Montgomery Advertiser – Medicaid proposal draws criticism

Montgomery Advertiser – Economic developer says immigration law may be hurting state

Montgomery Advertiser – Prattville plant expansion to add 100 jobs

Montgomery Advertiser – Charter schools proposal focus of forum

Montgomery Advertiser – Advertiser Editorial: No pensions for convicted officials

Huntsville Times – Mayor says feds now have ‘everything they need’ to evaluate Huntsville redistricting plan

Huntsville Times – 113 Huntsville city employees mulling retirement, including police chief and city administrator

Huntsville Times – James Clemens High meeting draws a crowd

Huntsville Times – NRC offers tough assessment of Browns Ferry nuclear plant maintenance programs

Huntsville Times – Dr. Les Bivens focuses on Alabama past during interview for Madison County superintendent

Huntsville Times – Nominees for Alabama A&M board of trustees sent to Gov. Bentley

Huntsville Times – Honesty, communication theme of Dr. David Copeland’s interview for Madison County superintendent

Huntsville Times – Airline loss a familiar pattern for Huntsville (editorial)

Birmingham News – Alabama Department of Education to oversee Midfield school system’s finances and academics at high school

Birmingham News – Birmingham city accountant reinstated by Personnel Board accused of incompetence

Birmingham News – Comedian Steve Harvey, in visit to Birmingham’s Phillips Academy, recalls own school days

Birmingham News – Birmingham lawyers: Settlement on table with feds over fish kill

Birmingham News – Birmingham beer brewers oppose strip mine on Black Warrior River

Birmingham News – Father of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing victim shares his path to anti-death penalty advocate

Press-Register – Jeremy Bentley faked insanity to avoid capital murder conviction, psychologists testify

Press-Register – Mobile curbside paper-recycling program gaining interest

Press-Register – Copper theft bill softened after scrap dealers lobby

Press-Register – Judge: BP contract shielded Transocean in spill

Press-Register – What should Mobile County push for in next legislative session?

Press-Register – Compromise on public smoking ban could work (editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Northport considers electronic mapping system

Tuscaloosa News – Ethics law proposal allows gifts to teachers

Tuscaloosa News – City BOE details magnet school rules

Tuscaloosa News – Job candidates discuss plans to attract retailers to Northport

Tuscaloosa News – Legislators study ways to lure new industries

Tuscaloosa News – Bentley backs off his unified budget proposal

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Amphitheater, other city works are paying off

Anniston Star – Citizen of the Year: Jim Miller’s love of Anniston shines through his many deeds

Anniston Star – Phillip Tutor: Anniston, D.C. and our doughboy

Anniston Star – James L. Evans: Divided we stand

Decatur Daily – Sessions in Obama camp?

Gadsden Times – Legislator: State immigration law hurting jobs

Gadsden Times – Bills to remove teachers from ethics law; set teacher gift maximum of $100 introduced

Opelika-Auburn News – Graddick touts time as AG in chief justice pitch

Associated Press – EPA to close Anniston outreach office

Associated Press – Rural clinics help provide health care in Alabama

Montgomery Advertiser – Scrushy hearing today

Montgomery Advertiser – Garcy Corp. plant closing in Piedmont this year

Montgomery Advertiser – Millbrook residents work to clean up after tornado

Montgomery Advertiser – Advertiser Editorial: Shelters needed now

Huntsville Times – Madison City School Board approves calendars

Huntsville Times – Huntsville Planning Commission OKs zoning for 2,072 acres in Limestone County

Huntsville Times – Dale Robbins of Georgia details years of experience during interview for Madison County superintendent post

Huntsville Times – Samuel Kyles gives chilling account as witness to MLK assassination (video)

Huntsville Times – Dan Evans touts experience, dedication in interview for Madison County superintendent

Huntsville Times – Report: Alabama ranks 34th in nation on student performance

Huntsville Times – Deciphering the space plans of the presidential candidates (editorial)

Birmingham News – Jefferson County Board of Education considers options to relocate students, staff at Center Point Elementary School

Birmingham News – Again this week, Birmingham mourns

Birmingham News – Diane Sawyer reports that state was warned of storms after Spann says ‘get a clue’

Birmingham News – Crews, volunteers helping hundreds victimized by Jefferson County tornadoes

Birmingham News – Alabama delegation praises, pans Obama’s State of the Union address

Birmingham News – Insurers ramping up response to Monday tornadoes in Alabama

Press-Register – Spanish Fort to get help collecting sales tax from businesses

Press-Register – Use BP’s $1 billion to restore coast, not pet projects

Press-Register – Grab a helmet on way to an inner room (editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Tuscaloosa Amphitheater generates $172K profit in first year

Tuscaloosa News – Proposal would clarify lines of authority over Fire College

Tuscaloosa News – Northport to pick retail development director

Tuscaloosa News – HUD awards $16.6M to city in storm aid

Tuscaloosa News – Proposed bill would toughen laws against copper theft

Tuscaloosa News – County looking to demolish dilapidated, abandoned houses

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Government should hold off on stimulus

Anniston Star – Little’s big bills

Anniston Star – Seeking shelter

Decatur Daily – 60 days to fix NARCOG

Gadsden Times – Refinancing bonds nets $1.6 million savings for Gadsden

Gadsden Times – Etowah County judicial building’s leaks cause damage

Gadsden Times – DOCUMENT: Governor’s Tornado Recovery Action Plan

Gadsden Times – Boaz council holds public hearings on zoning issues

Gadsden Times – Albertville City Council sets tattoo business license fee

Opelika-Auburn News – Probate judge candidates make their case

Opelika-Auburn News – Auburn should end sales tax rebate program

Opelika-Auburn News – Support Auburn’s 5-Mill Tax Fund with ‘yes’ vote

Associated Press – Ala. man sentenced for stealing other inmatesen#39; IDs

Associated Press – Report suggests Ala. close girlsen#39; detention center

Associated Press – Former ASHOF chairman Larry Striplin dies at 82

Associated Press – Alabama editorial roundup

Associated Press – Weather service survey shows 6 twisters hit Ala

Associated Press – Bentley announces new economic development plan

Montgomery Advertiser – Church holds forum on arrest

Montgomery Advertiser – States lag in meeting health overhaul goals

Montgomery Advertiser – Legislative district changes could be late coming

Montgomery Advertiser – Group holds annual memorial ceremony for unborn

Montgomery Advertiser – Montgomery officials look at ways to fund preservation of City Hall blueprints

Montgomery Advertiser – Rants and Raves: Help for a sick child

Montgomery Advertiser – Advertiser Editorial: Politics disturbing

Huntsville Times – Madison County restaurants slow to apply for liquor license

Huntsville Times – Accused UAH shooter Amy Bishop, other Alabama defendants, face challenges in securing expert witnesses

Huntsville Times – Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle says he won’t seek downtown ballpark referendum in 2012

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: Men, money and the moon

Huntsville Times – An appeal for reason: Uninformed opinion and wild name calling must not replace thoughtful debate in a democracy (Op-ed By Wayne Flynt)

Huntsville Times – Huntsville race relations study: Maybe we overthink some issues (By Jerry Mitchell)

Huntsville Times – Expanding what we mean when we say ‘diversity’ (By Frances Akridge)

Birmingham News – Alabama tornadoes: Storm shelters remain unbuilt

Birmingham News – Jefferson, Shelby, Mobile counties lead state in greenhouse gases output

Press-Register – Stephen Nodine says he’ll withdraw guilty plea in federal gun charge

Press-Register – Two Alabama bank robbers, 2 different sentences: Judge laments ‘quirk’ in federal guidelines

Press-Register – Pariah to ‘hero’ — how Judge Virgil Pittman transformed Mobile and his own image (photo gallery)

Press-Register – Imagine Mobile with an 80 percent graduation rate

Press-Register – Mobile’s mayor, council must make budget work (editorial)

Press-Register – On personal behavior and politicians (Frances Coleman)

Press-Register – Moving sand is the right thing to do (Insight)

Press-Register – Virgil Pittman: The Man Who Changed Mobile Forever (Insight)

Press-Register – Separate the RESTORE Act from partisan politics (editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Forestry Commission may have to repay $14.4M

Tuscaloosa News – Families who lost homes get to go on shopping spree

Anniston Star – Creating a cycle of growth: In Anniston, ward lines rank below city’s improvement

Anniston Star – Planting, or not, for the future

Decatur Daily – Restoring opportunity

Decatur Daily – Payday loan irony

Gadsden Times – Attalla short on one-month operating balance

Gadsden Times – Rainbow City Police now using Nixle alerts

Associated Press – Federal agencies to meet with Ala immigrants

Montgomery Advertiser – Prosecution not calling Beason, Lewis aren’t planned as witnesses in second trial By Phillip Rawls

Montgomery Advertiser – State’s unemployment rate continues decline

Montgomery Advertiser – Alabama, Georgia farmers mull planting after immigration crackdown

Montgomery Advertiser – Mayors unveil plans to mark 50-year [...]

Montgomery Advertiser – State scores low on Humane Society report

Montgomery Advertiser – Thousands welcome twice-injured Marine back home

Montgomery Advertiser – State steps up health care coverage for kids

Montgomery Advertiser – Constitution Revision Commission takes no action on home rule proposals

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Montgomery Advertiser – Tuskegee University event celebrates King, ‘Red Tails’

Montgomery Advertiser – Children’s advocacy group reveals goals

Montgomery Advertiser – Building a new life: Children from Ukraine, adoptive parents enjoy growing together as a family

Montgomery Advertiser – Speakers at King event push different legislative [...]