Daily Headlines, Monday, 8/8/2011

Posted by H, on August 8th, 2011, at 4:59 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Former senator Radney dies at age 79

Montgomery Advertiser – Dead bird study under way

Montgomery Advertiser – Growers say immigration law making it harder to find workers

Montgomery Advertiser – Immigration lawsuit plaintiff says work with immigrants part of faith

Montgomery Advertiser – Corruption trial jury begins Day 4 of deliberations today

Montgomery Advertiser – More MPS students taking AP courses, qualifying for college credit

Huntsville Times – Nearly 300 more aerospace jobs threatened in Huntsville

Huntsville Times – Scott Morgan trained to save lives, but Guam plane crash found him in different role

Huntsville Times – Reducing federal debt could stop new road construction in Alabama

Huntsville Times – Larger class sizes, fewer teachers and staff to meet Huntsville, Madison students on first day of school

Huntsville Times – Lines in the sand easier than water (by Ricky Thomason)

Huntsville Times – Editorial: Another chance for Butler

Birmingham News – Mayor Bell might use eminent domain to get Birmingham Barons ballpark built

Birmingham News – NAACP Metro Birmingham Branch opposes sale of beds at Jefferson County nursing home

Birmingham News – Former patients in Tuscaloosa’s Bryce build life outside mental hospital walls

Birmingham News – Sewer debt resolution wouldn’t end Jefferson County’s financial troubles

Birmingham News – Some Alabama cities and counties unhappy with Clean Sweep program

Press-Register – Fairhope seeks source of beach contamination; early study results point to old neighborhood

Press-Register – Wishful thinking will not help Prichard solve its financial woes (editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Long-term plans for Holt focusing on improvement

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Amid big-name bills, Legislature had oversights

Florence TimesDaily – Making the grade in financial literacy

Anniston Star – Gimme shelter, Gov. Bentley: Protecting those in mobile homes

Decatur Daily – Bentley could be frequent LimeCo visitor

Decatur Daily – Local firefighter deserves praise

Gadsden Times – Retirement of three sheriff’s deputies leaves void

Gadsden Times – Phone rates for 911 service to increase

Gadsden Times – Calhoun foundation expands to serve more of Northeast Alabama

Associated Press – Alabamaen#39;s tourism director up for national award

Associated Press – Former Rep. Schmitz to get resentenced next month

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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