Daily Headlines, Monday, 1/23/2012

Posted by H, on January 23rd, 2012, at 5:54 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Church holds forum on arrest

Montgomery Advertiser – States lag in meeting health overhaul goals

Montgomery Advertiser – Legislative district changes could be late coming

Montgomery Advertiser – Group holds annual memorial ceremony for unborn

Montgomery Advertiser – Montgomery officials look at ways to fund preservation of City Hall blueprints

Montgomery Advertiser – Rants and Raves: Help for a sick child

Montgomery Advertiser – Advertiser Editorial: Politics disturbing

Huntsville Times – Madison County restaurants slow to apply for liquor license

Huntsville Times – Accused UAH shooter Amy Bishop, other Alabama defendants, face challenges in securing expert witnesses

Huntsville Times – Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle says he won’t seek downtown ballpark referendum in 2012

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: Men, money and the moon

Huntsville Times – An appeal for reason: Uninformed opinion and wild name calling must not replace thoughtful debate in a democracy (Op-ed By Wayne Flynt)

Huntsville Times – Huntsville race relations study: Maybe we overthink some issues (By Jerry Mitchell)

Huntsville Times – Expanding what we mean when we say ‘diversity’ (By Frances Akridge)

Birmingham News – Alabama tornadoes: Storm shelters remain unbuilt

Birmingham News – Jefferson, Shelby, Mobile counties lead state in greenhouse gases output

Press-Register – Stephen Nodine says he’ll withdraw guilty plea in federal gun charge

Press-Register – Two Alabama bank robbers, 2 different sentences: Judge laments ‘quirk’ in federal guidelines

Press-Register – Pariah to ‘hero’ — how Judge Virgil Pittman transformed Mobile and his own image (photo gallery)

Press-Register – Imagine Mobile with an 80 percent graduation rate

Press-Register – Mobile’s mayor, council must make budget work (editorial)

Press-Register – On personal behavior and politicians (Frances Coleman)

Press-Register – Moving sand is the right thing to do (Insight)

Press-Register – Virgil Pittman: The Man Who Changed Mobile Forever (Insight)

Press-Register – Separate the RESTORE Act from partisan politics (editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Forestry Commission may have to repay $14.4M

Tuscaloosa News – Families who lost homes get to go on shopping spree

Anniston Star – Creating a cycle of growth: In Anniston, ward lines rank below city’s improvement

Anniston Star – Planting, or not, for the future

Decatur Daily – Restoring opportunity

Decatur Daily – Payday loan irony

Gadsden Times – Attalla short on one-month operating balance

Gadsden Times – Rainbow City Police now using Nixle alerts

Associated Press – Federal agencies to meet with Ala immigrants

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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