Daily Headlines, Friday, 7/17/2009
Birmingham News - Jefferson County, Alabama judge blocks $5.1 million cut in sheriff’s budget
Birmingham News - Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions navigates issue of race during hearings of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor
Birmingham News - Bessemer mayor says he’ll veto electronic bingo ordinance
Birmingham News - Audit of city finances sought by Birmingham, Alabama council before making budget
Birmingham News - Birmingham, Alabama schools face deep cuts; nothing off table, CFO says
Birmingham News - Cooper Green Mercy Hospital gets access to earmarked money; county treasurer joins lawsuit
Birmingham News - Alabama late income-tax refunds on the way to filers’ hands
Birmingham News - Nursing program at Chattahoochee Valley Community College in Phenix City has lost accreditation from National Nursing League
Birmingham News - Alabama Gov. Bob Riley will not declare state of emergency for Jefferson County’s financial woes
Birmingham News - Jefferson County occupational tax likely to be re-enacted by Alabama lawmakers
Birmingham News - SCOTT STANTIS: Shootout at the Bettye Fine Corral
Birmingham News - OUR VIEW: Jefferson County needs lawmakers to reinstate occupational tax, not for Gov. Riley to declare a state of emergency
Birmingham News - OUR VIEW: Alabama should pass legislation to stop teachers convicted of crimes from collecting pay and benefits
Press-Register - Alabama sets sales tax holiday for Aug. 7-9
Press-Register - Baldwin landfill is fined $10,000 by state
Press-Register - Education foundation seeks faith-based volunteers to battle dropout rate
Press-Register - State official presses lawmakers to subsidize coastal insurance
Press-Register - Legislators will get a glimpse of the abyss
Huntsville Times - Boaz schools get $1M health grant
Huntsville Times - Doctor aims to heal state’s health care
Montgomery Advertiser - Giant hammerhead worms alarm Alabamians
Montgomery Advertiser - Governor: Cuts likely to come for Alabama’s General Fund budget
Montgomery Advertiser - Unequal unemployment: Far more blacks than whites being left jobless during economic downturn
Montgomery Advertiser - Bright, Roby raise campaign funds
Montgomery Advertiser - Foreclosures edge up in Alabama
Tuscaloosa News - Millions start trickling in for road projects
Tuscaloosa News - County weighs home rule options
Tuscaloosa News - Sessions acts as point man in hearings
Florence TimesDaily - Teacher alleges open meetings violations
Florence TimesDaily - When will that road be finished?
Anniston Star - Can’t live without it: Politicians and PAC money
Anniston Star - Cutting where it hurts the most: Proration’s effect on education
Decatur Daily - Water, sewer rates must reflect costs
Decatur Daily - Domed stadium for doomed county
Gadsden Times - No bombs found after threat at courthouse
Gadsden Times - Gadsden’s general fund revenues decline again
Gadsden Times - DeKalb County commissioner dies
Opelika-Auburn News - FEMA to pay $3.9 million for Hurricane Katrina cleanup in Gulf Shores
Opelika-Auburn News - GOP inches closer to majority in Alabama House
Opelika-Auburn News - McKinney, Caylor retain state school board seats
Opelika-Auburn News - Editorial: Education budget was too inflated for today’s reality
Associated Press - Poor Alabama county banks on coal ash dumping
Los Angeles Times - Sessions cracks up Sotomayor hearing with ‘crack cocaine’ misstatement
