Daily Headlines, Wednesday, 3/11/2009

Birmingham News – Jefferson County sewer debt balloons to $3.9 billion

Birmingham News – Alabama Legislature passes steel coil hauling regulations

Birmingham News – Alabama House of Representatives approve bill requiring county commissions to attest to bond deal factors

Birmingham News – Shelby County, Alabama sues developers over unfinished streets

Birmingham News – Some bond insurers’ information will remain under seal in federal litigation with Jefferson County

Birmingham News – Birmingham council delays contract on design of downtown transit facility after question about campaign manager’s involvement

Birmingham News – Birmingham, Alabama school chief defines priorities to keep students

Birmingham News – Tax collections good enough to prevent more cuts in state spending

Birmingham News – Alabama two-year college probe yields another indictment

Press-Register – Charges against engineer in Mobile corps office dismissed

Press-Register – City Council president requests prayers for Mobile mayor

Press-Register – Commissioner doubts usefulness of coastal insurance cancellation limits

Press-Register – Prichard water board drops $25 fee for documents

Press-Register – Report: White House seeks 5-year delay of Air Force tanker program

Press-Register – State cuts could mean layoffs in Mobile County DA’s office

Press-Register – Mayor undaunted by cancer diagnosis

Press-Register – Don Siegelman can’t avoid jury’s verdict

Press-Register – Pop this trial balloon

Huntsville Times – County seeks local Senate committee

Huntsville Times – Marshall sheriff backs change in jail food rule

Huntsville Times – Maysville residents voice opposition to new landfill

Huntsville Times – Ethics chief objects to time limit on probes in senator’s bill

Huntsville Times – Senate OKs area projects

Huntsville Times – Toll-road realities

Montgomery Advertiser – Strange wins race without a runoff

Montgomery Advertiser – County board votes to keep 2 schools open

Montgomery Advertiser – Country stars push revenue-raising measure

Montgomery Advertiser – Vote delayed on bill bearing Houts’ name

Montgomery Advertiser – Bills raise the bar to be a judge

Montgomery Advertiser – Bill would gut state ethics agency

Tuscaloosa News – A need for shelter

Tuscaloosa News – Pensions board says city’s first black cop not eligible

Florence TimesDaily – Commission to buy van for coroner

Anniston Star – The Siegelman theory: The saga of a 10-year ordeal

Anniston Star – Listen again to their magic: The loss of Locklin, King

Anniston Star – Harvey H. Jackson: What change can clothing bring?

Anniston Star – Fuel-tax system in Alabama fails in rural counties

Decatur Daily – US financial crisis Shelby’s Achilles heel

Gadsden Times – Was probe of attorney general’s office triggered by Tuscaloosa dispute?

Gadsden Times – State income tax refunds, budgets slowed this year

Opelika-Auburn News – Public hearing planned on Alabama tuition plan

Opelika-Auburn News – Barbara Patton: Vow of character, ethics applied in Opelika

Associated Press – Summary of action in Alabama Legislature

Associated Press – Resolution would honor Reconstruction lawmakers

Senate Sketches – “Senate Sketches,” Sen. Hank Sanders’ weekly column for his constituents.