Daily Headlines, Tuesday, 7/10/2012

Posted by H, on July 10th, 2012, at 4:54 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Irrigation push could open floodgates

Montgomery Advertiser – Feds seek 11 years for Gilley in casino bribery case

Montgomery Advertiser – Rosa Parks Avenue Public Library could be renamed

Montgomery Advertiser – Hanil USA announces Tallassee expansion

Montgomery Advertiser – Drought hits 18 states’ corn

Huntsville Times – Madison County DA Rob Broussard elected to leadership role in state prosecutors association

Huntsville Times – Huntsville school district to receive grants to help ‘restart’ Dawson Elementary, Westlawn Middle

Huntsville Times – Huntsville Housing Authority, city leaders seek federal guidance on new notification law (Updated)

Huntsville Times – Madison mayoral candidate wants non-binding property tax referendum on ballot

Huntsville Times – Changes to federal Pell Grant program may affect students seeking retraining

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: Incentives can be too costly

Birmingham News – Alabama’s gray bats take flight, but white noses worry experts

Birmingham News – Trussville board president says turnover of principals led to ending superintendent’s contract

Birmingham News – Former Democrat Artur Davis rallies with Virginia tea party

Birmingham News – Birmingham City Council committee OKs incentives for Motus Motorcycles

Birmingham News – Democrats punt in state court, look to feds to fight redistricting of the Alabama Legislature

Birmingham News – Nearly 1 in 5 residents in Alabama are on food stamps, numbers growing

Birmingham News – Don Siegelman wants decision denying him a new trial set aside, needs time to pursue another appeal angle

Press-Register – Fairhope police chief says mayor after him

Press-Register – Conflict arises over how to treat Mobile County voters whose addresses don’t match registration

Press-Register – A matter of trust and of politics Â(editorial)

Press-Register – State shouldn’t give up charter school proposal (Press-Register editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Future of fair in jeopardy

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: New voter ID law strives to prevent fraud

Anniston Star – Doing rehab the Alabama way: State’s refusal to properly fund agencies a nightmare for judges, offenders

Anniston Star – Our new model for education

Decatur Daily – For DCS, work has just begun

Opelika-Auburn News – Lee County Commission OKs signage measure

Opelika-Auburn News – 1 more qualifies for Opelika election

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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