Daily Headlines, Monday, 10/31/2011

Posted by H, on October 31st, 2011, at 5:01 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Cash-strapped Jefferson County needs special session

Montgomery Advertiser – Rants and Raves: Health care concerns

Montgomery Advertiser – Advertiser Editorial: Be smart; wait on courts

Huntsville Times – The 115th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, Company C, is ‘trained and ready to go’

Huntsville Times – Halloween spending could be a treat for Huntsville retailers

Huntsville Times – Budget cuts, $9M from construction accounts put Huntsville school system back in the black

Huntsville Times – Herman Cain finds adoring crowds in Huntsville as he ends whirlwind Alabama tour

Huntsville Times – A crucial time for leadership in Madison County (editorial)

Huntsville Times – Bomb injury a stark reminder of the wars on terror (Larry Allen)

Birmingham News – Number of Alabama state employees drops by 4.4 percent

Birmingham News – Non-Hispanic immigrants in Alabama less concerned over law

Birmingham News – Alabama remains a big spender in court elections

Birmingham News – Confusion remains over Alabama immigration law

Birmingham News – Jefferson County has $2 billion at stake with no special legislative session

Birmingham News – Retail recovery in sight for some Birmingham hot spots

Birmingham News – It’s not the grave, but what’s left behind that matters

Birmingham News – JOEY KENNEDY: Alabama can’t ask the federal government to help enforce punitive immigration law

Press-Register – Charlie Graddick hits the airwaves; Dale Peterson rides again; and more (Political Skinny)

Press-Register – Long criminal record results in rare prison sentence for oil claims fraud

Press-Register – State’s intervention in Nodine case was appropriate (editorial)

Press-Register – Looking at death again, and struggling (Frances Coleman)

Press-Register – Halloween’s a cash cow that Christians milk, too (Insight)

Press-Register – Breast cancer survivor shares lessons learned (Insight)

Anniston Star – Who can fill Hubbert’s shoes? Very few are even willing to try to replace the AEA chief

Decatur Daily – Mary Hunter exceeded her position

Decatur Daily – State pays cost of lousy law

Gadsden Times – Senator proposes new ‘DROP’ program

Associated Press – DA files letter to withdraw from Ala. slaying case

Associated Press – Slain Ala. Marineen#39;s family seeks help to honor him

Los Angeles Times – Election laws tightening in GOP-run states

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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