Wednesday 5/7/2008 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
Birmingham News - House approves proposal to exempt federal stimulus checks from state income tax.
Birmingham News - Three Alabama schools earn high rankings in new report on nation’s colleges and universities.
Birmingham News - Senate committee approves education budget.
Birmingham News - Legislature gives final approval to 2009 General Fund budget.
Mobile Press-Register - House committee approves bill to offer insurance relief to residents of Mobile and Baldwin counties.
Mobile Press-Register - Press-Register’s political editor George Talbot speculates on whether Artur Davis will run for governor in 2010.
Huntsville Times - The Huntsville Times urges senators to approve measure to end sales tax on food.
Senate Sketches - “Senate Sketches,” the weekly column of Sen. Hank Sanders (D-Selma) for his constituents.
Huntsville Times - Columnist David Prather says that Alabama legislators are “political elitists.”
Tuscaloosa News - Measure to change state’s natural gas severance tax dies on House calendar.
Tuscaloosa News - Summary of yesterday’s legislative action.
Tuscaloosa News - House approve measure to add sexual orientation to protected classes under state’s hate crimes law.
Decatur Daily - The Decatur Daily says if Volkswagen chooses Limestone County for its planned new facility, it will find a “warm welcome.”
Decatur Daily - Commentary by Sen. Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) on recent battle in the state senate over bingo legislation.
Times Daily - The Times Daily comments on the impact of state’s dropout rate on economic development.
Montgomery Advertiser - GOP leader acknowledges that linking property tax reappraisals to proposal to end sales tax on food will likely kill measure.
Daily Home - Voters in Munford and Lincoln approve extension of 5-mill tax for education.
Birmingham News - Magazine cites ADO director as Riley’s “best hire.”
I wish I could play poker with Senator Singleton… It was grossly apparent watching video of senate sessions that the bingo bills were nothing more than political fair.
Comment by King Jester — May 7, 2008 @ 8:57 am
You don’t want to play poker with Singleton…he will cheat in poker to win like he cheats in his elections to win votes through voter fraud.
Comment by anonymous — May 7, 2008 @ 10:32 am
Looks like Anonymous #2 needs to go read:
http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2008/05/05/comments-on-comments/
Comment by Anonymous — May 7, 2008 @ 6:31 pm