Daily Headlines, Wednesday, 6/20/2012

Posted by H, on June 20th, 2012, at 4:56 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Bentley outlines cuts, options if budget plan dies

Montgomery Advertiser – Poarch Creek Indians, lawyer disagree on Supreme Court ruling

Montgomery Advertiser – Remembering Beans, ‘a good guy’

Montgomery Advertiser – Man charged with bribery no longer at DPS

Montgomery Advertiser – Council votes to expand downtown Montgomery entertainment district

Montgomery Advertiser – ASU to buy APT building

Montgomery Advertiser – Replacement council member named in Wetumpka

Montgomery Advertiser – Prattville’s sales tax growth up less than 1 percent for year

Huntsville Times – Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield vet is Huntsville Police’s first black captain

Huntsville Times – United Way of Madison County falls short of funds this year because of tornado assistance

Huntsville Times – Marshall County man could face death penalty under Alabama law protecting unborn

Huntsville Times – Huntsville Hospital’s Community Health Initiative distributes $580,000 to deserving nonprofits

Huntsville Times – UAH is nation’s most ‘crime-rattled’ college, according to website

Huntsville Times – U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks tells U.S. House Obama immigration policy ‘bad for America’ (video)

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: Learning remains the goal

Birmingham News – Bessemer employee’s complaint of “widespread, systematic” Medicare fraud results in $5.4 million settlement

Birmingham News – Birmingham wins federal TIGER grant to aid rebuilding in Pratt City, make other improvements

Birmingham News – Irondale City Council tables resolution opposing Alabama Power substation

Birmingham News – New Fairfield school Superintendent Walter Gonsoulin Jr. outlines plans

Birmingham News – Senate rejects Sen. Jeff Sessions’ cuts to food stamps program

Press-Register – Healing new wounds: streams wrecked by development begin to recover

Press-Register – Baldwin County Sheriff Mack and deputies safe after explosion at Opryland Hotel in Nashville

Press-Register – Electric car briefly stops in Mobile on its 2,500 mile journey (gallery)

Press-Register – Mobile County schools Superintendent Peek gets contract, $200,000 salary

Press-Register – Enterprise company lands $96.5 million military contract

Press-Register – Here’s the beef: Mobile County Sheriff’s office looking for cow owner

Press-Register – Alabama can and should expand preschool programs Â(editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Ambulance service to pay $5.4 million to settle suit

Tuscaloosa News – Dems will meet to settle Hale probate judge issue

Opelika-Auburn News – Auburn council OKs amendment to purchase agreement

Opelika-Auburn News – Opelika City Council approves incentives for Hanwha

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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