Alabama on Friday November 06, 2009

AL: Former aide says Indian donations influencing Riley's bingo opposition
By The Associated Press, Mobile Register
A former member of Gov. Bob Riley's Cabinet said today that Riley received campaign contributions from Mississippi Indians who operate casinos, with the money intended to limit their competition in Alabama.
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AL: Rep. Alvin Holmes accuses Riley aides, Bradley Byrne of injecting race into battle over no-bid contract
By Bob Lowry , The Huntsville Times
The chairman of the legislative Contract Review Committee today accused the Riley administration and Republican gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne of using "racially coded" messages to criticize the panel's hiring of a black lawyer.
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AL: Lawmakers put pressure on contracts
By Phillip Rawls, The Associated Press, Montgomery Advertiser
The battle over an unbid $13 million computer contract is beginning to have an impact on how other state contracts are awarded.
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AL: Langford -- Jury reached guilty verdict too quickly
By The Associated Press, Tuscaloosa News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Ousted Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford says jurors found him guilty of federal corruption charges too quickly for the conviction to stand.
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AL: Alert system may fill rural gap
By Jason Morton , Tuscaloosa News
EUTAW, Ala. -- On Thursday, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency announced at the Greene County Courthouse the potential hiring of Global Security Systems, a Jackson, Miss.-based company that plans to bring its Alert FM system to nine West Alabama counties.
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AL: Officers praise new computer programs
By Ashley Boyd , Tuscaloosa News
CAPS, the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety, has changed law enforcement capabilities through new computerized software programs.
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AL: 28 sheriffs endorse Sparks for Alabama governor
By The Associated Press, Montgomery Advertiser
State Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks has picked up endorsements from 28 sheriffs in his campaign to become Alabama's next governor.
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AL: IRS seeks check recipients in area
By Cosby Woodruff, Montgomery Advertiser
The IRS is looking for 257 taxpayers in the River Region in order to give rather than to receive. The IRS is looking to give those people, and more than 1,000 others around Alabama, refund checks that were misdirected or otherwise undeliverable.
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AL: Alabama National Guard solider among 31 wounded in Fort Hood shooting; 12 killed
By Staff Reports, The Birmingham News
An Alabama National Guard soldier is among the 31 wounded during a mass shooting earlier today that also left 12 people dead at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Weekly wrap: Louisiana pleasantly surprised by haul from tax amnesty program
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
More than $300 million is generated from delinquent Louisiana taxpayers; California finance chief hangs it up; Iowa Gov. Culver campaigns as problem solver; and stimulus Web site turns up boo-boos.
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