Daily Headlines, Tuesday, 7/3/2012

Posted by H, on July 3rd, 2012, at 5:00 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Groups ask AG to issue immigration law guidelines

Montgomery Advertiser – Autauga Co. sheriff recovering from heart surgery

Montgomery Advertiser – Forestry officials push fire safety amid dry conditions

Montgomery Advertiser – Factory output shrinks in US

Huntsville Times – Attorney General says Alabama to receive $6 million from GlaxoSmithKline fraud settlement

Huntsville Times – Historians want to talk to families moved for TVA creation

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: Alabama GOP wants you to join (to vote in primary)

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: A law that doesn’t help us

Birmingham News – Alabama Education fund to avoid cuts this year

Birmingham News – Hoover City Council approves agreements for development of pharmacy, convenience store

Birmingham News – Divided Birmingham City Council endorses millions in budget cuts; final vote expected next week

Birmingham News – Birmingham man sentenced to prison in tax case

Birmingham News – Former Jefferson County judicial candidate Chuck Hunter granted bond in federal child enticement case

Press-Register – Airbus Mobile: It’s official – big jets will be manufactured in Alabama (gallery, video)

Press-Register – Airbus Mobile: City officials hopeful announcement will stem negative tide

Press-Register – Mississippi ready to embrace economic ripple effect from $600 million Airbus assembly plant (video, gallery)

Press-Register – Airbus: State and local leaders tour A320 jet at Brookley Aeroplex (video, gallery)

Press-Register – As jury selection begins in Mobile pollution case, fight looms over paying whistleblowers

Press-Register – Alabama Supreme Court badly damages Open Meetings Act (editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Northport cracks down on firecrackers

Tuscaloosa News – Qualifying for municipal elections starts today

Tuscaloosa News – Remembering Edgar ‘Mad Dog’ Ross

Tuscaloosa News – Immigration policy change eases some fears locally

Tuscaloosa News – VA medical center earns marker as historic place

Anniston Star – Investing in our cities: Jenkins’ Ã¢Â€Â˜complete streets’ resolution step in right direction for Anniston

Anniston Star – Restoration, Alabama style: RESTORE Act should assist all parts of the state damaged by oil spill

New York Times – Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation

New York Times – After Arizona, a Struggle Continues

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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