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Daily Headlines, Monday, 6/18/2012

Posted by H, on June 18th, 2012, at 5:00 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Biologists surveying fish in creeks

Huntsville Times – Huntsville schools to start transition to digital textbooks

Birmingham News – Bentley stumbles in handling Alabama’s Legislature

Birmingham News – Need for psychiatric hospital beds surges in Alabama, nation

Birmingham News – Jefferson County home values drop for 4th year

Press-Register – Mobile convenience store owner gets prison for ‘stealing from unborn children’

Press-Register – Prichard land swap could bring affordable housing to old Blount site

Press-Register – Top-notch convention center can fit with pristine park (editorial)

Press-Register – Years later, a gift to a father who lay dying (Frances Coleman)

Press-Register – Farewell to a keeper of local African-American history (editorial)

Washington Post – Alabama law drives out illegal immigrants but also has unexpected consequences

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Legislative Dispatch

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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