mobile, Montgomery and Washington.
http://www.al.com/opinion/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1172485001235700.xml&coll=1 - The Huntsville Times sees interim chancellor as “on the right track.”
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070226/NEWS/702260327/1001 - Hillary Clinton to join Obama for visits to Selma this week.
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070226/NEWS02/702260314/1009 - AP poll shows overwhelming support for ending annual property tax reappraisals.
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070226/OPINION… - The Montgomery Advertiser calls for legislators to set aside political agendas and rivalries as special session begins.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070226/NEWS/702260332/1007/TL02 - Community Action Agencies to seek more money in regular session for anti-poverty programs.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070226/NEWS/702260342/1012/TL05 - The Tuscaloosa News reviews Alabama’s cuts in Bush’s proposed budget, calls for congressional delegation to work to insure funding for needed programs.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070226/NEWS/702260343/1012/TL05 - The Tuscaloosa News praises proposal by Sen. Bradley Byrne (D-Fairhope) to end payday lending in state.
http://www.annistonstar.com/opinion/2007/as-editorials-0226-editorial-7b25w0538.htm - The Anniston Star believes the suggestion to give two-year colleges its own board may be a good one but that it will die in the legislature.
