Daily Headlines, Tuesday, 3/29/2011

Posted by H, on March 29th, 2011, at 5:11 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Alabama courts announce layoffs

Montgomery Advertiser – Early release hearing set in civil rights slaying

Montgomery Advertiser – Alabama leadership recognized at Washington ceremony

Huntsville Times – Madison Council postpones emergency system vote; sets property tax public hearing April 25

Huntsville Times – Fired principals sue Huntsville superintendent, school board

Huntsville Times – Alabama state workers join teachers in contesting ban on payroll deductions

Huntsville Times – National Childrens Advocacy Center hosts annual symposium

Huntsville Times – Alabama court system braces for new way of handling indigent legal aid

Huntsville Times – County funds may be sought to save local court system jobs

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: What can we do to help Huntsville city schools?

Birmingham News – Proposal would allow Jefferson County to remove sales tax earmarks

Birmingham News – McNair’s lawyer asks for probation for former Jefferson County commissioner

Birmingham News – State legislator will pull Republic, Watson communities from Graysville annex bill

Birmingham News – About 160 turn out for Birmingham area mass transit meeting

Birmingham News – Shelby County Commission approves truck route for Vincent quarry

Birmingham News – Nominees for Shelby circuit judge cut to three

Birmingham News – Lawyers urge court to halt execution of William Boyd in Calhoun County double slaying

Press-Register – EADS finalizes deal for Vector Aerospace, with facilities in Andalusia and Huntsville

Press-Register – Stephen Nodine’s attorney seeks hearing on Angel Downs’ cell phone

Press-Register – BP engineer’s e-mails fair game for lawyers suing over oil spill, judge rules

Press-Register – Monroeville tax preparer accused of identity theft, fraud in 99-count indictment

Press-Register – Preventing oil well blowouts (Editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Most of tax cut going down workers’ gas tanks

Tuscaloosa News – Fire College officials want to stay in charge of certification rules

Tuscaloosa News – Japanese radiation reaches Alabama

Tuscaloosa News – Police seek information regarding grave marker

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: State agencies to announce cuts, layoffs

Florence TimesDaily – State ranks second in poor eating habits

Florence TimesDaily – Voter photo ID bill up for vote today

Florence TimesDaily – Realty company to auction county property near landfill

Decatur Daily – Bring back the shops

Decatur Daily – Losing our state’s history

Gadsden Times – Crowd rallies at Moragne Park in name of public education

Opelika-Auburn News – Lee County Commission: Employees to get one-time cash reward

New York Times – States Battling Meth Makers Look to Limit Ingredients

2 comments to Daily Headlines, Tuesday, 3/29/2011

OC

March 29, 2011 at 9:35 am

RE: Huntsville Times – Alabama state workers join teachers in contesting ban on payroll deductions

What is the percentage of state employees who are actually dues-paying members of Fat Mac’s ASEA?
FatGuyInALittleCoat

March 29, 2011 at 8:28 pm

100% of ASEA’s members are dues paying members.

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