Montgomery Advertiser – Major League Baseball to help tornado victims

Montgomery Advertiser – Man tries to save grandfather’s home

Montgomery Advertiser – Ala. legislator praises Obama’s decision on gay marriage

Montgomery Advertiser – Former [...]]]> Montgomery Advertiser – Ex-school officer sentenced in child porn case

Montgomery Advertiser – Major League Baseball to help tornado victims

Montgomery Advertiser – Man tries to save grandfather’s home

Montgomery Advertiser – Ala. legislator praises Obama’s decision on gay marriage

Montgomery Advertiser – Former district judge announces run for mayor

Montgomery Advertiser – LAMP’s founding director to take over as interim principal in June

Huntsville Times – Huntsville looks to Greenville, S.C., for tips on remaking downtown

Huntsville Times – ‘Best High School’ national rankings include 93 state schools, six area high schools in Alabama top 20 list

Huntsville Times – North Alabama Burger King franchise owner sued for alleged failure to make overtime payments

Huntsville Times – Sales tax, building permit revenue fuels fast start to Huntsville’s budget year

Huntsville Times – Russellville mayor seeks continuance in state ethics complaint investigation

Huntsville Times – Keeping open Huntsville school board meetings open (editorial)

Birmingham News – Birmingham civil rights district may get makeover

Birmingham News – Alabama Teacher of the Year says she’ll be advocate for classroom teachers

Birmingham News – Alabama Senate kills move to repeal immigration law

Birmingham News – Birmingham-area youths to be recognized Thursday at McWane Science Center for promoting healthy living

Press-Register – BP says it will assist if oil in Orange Beach came from 2010 spill

Press-Register – Ruling clears the way for referendum on Prichard-Mobile utility merger

Press-Register – Mobile business leaders show the way forward (Press-Register Editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – U.S. Postal Service seeks to keep rural sites open

Tuscaloosa News – Greene County tax vote clears hurdle

Tuscaloosa News – Beer container bill passes House

Tuscaloosa News – Official who confronted Wallace at Foster Auditorium dies

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Clarke, Fritz helped build strong Kentuck

Anniston Star – Alabama state parks: House budget leaves more than footprints, takes more than pictures from parks

Anniston Star – Harvey H. Jackson: A family reunion

Decatur Daily – Bentley improves school bill

Opelika-Auburn News – Opelika Power unveils new logo

Opelika-Auburn News – Auburn earns high marks from bond rating agencies

Opelika-Auburn News – Population for transportation planning up 24 percent

Associated Press – Summary of action in Alabama Legislature

Associated Press – House passes bill aimed at aiding clogged prisons

Associated Press – Effort to override school start bill veto stalls

Associated Press – Former employee of DAen#39;s office sentenced

Associated Press – Ala. governor signs unemployment comp fraud law

Montgomery Advertiser – Officials propose cutting costs for middle-school sports

Montgomery Advertiser – Forecast lowers US gas prices

Huntsville Times – Bill that would have stripped Huntsville’s TVA money dies in Senate committee

Huntsville Times – [...]]]> Montgomery Advertiser – Estimated 1,000 more graves found

Montgomery Advertiser – Officials propose cutting costs for middle-school sports

Montgomery Advertiser – Forecast lowers US gas prices

Huntsville Times – Bill that would have stripped Huntsville’s TVA money dies in Senate committee

Huntsville Times – Bridgeport councilman arrested on misdemeanor menacing and harassment charges

Huntsville Times – Huntsville sanitation workers pay unique tribute to fallen boss (Photo gallery)

Huntsville Times – Marshall County firing range closed on orders from Albertville officials

Huntsville Times – The disqualification of a Republican who won a Madison County judgeship is a matter of law (editorial)

Birmingham News – Struggle over Trinity Medical Center’s plan to move to US 280 goes back to court

Birmingham News – Alabama House overrides governor’s objection to the school start date bill

Birmingham News – Alabama Legislature passes bill barring abortion coverage

Birmingham News – Alabama Senate delays vote on insurance exchange

Birmingham News – AUM study: Alabama Hispanic population increased 150 percent in the last decade

Birmingham News – Jefferson County district attorney meets with mother of Ja’Quares Cortez Walker; activist says questions remain

Birmingham News – Elevated toll road plan for US 280 still up in the air, Alabama DOT chief says

Press-Register – Lawmakers, consumer advocates laud passage of insurance bills

Press-Register – Tourism revenues increase on Gulf Coast; SEC Beach Fest set

Press-Register – Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce rolls out new economic development Blueprint

Press-Register – Alabama Legislature: End pensions after corruption

Press-Register – Baldwin County Health Department lifts swimming advisory for Fairhope

Press-Register – Take advantage of tool for understanding the oil spill (editorial)

Press-Register – Editorial: Shorter school calendar means students learn less

Tuscaloosa News – Police precincts are ready to rebuild

Tuscaloosa News – Health officer says Alabama Medicaid crisis nears

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Legislature can solve annexation squabble

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Using salvaged trees for rebuilding a bonus

Anniston Star – An example of a bad bill: Bentley was right to veto controversial bill for Randolph County

Anniston Star – Text no more

Decatur Daily – Congrats to ULA workers

Opelika-Auburn News – Locals to face transportation issues this summer

Associated Press – Money unlikely for wrongfully jailed Alabama mom

Associated Press – Summary of action in Alabama Legislature

Associated Press – Ala. lawmakers pass bill to pay for class supplies

Associated Press – Leaders of fraud ring sentenced in Alabama

Associated Press – AL House stalls bill to allow larger beer bottles

Huntsville Times – Madison Utilities board votes to keep fluoride in city’s drinking water supply

Huntsville Times – Alabama GOP considering how to replace disqualified Madison County judge candidate

Huntsville Times – James Clemens principal one of two finalists [...]]]> Montgomery Advertiser – Bo’s bikes for sale

Huntsville Times – Madison Utilities board votes to keep fluoride in city’s drinking water supply

Huntsville Times – Alabama GOP considering how to replace disqualified Madison County judge candidate

Huntsville Times – James Clemens principal one of two finalists for superintendent’s post in Jackson County Georgia (updated)

Huntsville Times – ‘Trendsetting’ Huntsville sanitation manager Kathy Hunt dead of apparent heart attack

Huntsville Times – Two Randolph School teens to compete in national math competition

Huntsville Times – Court battle continues for Stevenson man who buried wife in their front yard

Birmingham News – Pleasant Grove council authorizes agreement with Jefferson County on voting machines

Birmingham News – Fairfield council moves to follow judge’s order on ownership of civic center

Birmingham News – Kimberly gambling, bribery probe yields 2 more plea deals, indictment

Birmingham News – Birmingham’s William Bell, Craig Witherspoon explain why bond issue, tax hike needed

Birmingham News – Clay rezones property for new city hall

Birmingham News – BBA ‘strongly’ supports bill to solve Jefferson County financial woes

Press-Register – Oil mat attack planned in Orange Beach by coastal managers

Press-Register – Clarity Act, three other insurance bills, on verge of passing Legislature

Press-Register – Former Prichard water superintendent files reverse-discrimination lawsuit

Press-Register – Dispersant and crude oil chemicals topic of meetings regarding Gulf Oil spill

Tuscaloosa News – Challenge filed in Hale probate judge runoff

Tuscaloosa News – Tireless volunteer Carolyn Fritz dies at 64

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Using salvaged trees for rebuilding a bonus

Anniston Star – Taking care of business: Constitutional reform gets off the ground by making right constituents happy

Decatur Daily – Voice of experience for kids

Associated Press – Ala. gov signs law banning texting while driving

Associated Press – Budgets take top priority in Alabama Legislature

Associated Press – Ala. House expected to consider new pension plan

Associated Press – Condoleezza Rice to co-chair civil rights events

Associated Press – Ala peach crop ready weeks early, warm temps cited

Associated Press – City Council told graves are decaying in Ala. town

Los Angeles Times – George Lindsey added a new nickname to the vernacular: Goober

Montgomery Advertiser – State superintendent calls for higher standards

Montgomery Advertiser – Eastern Shore Trail nearing completion

Montgomery Advertiser – Lawmaker supports compact with tribe on casinos

Montgomery Advertiser – 18,000 Alabamians [...]]]> Montgomery Advertiser – Groups pushing to elect more women in the South

Montgomery Advertiser – State superintendent calls for higher standards

Montgomery Advertiser – Eastern Shore Trail nearing completion

Montgomery Advertiser – Lawmaker supports compact with tribe on casinos

Montgomery Advertiser – 18,000 Alabamians could share $3.9M in health rebates

Huntsville Times – Defense budget sequester has Huntsville holding its breath

Huntsville Times – ULA workers reject strike; contract in effect

Huntsville Times – Servicemen’s dad who plans to walk 2,120 miles to support troops makes stop in Huntsville

Huntsville Times – Bill promises Huntsville-area school systems easier time qualifying for state construction bonds

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: Accountability for incentives

Huntsville Times – Alabama Farmers need to think about world trade (op-ed by State Agricultural Commissioner John McMillan)

Birmingham News – Jefferson County job tax bill clears another hurdle

Birmingham News – Alabama Medicaid funding loss would strip billions in US grants

Birmingham News – Birmingham parks board to discuss proposed shift in power

Birmingham News – Bankruptcy judge: the court will not interfere with Jefferson County’s authority over hospital

Birmingham News – Teachers discuss raising graduation rates and lowering dropout numbers

Press-Register – Mobile Mayor Sam Jones takes on Lagniappe (Political Skinny)

Press-Register – Dredge hits submerged oil mat near marina, Orange Beach official says

Press-Register – 8th-graders need farewell speeches, too (Coleman)

Press-Register – ‘Ain’t no way’ this bill will do (editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – City set to hire 6 to meet ADEM demands

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Traffic light cameras not the solution

Anniston Star – Alabama getaway: How to drive relocating companies away

Anniston Star – Crisis in Medicaid

Decatur Daily – Late break for schools has drawbacks

Gadsden Times – Passionate Action: 15-year-old organizes run/walk event for bullying awareness

Associated Press – Jury selection set in Macon County casino suit

Montgomery Advertiser – 18,000 Alabamians could share $3.9M in health rebates

Montgomery Advertiser – Bill would raise court fees, costs

Montgomery Advertiser – Longer school days possible if bill on calendar becomes law

Montgomery Advertiser [...]]]> Montgomery Advertiser – Lawmaker supports compact with tribe on casinos

Montgomery Advertiser – 18,000 Alabamians could share $3.9M in health rebates

Montgomery Advertiser – Bill would raise court fees, costs

Montgomery Advertiser – Longer school days possible if bill on calendar becomes law

Montgomery Advertiser – Just Saying: Must we pay twice for fire services?

Montgomery Advertiser – City of Prattville makes $900,000 bond payment

Huntsville Times – German ambassador to the United States speaks at UAHuntsville spring commencement

Birmingham News – Airplane flights in Birmingham lift spirits of children with illness

Birmingham News – Birmingham schools superintendent talks to parents about charter schools, school calendar bill

Press-Register – Parents defend Prichard camp for troubled teens

Press-Register – Alabama students may be in school fewer days next year

Press-Register – Alabama senior citizens among nation’s hungriest

Press-Register – Orange Beach looks at reducing impact fees on new development

Press-Register – Alabama politician Bill Johnson ‘obsessed’ with donating sperm

Tuscaloosa News – Commentary: Eastern Bypass makes no sense

Anniston Star – Bob Davis: Politics on two wheels

Decatur Daily – Put health over politics

Decatur Daily – Wisdom needed at ULA

Gadsden Times – Competing small-winery bills uncorked

Gadsden Times – Special Education greenhouse clearance sales slated

Associated Press – ULA union votes on contract for 450 Ala. workers

Associated Press – Cruise failure leaves Mobile with looming debt

Montgomery Advertiser – Justice Department sends letter on immigration law; protesters seek repeal

Montgomery Advertiser – Legislature targets looting

Montgomery Advertiser – Bill on defining personhood faces fight

Montgomery Advertiser – 9 in family charged [...]]]> Montgomery Advertiser – Former police officer charged with bribery

Montgomery Advertiser – Justice Department sends letter on immigration law; protesters seek repeal

Montgomery Advertiser – Legislature targets looting

Montgomery Advertiser – Bill on defining personhood faces fight

Montgomery Advertiser – 9 in family charged with tax fraud

Montgomery Advertiser – Police: Residents say cameras to catch speeders a success

Huntsville Times – Alabama Legislature passes bill shifting Madison County court oversight from clerk to court administrator, judges

Huntsville Times – State finance director Marquita Davis gives $18 million challenge to Alabama A&M alums

Huntsville Times – The bad news of a tornado-less April? Not much rain

Huntsville Times – Huntsville school board meeting audience met with metal detectors

Huntsville Times – Alabama A&M awarded $25,000 in Retool Your School contest

Huntsville Times – Madison County Commission goes behind closed doors for second straight meeting

Huntsville Times – Gov. Robert Bentley should flunk state school calendar bill and send it back with a veto (editorial)

Birmingham News – Department of Justice concerned Alabama’s immigration law limits education for Hispanic students

Birmingham News – Daniel Acker’s Alabama teacher retirement pay to continue despite child sex abuse convictions (updated)

Birmingham News – Bice says Alabama schools took steps to keep immigration law from driving away students

Birmingham News – More education questions for Alabama legislators

Press-Register – Bishop State student who moved from Africa to Mobile to attend college will earn degree

Press-Register – Their stories vary, but newest Americans express hope for better life (Gallery)

Press-Register – Beaver unexpectedly found living near Fairhope shopping centers

Press-Register – Conecuh woman gets probation for selling Social Security numbers to corrupt tax preparer

Press-Register – New Senior Bowl director should already be well prepared (editorial)

Associated Press – Ala. Democrats offer maps for legislative seats

Associated Press – Ala. man shot in buttock over Facebook dispute

Associated Press – Constitution revision going to Alabama voters

New York Times – Tighter Rules Are Issued on Municipal Bond Deals

Montgomery Advertiser – Legislature targets looting

Montgomery Advertiser – Bill on defining personhood faces fight

Montgomery Advertiser – Drought conditions continue in Alabama

Montgomery Advertiser – Police: Montgomery crime rates down

Montgomery Advertiser – Judge: Settlement in spill to proceed

Montgomery Advertiser – Constitution revision panel may take up home rule

Montgomery Advertiser – Suit over casino jackpot dismissed

Montgomery Advertiser – Survey: U.S. hiring slowed [...]]]> Montgomery Advertiser – Bill on defining personhood faces fight

Montgomery Advertiser – Judge: Settlement in spill to proceed

Montgomery Advertiser – Constitution revision panel may take up home rule

Montgomery Advertiser – Suit over casino jackpot dismissed

Montgomery Advertiser – Survey: U.S. hiring slowed down in April

Huntsville Times – Federally protected snails in Limestone County creeks may complicate debris removal

Huntsville Times – Times Watchdog Report: North and south Huntsville schools further separated by uniforms

Huntsville Times – Huntsville City Councilman Bill Kling says housing officials ‘ignoring the input’ of Lowe Mill residents

Huntsville Times – Gov. Bentley accepts $100,000 grant from Verizon for state’s emergency relief fund

Huntsville Times – Huntsville superintendent to remove principals, overhaul staff at Westlawn, Chapman middle schools this summer

Huntsville Times – National Merit Scholarship Corp. names local award recipients

Huntsville Times – Lauderdale County doctor indicted for $1.3 million fraud

Huntsville Times – Text this: No more texting while driving in Alabama (editorial)

Huntsville Times – Let Madison decide school tax (Editorial)

Birmingham News – Jefferson Commission chief David Carrington sees ticking clock on Cooper Green hospital solution

Birmingham News – Senate passes watered-down charter proposal

Birmingham News – Birmingham mayor wants $150 million for capital projects, double the amount of original proposal

Birmingham News – Alabama House to discuss proposed Jefferson County occupational tax

Birmingham News – Alabama Legislature votes to count OT on pensions

Birmingham News – Postal workers in Leeds and Madison indicted for delaying and stealing mail

Birmingham News – OUR VIEW: Unfortunately, Birmingham stares at the prospect of a red-tinged budget after all

Birmingham News – OUR VIEW: Lawmaker’s bill tying a new Jefferson County occupational tax to sewer rates makes no sense

Press-Register – Semmes 25 percent bigger as it marks one year as municipality

Press-Register – Former Brewton police officer arrested on ethics violations

Press-Register – House panel approves Baldwin school sales tax proposal

Press-Register – New neighbor: City of Daphne takes over problematic dirt pit

Press-Register – State scientists look for cause of Mobile Bay fish die-off

Press-Register – A time to reflect on choices, consequences (Editorial)

Press-Register – Editorial: Two Baldwin commissioners fail leadership test

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: School start bill offers families convenience

Anniston Star – ‘Symbolic but irrelevant’: Anti-abortion forces disappointed in state’s Republican majority

Anniston Star – Harvey H. Jackson: Social engineering on Redneck Riviera – It doesn’t always work

Decatur Daily – Gov. Bentley’s tax dilemma

Decatur Daily – Montgomery knows best

Gadsden Times – Inmates again play key role in Renew Our Rivers

Gadsden Times – Bill could force school systems to re-evaluate calendars

Gadsden Times – Sardis High School raises funds to help student

Gadsden Times – Universities: Budget cuts will mean tuition increases

Opelika-Auburn News – House committee OKs Auburn trustees bill

Opelika-Auburn News – Residents voice concerns on closing of Twin Lakes dam

Associated Press – 2 Alabamians charged with disaster benefit fraud

Associated Press – 2 Ala. venues barred from Kentucky Derby betting

Associated Press – Summary of action in Alabama Legislature

Associated Press – Ala mayor quits amid misconduct claims

Montgomery Advertiser – Medicaid ‘care disaster’ looms

Montgomery Advertiser – Lawmakers OK bill lowering age to begin school

Montgomery Advertiser – Governor threatens to veto budget

Montgomery Advertiser – ‘It is the sauce’: [...]]]> Montgomery Advertiser – Senate approves Education Trust Fund, school calendar bills

Montgomery Advertiser – Medicaid ‘care disaster’ looms

Montgomery Advertiser – Lawmakers OK bill lowering age to begin school

Montgomery Advertiser – Governor threatens to veto budget

Montgomery Advertiser – ‘It is the sauce’: Montgomery institution Chris’ Hot Dogs celebrates 95 years

Montgomery Advertiser – Montgomery City Council: Proposal calls for fire department fees

Montgomery Advertiser – Prattville City Council: Hiring freeze eased to fill lost positions

Montgomery Advertiser – State receives more positive job news

Huntsville Times – Mayor Tommy Battle kicks off re-election ‘Moving Huntsville Forward’ campaign

Huntsville Times – Sylvania Mayor resigns; was fired last week as jail administrator

Huntsville Times – Athens City Council hears good news at mid-year budget review

Huntsville Times – Let Madison decide school tax (Editorial)

Birmingham News – Jefferson County government to lay off 75

Birmingham News – Immigration protestors circle Alabama Statehouse

Birmingham News – Nursing homes would provide economic benefit for Jefferson County, company says

Birmingham News – Bill to require insurance to offer coverage of autism treatment passed by Alabama lawmakers

Birmingham News – Brighton officials seeking $1 million loan to pay IRS debt

Birmingham News – Alabama Senate passes its version of next year’s state education budget

Birmingham News – Environmental groups revise lawsuit concerning Birmingham’s Northern Beltline

Birmingham News – Report shows many Alabama high school graduates unprepared for college

Birmingham News – Alabama legislator Jack Williams finds it odd that UA Chancellor Robert Witt omitted UAB from speech in Hoover

Birmingham News – Bill requiring classes for parents seeking divorce stalls in House

Press-Register – Gregory Rachel, dead after being tased by Mobile police, once hailed as hometown hero

Press-Register – Recycling piles up at Daphne drop-off site

Press-Register – Comfortable shoes were Jerry Carl’s secret to a campaign upset (George Talbot)

Press-Register – Report: New evidence in murder case against Stephen Nodine

Press-Register – Mobile officials begin thinking of ways to alter school calendar, with new legislation

Press-Register – Shelby will be instrumental in steering RESTORE money southward (Editorial)

Press-Register – Op-ed: Shorter school year bad for students

Press-Register – AG is right: Hold off on changing immigration bill (editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – New Tuscaloosa flood maps hit snag

Tuscaloosa News – Sewage spill threatens waters in Perry County

Tuscaloosa News – Fourth lawsuit filed against Tuscaloosa attorney

Tuscaloosa News – UA engineer’s breakthrough will significantly quiet combustion engines

Tuscaloosa News – Walter Energy to develop new coal mine in Tuscaloosa County

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Businesses have a right to be upset with city

Anniston Star – Postcards from the edge: The tourism industry rescues our schools … maybe

Decatur Daily – Immigrant law is not needed

Gadsden Times – CED gets state Medicaid funding back; AG’s office looking at case

Gadsden Times – Expenditures, revenue higher in Etowah County

Opelika-Auburn News – County voters to decide on fire fee May 29

Opelika-Auburn News – Opelika OKs Gander Mountain development agreement

Associated Press – Boeing marks 50 years in north Alabama

Associated Press – Summary of action in Alabama Legislature

Associated Press – Alabama Legislature updates parts of Constitution

Associated Press – Former Ala. Supreme Court Justice Almon dies

Associated Press – Alabama Democrats replace school board candidate

Washington Post – Federal appeals court to consider Shell’s plan to drill new deepwater wells in Gulf of Mexico