Daily Headlines, Friday, 9/16/2011

Coffee cup Montgomery AdvertiserHolmes fights mental health layoffs

Montgomery AdvertiserTroy considers selling beer at football games

Montgomery AdvertiserLawsuit seeks refund for state workers

Montgomery AdvertiserCommittee begins talks on program to help pick health insurance

Montgomery AdvertiserPine Level post office is spared; Westside Station still on the line

Montgomery AdvertiserPenn State causes Prattville Christian Academy to change logo

Montgomery AdvertiserOrganizations ‘Stand Down’ for local homeless veterans

Montgomery AdvertiserPrattville to give funding to LPGA tourney in 2012

Montgomery AdvertiserAdvertiser Editorial: Scary numbers

Huntsville TimesHuntsville school board approves deputy superintendent, focuses on finding top talent

Huntsville TimesUAH receives $1 million gift to create eminent scholar in global studies

Huntsville TimesRedstone Arsenal, local school systems kick off annual Impact Aid Program

Huntsville TimesLimestone County Sheriffs hosting Community Yard Sale, Stew Cook Off to benefit Limestone County Council on Aging

Huntsville TimesFrench nuclear company will assist TVA in completing Bellefonte nuclear plant

Huntsville TimesHuntsville City Engineer Shane Davis named urban development director

Huntsville TimesAlabama A&M moves up in college rankings list

Huntsville TimesWatchdog report: Huntsville has to repay feds $100,000 following HUD audit

Huntsville TimesPublic input key to Huntsville public housing authority decisions (editorial)

Birmingham NewsSewer debt crisis: Jefferson County, creditors likely to settle

Birmingham NewsBirmingham-Southern gets visit from former Bush aide Andrew Card

Birmingham NewsCompany denies it tried to influence Birmingham City Council members with offer to pay for interviews

Birmingham NewsBirmingham mayor talks to Phillips Academy students about Sixteenth Street Church bombing

Birmingham NewsUAB reports record enrollment for third straight year

Birmingham NewsJefferson County mayors hear report on road repairs

Birmingham NewsUniversity of Alabama breaks enrollment record again, with 31,747

Birmingham NewsBirmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church dedicates marker to bombing that killed 4 girls (slideshow and video)

Press-RegisterFormer Spanish Fort court clerk convicted of stealing more than $58,000

Press-RegisterSingapore government arrests executive from parent company of ST Aerospace Mobile, VT Halter Marine

Press-RegisterReport offers chance to hold BP, others accountable (editorial)

Press-RegisterFree trade is good business for state (editorial)

Tuscaloosa NewsSpillway repair splits homeowners groups

Tuscaloosa NewsUA approves new construction plans

Tuscaloosa NewsCity to restore sites to drop off recyclables

Tuscaloosa NewsOfficials set deadline for federal debris removal assistance

Anniston StarBest way to create jobs: Education should be vital part of state’s job-creation plan

Anniston StarPhillip Tutor: A toast for our fightin’ councilmen

Anniston StarThe Rumble on Gurnee: Robinson-Spain altercation another sign of a failed council

Decatur Daily The state of the fairs in Alabama

Gadsden TimesSouthside, Glencoe balk at paying for bike, pedestrian study

Gadsden TimesRemaining items at disaster relief center in Centre to be sold Saturday

Gadsden TimesBoaz school board passes budget

Legislative Dispatch

A Look from the Rearview Mirror

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

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 [...]

Legislative Transparency

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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