Friday 12/28/2007 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
Birmingham News - Latest population figures show Alabama unlikely to lose U.S. House seat after 2010 census.
Birmingham News - Traffic deaths at four-year low.
Mobile Press-Register - Press-Register comments on recent ranking that determined Alabama was among the least “green” state in nation.
Montgomery Advertiser - Life at Alabama’s Holman Prison depicted on MSNBC television series.
Montgomery Advertiser - The Montgomery Advertiser contends that recent guilty pleas may indicate that long-running corruption probe of community college system may be nearing its end.
Tuscaloosa News - Public health officials push smoking-cessation program.
Daily Home - The Daily Home sees the creation, by congressmen, of political action committees is a “sign of a broken political system, where congressmen have to raise money to buy their way into leadership posts.”
Washington Post - GAO upholds portion of protest by Birmingham-based Pemco against Air Force contract with rival Boeing.
News link - Alabama-Louisiana senate battle underway over Katrina relief and flood-insurance premiums.
News link - Alabama Constitution Party endorses Ron Paul for president.
Vitter and Landrieu should add a rider to their bill for a building at UA with Shelby’s name on it.
This is another reason why Mobile County should ask Mississippi to take them over, and Baldwin County goes to Florida.
Comment by Willie — December 28, 2007 @ 8:29 am
G, thanks for pointing me to Third Party Watch, interesting site and much better than what I found so far.
Wonder if gas prices had anything to do with the decreased traffic death numbers.
Comment by walt moffett — December 28, 2007 @ 10:00 am