Daily Headlines, Friday, 5/25/2012

Posted by H, on May 25th, 2012, at 5:22 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Legislature passes redistricting plan amid anger

Montgomery Advertiser – Jury awards $64 million in bingo lawsuit

Montgomery Advertiser – Dallas County principal arrested on drug charges

Montgomery Advertiser – Governor signs both budgets

Montgomery Advertiser – Seniors take part in high school graduation 48 years later

Montgomery Advertiser – Graduation rates drop with new method of calculation

Montgomery Advertiser – Renegar, 63, to seek fifth term on Prattville council

Huntsville Times – Huntsville City Schools property tax renewal may appear on ballot this summer

Huntsville Times – Limestone County school board selects new superintendent, but contract has yet to be negotiated

Huntsville Times – Sen. Jeff Sessions: Huntsville space, missile defense programs fully funded in defense bill ‘mark-up’

Huntsville Times – Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle urges city to support changing Times

Huntsville Times – 39 formerly at-risk Limestone County students graduate

Birmingham News – Alabama Media Group: Changes coming to your newspapers, and your online coverage, this fall

Birmingham News – Democrats predict fallout from Senate redistricting vote

Birmingham News – Midfield Councilman Reginald Wilson to run for Midfield mayor’s job

Birmingham News – 9 Alabama residents added to War on Terror memorial

Birmingham News – Bond Buyer: Are Jefferson County’s general obligation bonds actually GO bonds?

Birmingham News – Alabama news links: Calhoun County sweepstakes abruptly closes; student with BB gun arrested at Childersburg; more news

Press-Register – Baldwin County officials urge shifting personnel in probate offices

Press-Register – Baldwin County’s Sisk named Limestone County education superintendent

Press-Register – Bayou trial Day 4 recap: ex-employee, auditor accuse Gailbraith of altered documents

Press-Register – Government to test capping stack, two years after Gulf oil spill

Press-Register – Ex-employee testifies defendant Galbraith created ‘snake’ file to conceal altered documents

Press-Register – Gilliard sets smart example for other schools to follow (editorial)

Press-Register – Rural Southwest Alabama is a victim of partisan politics (Your Word)

Tuscaloosa News – Project BETHEL graduates reach goal

Anniston Star – Redistricting and race: Line-drawing by Alabama Legislature sign of unseemly politics

Anniston Star – The jewel among us: Jones’ tenure at CDP set the standard for facility’s future years

Anniston Star – Phillip Tutor: The Next Big Announcement

Decatur Daily – NARCOG is imploding

Decatur Daily – Dance the Tanko Bushi

Gadsden Times – Troopers will be out in force over holiday weekend

Los Angeles Times – Alabama’s bad road on immigration

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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