Daily Headlines, Sunday, 5/13/2012

Posted by H, on May 13th, 2012, at 4:55 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Farmers keep eye on worsening drought

Montgomery Advertiser – Just Saying: Education cuts affect everyone

Montgomery Advertiser – USDA predicting record corn harvest this summer

Huntsville Times – Failed UAB/UAH legislation ‘serving notice that we are not satisfied’

Huntsville Times – Business editor remembers his mother on this weekend

Birmingham News – Foreclosure sales in Birmingham metro area on rise

Birmingham News – As session nears close, Alabama lawmakers still face budgets, immigration

Birmingham News – Stamp Out Hunger food drive collects 75,000 pounds of food so far

Birmingham News – Vestavia Hills teenager gets recognition for campaign against juvenile arthritis

Birmingham News – Alabama lawmakers disappoint governor

Press-Register – State school board member Ella Bell visits Mobile schools in redrawn district

Press-Register – Sam Jones explains campaign spending

Press-Register – Prichard water customers should chart their own future Â(editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Budgets poised for final passage

Tuscaloosa News – Uniontown sewage problems threaten areas downstream

Tuscaloosa News – Alberta fights for survival: Businesses reeling in tornado aftermath

Tuscaloosa News – University of Alabama students shrink families tax bills

Tuscaloosa News – Hearing set in Hale County probate judge contest

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Charter schools would benefit education system

Anniston Star – Bob Davis: Off the charts on Goat Hill

Anniston Star – That’s special: Redistricting Alabama’s Legislature needn’t be so complicated

Decatur Daily – Nichols must be outsider

Decatur Daily – Sign says no griping or whining

Gadsden Times – General Fund, education budgets go down to wire

Gadsden Times – U.S. Highway 411 project expected to move forward

Associated Press – Ala. Lt. Gov. Ivey to chair state GOP delegates

Associated Press – No charges against Headland officers in shooting

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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