Daily Headlines, Thursday, 4/21/2011

Posted by H, on April 21st, 2011, at 5:03 am

Montgomery Advertiser – VictoryLand can’t pay taxes

Huntsville Times – Alabama chief justice says sentencing bills approved by Senate committee will reduce crime

Huntsville Times – Senate commitee approves bill that would keep cell phones out of hands of Alabama prison inmates

Huntsville Times – DeKarlos Blackmon, wife, join president at White House Easter Prayer Breakfast

Huntsville Times – Alabama property tax trial wraps up, judge’s decision likely months away

Huntsville Times – Madison County could return to appointing, not electing, school superintendent

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: How has the oil spill shaped us?

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: Let Alabama voters decide direction of state constitution reform

Birmingham News – Alabama Senate committee OKs bill to make it easier to fire teachers

Birmingham News – Federal judge in Birmingham gives 4 women taste of jail, then probation

Birmingham News – Alabama lawmaker predicts hundreds of layoffs, service cuts from 2012 budget

Birmingham News – Birmingham NAACP calls for police accountability

Birmingham News – Alabama Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions on spring break codels

Press-Register – Two ‘oil spill’ projects off Alabama Gulf Coast may be here to stay

Press-Register – BP sues maker of blowout preventer that failed to stop Gulf oil spill

Press-Register – Baldwin County tax appraisal office returns to local control

Press-Register – Alabama Senate panel OKs bill for teachers, other public workers to pay more toward retirement

Press-Register – Finding right balance after the spill (editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Tuscaloosa County reapproves 1-cent sales tax for education

Tuscaloosa News – Commission wants countywide Sunday alcohol vote

Tuscaloosa News – Perry County, group claim victory

Tuscaloosa News – Plan would raise retirement age for UA trustees

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL:Gulf Coast still devastated one year later

Florence TimesDaily – Physicians and hospital to join to operate center

Florence TimesDaily – Proposed bills would replace RSA boards

Anniston Star – Avoiding the tax trap: Marsh and constitutional reform

Anniston Star – Wood’s Ã¢Â€Â˜special’ logic

Anniston Star – Breaking the grip

Anniston Star – Harvey H. Jackson: What’s that guy smiling about?

Anniston Star – Under foot, still: A reset button for Alabama’s outmoded taxes

Decatur Daily – State needs more revenue

Decatur Daily – Lowder pick disappointing

Associated Press – NAACP wants better training for Ala. Police

Associated Press – Alabama jails get DNA testing kits

New York Times – Beyond the Oil Spill, the Tragedy of an Ailing Gulf

Los Angeles Times – Environmentalists still face uphill battle on Gulf Coast

A Look from the Rearview Mirror

By Joe Hubbard on June 8, 2011

This Thursday will mark the last day of the legislative Session. For some, it was a Session that seemed would never end. For others, it was one that ended much too quickly. It may be early, yet, to write an obit on this Session, but as we approach the finish line, some perspective may be in order.

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Putting Students First

By John Merrill on May 24, 2011

As you know, a very important piece of legislation will be presented for our consideration in the House tomorrow in Montgomery – Senate Bill 310 – the “Students First” tenure and fair dismissal reform bill. Like me, many House members have been inundated with phone calls and emails from opponents of this bill, and some have been [...]

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Legislative Transparency

By Cam Ward on May 17, 2011

There are a lot of issues to debate before we begin the final days of this session. In fact, I am quite certain there will be some comments on this post debating many of them. Before we get into the last seven day of the session I wanted to bring up a topic that [...]

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