Daily Headlines, Friday, 8/29/2008
Birmingham News - Gov. Bob Riley to meet today with Wall Street banks to discuss Jefferson County’s sewer debt crisis
Birmingham News - Judge holds hearing today on Jefferson County Commissioner George Bowman’s 68-signature short petition to be on the November ballot
Birmingham News - Alabama residents travel to Denver to be part of history
Birmingham News - Calera wants to know what Justice Department wants
Birmingham News - Departing DHR chief to bring new effort to South
Birmingham News - Alabama Democratic Conference chief Reed reverses course, urges support for Obama
Birmingham News - Superintendent says schools could be devastated by 2010 if amendment fails
Birmingham News - Birmingham Board of Education members leave themselves open to criticism and suspicion when their close relatives get contracts from the school system they serve.
Birmingham News - State education officials promise they’ll use sex offender Web sites to track down convicted teachers they can’t find
Press-Register - Gustav leaves death in its wake as it roars toward Gulf
Press-Register - Mardi Gras group faces bias suit
Press-Register - Southern Dems celebrate Obama nomination
Press-Register - Chastang returns to commission
Press-Register - Most Labor Day events are canceled
Huntsville Times - Helping strangers because they care
Huntsville Times - ‘This is watching history unfold’
Huntsville Times - Will bankruptcy affect entire state?
Huntsville Times - A day of reckoning
Montgomery Advertiser - Alabama delegates delighted
Montgomery Advertiser - Radio duo have kept Selma informed on local elections
Montgomery Advertiser - Some parts of state now free from drought
Montgomery Advertiser - School funds threatened by slow growth
Montgomery Advertiser - Spring’s economic rebound unlikely to last
Montgomery Advertiser - Gustav likely to push up prices for gas for Labor Day holiday
Montgomery Advertiser - Real work of governing comes next
Tuscaloosa News - A theo-political question: Whose side is God on?
Tuscaloosa News - Convention observations
Tuscaloosa News - Karl Rove’s dirty strategies must be curbed
Tuscaloosa News - Gustav may rain on GOP party
Anniston Star - How to respond to success: The effect of budget cuts
Anniston Star - Phillip Tutor: Our elections’ aftermath
Anniston Star - Paul Rilling: Elections, donations and the news
Opelika-Auburn News - Alabama’s flagship crops suffer with drought
Opelika-Auburn News - Fay improves drought situation
Associated Press - Gustav could be perfect political spin storm
Associated Press - As Gustav nears, Gulf Coast begins moving on plans
Associated Press - Board OKs plan to evaluate Ala. college presidents
Washington Post - So Many Miles From Selma
DHR needs a new commissioner … the governor make the appointment … a great, former (two-time) commish works across the hall from the gov …
send Andy Hornsby to the Persons Building Tuesday morning.
Comment by Chuck Taylor — August 29, 2008 @ 1:50 pm
I’ve always had a great deal of respect for Andy, any evidence he wants to do this?
Comment by Pecan Jim — August 29, 2008 @ 10:17 pm