Daily Headlines, Saturday, 7/14/2012

Posted by H, on July 14th, 2012, at 4:59 am

Montgomery Advertiser – USDA declares drought emergency in 33 counties

Montgomery Advertiser – Anniston Army Depot changes command for last time

Montgomery Advertiser – Justices toss $78M verdict for Alabama over Medicaid

Montgomery Advertiser – Prattville holds events to boost voting in Pratt Park drive

Montgomery Advertiser – Holmes, mayor against renaming Rosa Parks Avenue Branch Library

Huntsville Times – Browns Ferry nuclear plant had a control room fire in January, regulators took months to notify public

Huntsville Times – Amy Bishop’s lawyers want Supreme Court to order state to cover expert witness costs

Huntsville Times – Huntsville ranked seventh among U.S. metros for concentration of “creative class” workers

Huntsville Times – Mountain Gap Road repaved a week after it was re-striped was a mix-up

Huntsville Times – Changes to BRAC act make it easier for school districts to get funds

Huntsville Times – No easy solution for the state’s prepaid college tuition program (editorial)

Birmingham News – Federal prosecutors: Ulugbek Kodirov example of lone wolf radicalized through the internet to commit terrorist acts

Birmingham News – Alabama’s commissioner of Senior Services critical of Obamacare during Homewood appearance

Birmingham News – Hearing officer’s decision on new license for closed Birmingham women’s clinic could take six weeks

Birmingham News – Clay mayor cries foul as opponent claims web address first

Birmingham News – Judge reverses approval of Trinity Medical Center’s U.S. 280 plans

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

Press-Register – The facts about what’s going on at the downtown Y (Insight)

Press-Register – In Defense of Cursive (Press-Register editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Council circumvents open meetings law in discussions with hotel developer

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Recovery evident in new construction

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: All citizens deserve equal treatment

Anniston Star – Going cheap, again: Reduced services at health departments is bad news for Alabamians

Gadsden Times – Attalla school board sees preliminary budget

Gadsden Times – MPO approves Glencoe bridge project

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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