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Sunday 7/22/2007 DAILY NEWS DIGEST

Posted by G, on July 22nd, 2007, at 8:40 am

Birmingham News – Rising insurance and retirement benefits threatens state’s budgets.

Birmingham News – Robin DeMonia calls for Governor to delay planned execution and order DNA testing.

Birmingham News – The Birmingham News views ADEM’s attendance at ballgame as guest of Alabama Power Company as highlighting “a terrible element in Alabama’s ethics law.”

Birmingham News – The Birmingham News welcomes increase in funding for drug and alcohol treatment, but cautions that it “falls short of the need.”

Mobile Press-Register – Chief Justice calls for judicial reform.

Mobile Press-Register – Pool repairs at Governor’s Mansion costs taxpayers $75,000.

Mobile Press-Register – Press-Register calls for increased disclosure by lobbyists and prohibition of PAC-to-PAC transfers.

Huntsville Times – The Huntsville Times questions whether Democratic senators can “make nice.”

Montgomery Advertiser – The Montgomery Advertiser praises new budget plan for state prisons, but warns elected must devise a plan to deal with chronic funding problems.

Tuscaloosa News – “Alabama Exposure,” Dana Beyerle’s weekly political roundup for readers of the NYTimes regional papers/

Gadsden Times – Interagency contracts not going to Legislative Contract Review Committee as promised.

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