Daily Headlines, Tuesday, 7/24/2012

Posted by H, on July 24th, 2012, at 6:00 am

Montgomery Advertiser – For General Fund vote, amendment campaign ‘targeted’

Montgomery Advertiser – Area mental health hospital to close Aug. 31

Huntsville Times – State Supreme Court again says no early payments for Amy Bishop’s defense

Huntsville Times – Public housing, development, schools take center stage at south Huntsville mayoral debate

Huntsville Times – Madison District 7 candidate’s signs stolen

Huntsville Times – Morgan County Sheriff Ana Franklin taking heat for drug task force’s shooting death of suspect’s dog

Huntsville Times – Dale Strong raises money to repay $20,000 in loans he made to campaign

Huntsville Times – Consultant to study ways to improve retail base in north, south Huntsville

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: Bentley forgets the workers

Birmingham News – Birmingham school board memo cites ‘irreparable damage’ between board, Superintendent Craig Witherspoon

Birmingham News – 549 Birmingham area residents have signed up to participate in American Cancer Society study

Birmingham News – Homewood City Council certifies as winners officials unopposed in Aug. 28 elections

Birmingham News – Alabama Reps. John Rogers, Mary Moore urge highly paid administrators in Birmingham schools to retire

Birmingham News – Alabama death row inmate Thomas Arthur appeals federal court decision

Press-Register – Scientists drop drifters in Gulf of Mexico to study small currents

Press-Register – Mobile and Baldwin municipal candidates qualify for August elections

Press-Register – No blue card, no entrance policy to be enforced this school year

Tuscaloosa News – County schools board tightens residency rule

Tuscaloosa News – County BOE offers up finalists for financial officer position

Tuscaloosa News – Recycling will highlight new city building

Tuscaloosa News – Longtime Northport resident seeks council seat

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Acts of random violence are hard to prevent

Anniston Star – Saving state’s money: Where else will Bentley, Legislature cut to reach the $1 billion goal?

Anniston Star – Ã¢Â€Â˜Only itself to blame’: New historic preservation group is promising, but has tough task

Decatur Daily – A violent culture

Gadsden Times – Bailey back in jail on bond revocation

Gadsden Times – Bentley says hell speak on amendment, but will leave heavy campaigning to others

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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