Daily Headlines, Saturday, 7/21/2012

Posted by H, on July 21st, 2012, at 4:55 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Job seekers push state’s unemployment rate up

Montgomery Advertiser – Gov. Bentley: Rumors about special session are false

Montgomery Advertiser – 50 years later, Ala. man returns to Cuba

Montgomery Advertiser – Nonprofit helping Eclectic rebuild

Montgomery Advertiser – Federal spending has impact

Huntsville Times – 3 injured as ceiling collapses at Huntsville public housing unit

Huntsville Times – Pat King up for rematch against Laurie McCaulley for Huntsville school board seat

Huntsville Times – CASA needs fans and air conditioners for elderly with August on the way

Huntsville Times – With half of Madison County in ‘severe drought,’ recent rain ‘too little, too late’

Huntsville Times – A school idea that falls short (editorial)

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: Looking for more corruption

Birmingham News – US Supreme Court may get Shelby voting rights law challenge

Birmingham News – Mock funeral held to protest Birmingham violence

Birmingham News – Democratic legislators say Alabama can’t afford special session

Birmingham News – Alabama Superintendent Tommy Bice will run Birmingham school board meetings; board to meet monthly

Birmingham News – Birmingham City Council President Roderick Royal weighs on school board fight

Birmingham News – Judge tells Birmingham school board to stop interfering in state takeover after state of Alabama files suit

Press-Register – Summerdale chief Ingram has authority revoked, blames ‘witch hunt’

Press-Register – 40,000 gallons of sewage spills in Robertsdale

Press-Register – Gulf Shores beach rentals are record-breaking hot at the Gulf

Tuscaloosa News – Jobless rate rises locally, statewide

Tuscaloosa News – City picks development ombudsman

Gadsden Times – Wisconsin student makes stop in Gadsden during biking fundraiser

Gadsden Times – Civil rights hearing on anti-illegal immigration law lists more than a dozen speakers

Gadsden Times – Boaz school board approves interim superintendents salary

New York Times – Employment Breakdown by State Shows Little Change in June

Washington Post – The South is the epicenter of new HIV infections in the United States

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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