Daily Headlines, Thursday, 6/7/2012

Posted by H, on June 7th, 2012, at 6:00 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Tale of redemption: Former prisoner wraps his faith in gospel musical

Montgomery Advertiser – Family seeks apology over 1975 shooting by police

Montgomery Advertiser – Summer means everyone in the court jury pool

Huntsville Times – Huntsville Housing Authority eyes work requirements, time limits for public housing residents

Huntsville Times – Sunny today across the Tennessee Valley

Huntsville Times – TVA begins herbicide treatments near public facilities on Lake Guntersville

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: When pension returns lag

Huntsville Times – Baby ward expands health services in the new Madison Hospital (editorial)

Birmingham News – 43,000 acres in Talladega National Forest eyed for gas and oil exploration

Birmingham News – Birmingham City Council mulls employee pay raises; divided over who should get the increases

Press-Register – Study says thousands of jobs could be created with BP oil spill penalties

Press-Register – Alabama Indian casinos are on federal land, Interior Department says

Press-Register – Park City water customers debate whether keeping their system is worth higher rates

Press-Register – Judge moves Stephen Nodine’s murder retrial to Houston County

Press-Register – Mobile’s audit committee off to a slow start. ‘We have a whole lot to learn,’ says one member

Press-Register – Passenger rail worth studying despite ‘ifs’ (editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Court doesnâ€™t buy Siegelmanâ€™s Rove conspiracy

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Anti-fraud reforms pose fictitious threats

Anniston Star – Our neck of the woods: Consider Talladega National Forest off-limits to drilling for oil, gas

Anniston Star – Harvey H. Jackson: 10 ways to make your manners at the beach

Decatur Daily – Siegelman did not heed rattle

Gadsden Times – Gadsden school board members to again receive compensation

Washington Post – Restrictive voting laws tied up in court

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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