Daily Headlines, Thursday, 6/21/2012

Posted by H, on June 21st, 2012, at 5:00 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Commissioner asks for Tutwiler audit

Montgomery Advertiser – Prison overcrowding concerns committee

Montgomery Advertiser – Cuts curb lawmakers’ travel

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

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

Montgomery Advertiser – Questplex redesign: Montgomery unveils $20M funding proposal for building

Huntsville Times – Huntsville Housing Authority takes the reins of costly Councill High renovation

Huntsville Times – Housing Authority eyes 36 apartments in Gurley, Moores Mill, northwest Huntsville

Huntsville Times – Huntsville High teacher wins Presidential award, may visit White House

Huntsville Times – Florence City Council reconsidering ambulance service provider

Huntsville Times – Scottsboro to receive federal grant to buy and remove homes on flood prone street

Huntsville Times – Former Mayor Loretta Spencer elaborates on her decision to skip Huntsville Times/WHNT debate

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: Olin King’s life and legacy

Birmingham News – Poll: Most Alabama voters satisfied with direction of state, its economy

Birmingham News – Southern Baptists: Gay rights not civil rights

Birmingham News – Shelby County Commissioner Dan Acker recovering after stroke

Birmingham News – National report gives low grades to Alabama colleges

Birmingham News – Mobile company, congressman, high school awarded by Business Council of Alabama

Press-Register – Judge approves $225,000 settlement in sexual abuse suit against Monroe schools

Press-Register – Baldwin County school system ponders $35 million in savings over 10 years

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

Press-Register – Hispanic outreach is the right, smart thing to do (Press-Register editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Cottondale Faurecia workers to vote on joining union

Tuscaloosa News – Opinions mixed a year after county ends TARGET program

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Higher density can work with safeguards

Anniston Star – Harvey H. Jackson: Knee deep is too deep

Anniston Star – Democrats and their values

Gadsden Times – Gadsden schools closer to having permanent clinic

Gadsden Times – Boaz board saves money by delaying refinancing

Gadsden Times – Reed proposes allowing residents to shoot coyotes

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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