Daily Headlines, Wednesday, 7/4/2012

Posted by H, on July 4th, 2012, at 4:53 am

Montgomery Advertiser – STATE BRIEFS: Lee County police shoot man brandishing firearm

Montgomery Advertiser – Stars and stripes go on forever in neighborhood

Montgomery Advertiser – A dream come true: American citizen works to bring her children to live with her in Alabama

Montgomery Advertiser – Five qualify in race for Pike Road Town Council

Montgomery Advertiser – Carmakers report strong June sales

Montgomery Advertiser – Remember signers on Fourth

Huntsville Times – Seven candidates come forward as qualifying opens for Aug. 28 Huntsville election

Huntsville Times – Attorneys for accused UAH shooter Amy Bishop subpoena state officials in expert fees battle

Huntsville Times – Calhoun is college of choice for North Alabama students

Huntsville Times – Companies trying to build computers that can reliably predict court verdicts

Huntsville Times – Will lofts lift Huntsville’s downtown? (editorial)

Birmingham News – Trial lawyers putting their campaign cash behind Roy Moore for Alabama chief justice

Birmingham News – ‘All white Christians’ invited to Lamar County conference, cross-burning

Birmingham News – Birmingham police officer arrested for public intoxication

Birmingham News – Jim Reddoch sworn in as new state mental health commissioner

Birmingham News – Alabamians list economy as top critical issue in new survey

Birmingham News – Brookwood man sentenced to prison in $750,000 mortgage fraud scheme

Birmingham News – Michelle Obama attending Birmingham fundraiser

Birmingham News – Birmingham pastor says his group bought old Carraway hospital, but proprieter says not so fast

Press-Register – State, local incentives of nearly $158.5 million sealed Airbus deal

Press-Register – Governor Robert Bentley headed to Europe for Fourth of July

Press-Register – Second Chinese restaurant on Eastern Shore agrees to fine for barring guide dog

Press-Register – Candidate qualifying for Mobile Bay area municipal elections begins

Press-Register – $565,000 park for Mobile Terrace is a go; it was promised as reward for annexation

Press-Register – $500,000 stormwater contract fails, city in violation of ADEM decree

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

Tuscaloosa News – Three Tuscaloosa schools to receive over $1M in federal grants

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Divided on issues, united on principles

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

Decatur Daily – Weaving tangled threads

Opelika-Auburn News – Opelika OKs settlement of Frederick Road costs

Opelika-Auburn News – 7 so far qualify for Opelika city election

Washington Post – Medicaid matters. The word ‘ï¿½tax’ï¿½ doesn’t.

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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