Daily Headlines, Monday, 4/25/2011

Posted by H, on April 25th, 2011, at 5:30 am

Coffee cup Montgomery Advertiser – Civil War echoes through generations: Descendants deal with legacies of their forebears

Huntsville Times – Alabama’s past echoes through property tax trial

Huntsville Times – Some scars remain, but it’s resilience that marks Albertville a year after devastating tornado

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: Sales or property tax: how to pay for Madison City schools

Huntsville Times – RICKY THOMASON: Arizona showing Alabama how to cut revenue

Huntsville Times – Op-ed by the Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association on the significance of Law Day

Birmingham News – Birmingham-specific business recruiting, expansion board proposed by Rep. John Rogers

Birmingham News – Alabama joining federal program to deport illegal immigrants with criminal records

Press-Register – FBI could raid Alabama’s Indian casinos, says gambling expert

Press-Register – Bay Area Food Bank shifted resources to cover spill needs but feel ‘basically ignored’ by BP

Press-Register – Oil spill by the numbers: Economic indicators show large dips after oil spill

Press-Register – Alabama fishing boat captain back on water after Gulf oil spill

Press-Register – ‘Lord of the ants’ E.O. Wilson comes home to save Mobile-Tensaw Delta (video)

Press-Register – Scientists say BP money for Gulf oil spill research coming very slowly

Press-Register – Leadership Council formed to implement oil spill recovery plan

Press-Register – Billion-dollar chance to restore coast (editorial)

Press-Register – Frances Coleman: Who cares what we call the rabbit?

Press-Register – The ‘Spillionaires’ Myth (Insight)

Press-Register – Upcoming cuts to state’s budget may be brutal (Insight)

Florence TimesDaily – Budget cuts won’t just affect employees

Florence TimesDaily – Costly civil cases double

Anniston Star – Time to cut ties with Lowder: It’s someone else’s turn at AU

Decatur Daily – Help on recycling

Gadsden Times – Development group has plans for old Norris High School

Associated Press – Former chaplain in Iraq tries new role at home

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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