Daily Headlines, Saturday, 6/16/2012

Posted by H, on June 16th, 2012, at 4:55 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Sessions says test for food stamps

Montgomery Advertiser – Girls State pays visit to Capitol

Montgomery Advertiser – Rosenwald schools celebrated

Montgomery Advertiser – Alabama unemployment rate rises in May

Montgomery Advertiser – Montgomery County’s school board wins Alabama Supreme Court ruling

Huntsville Times – Conflict increases between Alabama immigration law, Obama policy

Huntsville Times – Seven candidates to seek Madison County District judgeship

Huntsville Times – Gov. Robert Bentley, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions criticize new Obama immigration plan

Huntsville Times – Huntsville Police name first female Deputy Chief, first black captain

Huntsville Times – Bearing down on car insurance (editorial)

Birmingham News – Birmingham police officer, third suspect charged in arson

Birmingham News – GOP confronts dissension in Alabama statehouse, others across the nation

Birmingham News – Alabama GOP votes to rescind nomination for Jefferson County judicial candidate Chuck Hunter

Birmingham News – Jefferson County one of six nationwide unlikely to meet newly proposed quality standards

Press-Register – Baldwin County set to sue Cattle and Fair Association

Press-Register – Mental health services planned in BP oil spill deal

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Good decisions create stable economy

Anniston Star – In tragedy, perhaps change: Making roads safer for all should become priority in Alabama

Anniston Star – Speaker’s Stand: Alabama – A great investment

Gadsden Times – Attalla school board has minor findings in audit

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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