Northrop touts impact of tanker bid on state
Mobile Register – Aug. 15
…Boeing's presence in Alabama. The world's largest aerospace company employs more than 2,700 and supports another 7,000 jobs with a total annual impact of $1.5 billion, according to a 2006 study by the University of Alabama's Center for Business and Economic Research.

City sticks with election date
Montgomery Advertiser – Aug. 15
All of the state's 67 counties fall under the Voting Rights Act because of a documented history of racial discrimination, said Bryan Fair, a law professor at the University of Alabama. Enforcement of the act, Fair said, has not been "a priority" under the Bush administration.