Daily Headlines, Wednesday, 5/2/2012

Montgomery AdvertiserSenate approves Education Trust Fund, school calendar bills

Montgomery AdvertiserMedicaid ‘care disaster’ looms

Montgomery AdvertiserLawmakers OK bill lowering age to begin school

Montgomery AdvertiserGovernor threatens to veto budget

Montgomery Advertiser‘It is the sauce’: Montgomery institution Chris’ Hot Dogs celebrates 95 years

Montgomery AdvertiserMontgomery City Council: Proposal calls for fire department fees

Montgomery AdvertiserPrattville City Council: Hiring freeze eased to fill lost positions

Montgomery AdvertiserState receives more positive job news

Huntsville TimesMayor Tommy Battle kicks off re-election ‘Moving Huntsville Forward’ campaign

Huntsville TimesSylvania Mayor resigns; was fired last week as jail administrator

Huntsville TimesAthens City Council hears good news at mid-year budget review

Huntsville TimesLet Madison decide school tax (Editorial)

Birmingham NewsJefferson County government to lay off 75

Birmingham NewsImmigration protestors circle Alabama Statehouse

Birmingham NewsNursing homes would provide economic benefit for Jefferson County, company says

Birmingham NewsBill to require insurance to offer coverage of autism treatment passed by Alabama lawmakers

Birmingham NewsBrighton officials seeking $1 million loan to pay IRS debt

Birmingham NewsAlabama Senate passes its version of next year’s state education budget

Birmingham NewsEnvironmental groups revise lawsuit concerning Birmingham’s Northern Beltline

Birmingham NewsReport shows many Alabama high school graduates unprepared for college

Birmingham NewsAlabama legislator Jack Williams finds it odd that UA Chancellor Robert Witt omitted UAB from speech in Hoover

Birmingham NewsBill requiring classes for parents seeking divorce stalls in House

Press-RegisterGregory Rachel, dead after being tased by Mobile police, once hailed as hometown hero

Press-RegisterRecycling piles up at Daphne drop-off site

Press-RegisterComfortable shoes were Jerry Carl’s secret to a campaign upset (George Talbot)

Press-RegisterReport: New evidence in murder case against Stephen Nodine

Press-RegisterMobile officials begin thinking of ways to alter school calendar, with new legislation

Press-RegisterShelby will be instrumental in steering RESTORE money southward (Editorial)

Press-RegisterOp-ed: Shorter school year bad for students

Press-RegisterAG is right: Hold off on changing immigration bill (editorial)

Tuscaloosa NewsNew Tuscaloosa flood maps hit snag

Tuscaloosa NewsSewage spill threatens waters in Perry County

Tuscaloosa NewsFourth lawsuit filed against Tuscaloosa attorney

Tuscaloosa NewsUA engineer’s breakthrough will significantly quiet combustion engines

Tuscaloosa NewsWalter Energy to develop new coal mine in Tuscaloosa County

Tuscaloosa NewsEDITORIAL: Businesses have a right to be upset with city

Anniston StarPostcards from the edge: The tourism industry rescues our schools … maybe

Decatur Daily Immigrant law is not needed

Gadsden TimesCED gets state Medicaid funding back; AG’s office looking at case

Gadsden TimesExpenditures, revenue higher in Etowah County

Opelika-Auburn NewsCounty voters to decide on fire fee May 29

Opelika-Auburn NewsOpelika OKs Gander Mountain development agreement

Associated PressBoeing marks 50 years in north Alabama

Associated PressSummary of action in Alabama Legislature

Associated PressAlabama Legislature updates parts of Constitution

Associated PressFormer Ala. Supreme Court Justice Almon dies

Associated PressAlabama Democrats replace school board candidate

Washington PostFederal appeals court to consider Shell’s plan to drill new deepwater wells in Gulf of Mexico

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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