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Friday 12/14/2007 DAILY NEWS DIGEST

Posted by G, on December 14th, 2007, at 6:00 am

Birmingham News – Environmental Management Commission member seeks more answers about ADEM plane.

Birmingham News – Expenses for $1 billion bond issue sale set at $384,000.

Huntsville Times – Huntsville auto supplier announces layoff of 200 or more due to slow orders from Chrysler.

Montgomery Advertiser – State Board of Education sets policy requiring background checks of current and potential employees of postsecondary system.

Montgomery Advertiser – Continuing battle over congressional reauthorization of SCHIP threatens All Kids program.

Montgomery Advertiser – The Montgomery Advertiser finds the proposal by Sen. Hank Erwin (R-Montevallo) to allow some college students to carry weapons on campus to be near the top of “all-time list of really bad ideas.”

Tuscaloosa News – College administrators raise concerns over proposal to allow students to carry weapons on campus.

Tuscaloosa News – Boeing expects to base most of the work on new guidance system development in Huntsville.

Tuscaloosa News – Vanity Fair to bring 200 new jobs to Monroeville.

Daily Home – The Daily Home calls for compromise to salvage SCHIP reauthorization.

News link – AT&T lands $148 million contract with State of Alabama.

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