(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Rep. James Buskey (D-Mobile) announces reelection bid for House District 99.

BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Governor pushes for more transparency in government, calls for lawmakers to pass measure that would require lobbyists to report all expenditures made to entertain public officials.

BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Former legislator Fred Horn announces candidacy for Senate District 18 seat.

BIRMINGHAM NEWS - TVA delays decision on new reactor for Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Northeast Alabama.

(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Judge sticks to Monday bingo deadline for Attorney General.

(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Energy companies submit nearly $1 billion in offshore oil lease bids.

(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - New report says that Alabama girls do better than boys in school.

HUNTSVILLE TIMES - Moody’s elevates Huntsville to Number 1 city in U.S. for job growth prospects.

HUNTSVILLE TIMES - Governor, Attorney General continue bingo battle talk at separate appearances in Huntsville.

(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Democratic gubernatorial candidates trade jabs over gambling.

ANNISTON STAR – The Anniston Star says time is running out for lawmakers to bailout out PACT.

TUSCALOOSA NEWS – Tuscaloosa District Attorney says layoffs will slow an already backlogged court system.

MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER – Governor in “no hurry” to declare proration in General Fund.

MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Vaughan Branch of Alabama Appleseed says that “meaningful healthcare reform” will save lives.

WASHINGTON POST – As vote nears on healthcare bill, pressure builds on undecided.

WASHINGTON POST – Virginia Attorney General to file challenge of the constitutionality of healthcare reform if Congress approves measure.

NEW YORK TIMES – Bipartisan Senate vote send jobs bill to President.

NEW YORK TIMES – Lawmakers tell Secretary of Education that needs of rural schools are being overlooked.

WASHINGTON POST – Obama persuades Kucinich to back healthcare bill.

LOS ANGELES TIMES – Health care politics causing heartburn for moderate Southern Democrats.

BIRMINGHAM NEWS - More Alabamians find themselves with less insurance.

BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Alabama’s prison population continues to rise as number of prison inmates nationally declines.

(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - The Press-Register says that both “the money and the truth get lost” in PAC-to-PAC transfers.