Daily Headlines, Saturday, 7/28/2012

Posted by H, on July 28th, 2012, at 4:52 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Bail bond fee lawsuit still alive

Montgomery Advertiser – Texas vets home renamed following Tuskegee flap

Montgomery Advertiser – AG seized $283,000 in cash from casino in raid

Montgomery Advertiser – Tuskegee Airman honored as medal recipient

Montgomery Advertiser – Montgomery County Commission OKs $996K to renovate building for family court

Montgomery Advertiser – Judge sentences two for tax fraud

Montgomery Advertiser – Local bank loans surge

Montgomery Advertiser – U.S. rate of growth drops to 1.5 percent

Huntsville Times – Toyota engine plant incentives include land, grant money, utility breaks

Huntsville Times – DeKalb County corrections officer charged with DUI, placed on leave

Huntsville Times – Limestone County tornado memorial underway

Huntsville Times – With no opposition, Huntsville City Councilman Will Culver declared winner of District 5 seat

Huntsville Times – HEALS to establish dental clinic at Madison Cross Roads Elementary

Birmingham News – Birmingham sends warning letters to businesses balking at anti-smoking rules

Birmingham News – Alabama health officials add drug linked to Michael Jackson’s death to controlled list

Birmingham News – Long Birmingham budget standoff likely to end with compromise from Mayor William Bell

Birmingham News – Injunction hearing in suits against Birmingham school officials reset for Wednesday

Birmingham News – Greater Birmingham Humane Society director Jacque Meyer has resigned

Birmingham News – Southern Co. shuts down a reactor at Farley Nuclear Plant

Birmingham News – Alabama Blue Cross lawsuit says health plan and others colluded to avoid competition

Press-Register – Levels of deadly bacteria more than 100 times higher in Gulf waters during the BP spill

Press-Register – Mobile Gas: Still no answers for odor in Eight Mile community

Press-Register – ThyssenKrupp may need to rethink Calvert operations if no buyer found

Press-Register – Baldwin County Planning Commission says keep ‘Horizon’ plan

Press-Register – Former Gov. Don Siegelman, in Fox interview, apologizes to the state

Press-Register – Poarch Creek leaders, Escambia County commissioners meet

Press-Register – Bob Higgins stepping down at Baldwin County EDA

Tuscaloosa News – Four judges recused in sexual abuse cases

Tuscaloosa News – UA engineering team heading to national competition

Tuscaloosa News – Shelton State, public library receive $5K grants

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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