Daily Headlines, Monday, 7/30/2012

Posted by H, on July 30th, 2012, at 5:48 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Law could put dent in metal thefts

Montgomery Advertiser – Cordova debates strip mining amid economic crisis

Huntsville Times – Here comes the sun: Huntsville changing rules to encourage solar panels

Huntsville Times – Gov. Bentley to help Huntsville’s CASA harvest garden’s 200,000th pound of food for elderly

Huntsville Times – Huntsville school board candidates’ campaign funds coming in slowly

Huntsville Times – Accused UAH shooter Amy Bishop still fighting for expert witnesses, state may have found compromise

Huntsville Times – Holding cops to a higher standard (Editorial)

Birmingham News – Financial health of Alabama’s two largest pension funds lags

Birmingham News – R.G. Armstrong, prolific character actor from Birmingham, dies

Birmingham News – Jefferson County family court Judge Brian Huff saluted on teen programs

Birmingham News – Birmingham area teens’ violent crimes alarming to law enforcement

Birmingham News – Birmingham spends like road-tripping frat boys

Press-Register – Mobile lawyer says bus ads could ease city budget crisis (Political Skinny)

Press-Register – Chickasaw, Satsuma follow Saraland’s lead in opening own schools

Press-Register – $100 million in Mobile County school construction underway

Press-Register – Baykeepers wish list presented to Baldwin County

Press-Register – Let’s not be pawns in the culture wars (Frances Coleman)

Press-Register – Now Alabama must give Airbus and its suppliers our best (Insight)

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Limiting our freedoms won’t make us safer

Anniston Star – The coming train wreck: Alabama’s fiscal stability depends on Sept. 18 vote – and more

Opelika-Auburn News – Auburn uses surveys to craft Opelika Road plan

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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