The Moulton Advertiser - Amid controversy, three resign immediately from Lawrence County Healthcare Authority

Northwest Alabamian - Winston County Jail faces closure after fire marshal inspection

Journal-Record - Winfield City learns it is limited in restricting alcohol sales if wet/dry vote passes

Dothan Eagle – Stimulus money slow to arrive

Dothan Eagle – Court rules in favor of Midland City police chief

Cullman Times – New commission will give grants to towns, non-profits – four members appointed by legislators

The Post – Cedar Bluff election results (finally) in

Rep. Cam Ward has a new post for us, “Charging Windmills,” in the Parlor’s Legislative Dispatch section.

There are a few rough edges yet in the new design of the site, and one of them is that I have not yet gotten the presentation of Legislative Dispatch the way I would like for it [...]

Finishing up the review of the Top 10 Most Interesting Questions to Be Answered by the Primary Elections…

#10.
Who is “one and done?”

Let’s review the first-term legislators we mentioned in the original post as candidates to be “one and done.”

The political insiders helping me with the question when we originally asked it [...]

Let’s wrap up our look back at the Top 10 Most Interesting Questions to Be Answered by the Primary Elections.

#9.
Will the Democratic nominee for governor win the primary without a runoff?

Baxley and state Democrats are relieved that this is a ‘yes.’ Many of the reasons why this was important to Baxley [...]

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1150449997313530.xml&coll=2 – Siegelman trial goes to jury after 7 weeks of testimony.

http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1150449682313530.xml&coll=2 – Editorial suggests state abandon election of judges for appointment process in light of current campaign expenditures.

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060616/state.shtml – Alabama’s congressional delegation is economically diverse.

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060616/white.shtml – State Democrats may remove Limestone County legislative candidate from November ballot and from Democratic [...]

I used this question in our Top 10 Most Interesting Questions to Be Answered by the Primary Elections to take note of some interesting primary challengers:

#8.
Who will be the most noteworthy newcomer among primary winners?

Of course, anyone’s answers are highly subjective, and our answer might be different in a couple of years [...]

Next on the list of our Top 10 Most Interesting Questions to Be Answered by the Primary Elections that we want to re-visit:

#7.
Is Republican Attorney General candidate Mark Montiel a contender or a pretender?

There was an additional chapter to this story written about the time the original post came out.

Montiel had [...]

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/115036325569690.xml&coll=2 – Closing arguments begin in Siegelman trial.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/115036329969690.xml&coll=2 – Wallace picks up two endorsements in GOP primary runoff race for AG from former rivals.

 http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/115036307769570.xml&coll=3 – Democratic governor, lt. governor candidates tell educators that they will not divert funds from ETF.

http://www.al.com/opinion/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/opinion/115036306269710.xml&coll=1 – Editorial commentary on Supreme Court’s decision to hear case alleging [...]

Mo Brooks and Hilbun Adams, the third and fourth place finishers in the Republican primary for Lt. Governor, have both endorsed George Wallace, Jr., the second place finisher.

Wallace is still going to have an uphill struggle. Alabama Power et al already provided the resources to get 48% of the primary vote for [...]

The Senate fell a few votes short of getting rid of the estate tax last week. (It’s been a busy week, and I am catching up to some news stories.) In 2009, couples may pass estates worth up to $7 million without any estate taxes interfering with the transfer of wealth. Altogether, 99.7% of families [...]

You just don’t run across many stories as interesting as this one:

Ronald Wayne Blankenship, a candidate in the runoff for the Democratic nomination for Jefferson County sheriff, says it’s coincidence that a man with a criminal past shares his name and birthdate.

It’s strange but true, he says, that both he and a man who [...]

Terrible story about House District 15 candidate Steven Turner who was going to be in a run-off with Pat Moore before he apparently did himself in. I ache for those close to him who are left behind to deal with their loss. I hate to think of someone so despairing and so [...]

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/115027713933040.xml&coll=2 – National PAC routing funds to local PAC backs King in AG race.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/115027711333040.xml&coll=2 – Closing arguments to be made today in Siegelman trial.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/115027670333040.xml&coll=2 – House District 15 GOP candidate dies from apparent self-inflicted gunshot.

http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/115027689033040.xml&coll=2 – Editorial uses findings by ABA panel to once again call for enactment of moratorium on [...]

G gave us another Daily News Digest (the state’s death penalty continues to be in the news and editorials, as does estate tax), but the window of time I had for posting today was closed by a cable-service outage that left me without internet access this morning. Be back tomorrow unless I unexpectedly [...]