Daily Headlines, Tuesday, 8/21/2012

Posted by H, on August 21st, 2012, at 4:57 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Federal court upholds, nixes parts of state’s immigration law

Montgomery Advertiser – Bill would let local districts pick school start date

Montgomery Advertiser – Trial set for former secretary of state

Montgomery Advertiser – Jefferson County judge qualifies for chief justice race

Montgomery Advertiser – Health Services to shutter centers

Huntsville Times – Huntsville Housing Authority blocked from buying apartment complex in Gurley

Huntsville Times – Madison Police officer to be released from hospital Tuesday and will be taken to Limestone County jail

Huntsville Times – Environmental group threatens to sue Jackson County town for Clean Water Act violations

Huntsville Times – KenyaRelief.org founder Steve James confident that best is yet to come for Cullman-based charity

Huntsville Times – Trulock holds a sizable financial lead over Palmer in the race to become next mayor of Madison

Huntsville Times – EDITORIAL: On the first day of school

Birmingham News – Fairfield mayor calls council president’s criticism “pre-election posturing”

Birmingham News – Pelham residents demand city address flooding in Saddle Run

Birmingham News – Pleasant Grove plans improvements to library, park under Americans with Disabilities Act

Birmingham News – Reducing release of phosphorous into Cahaba River could cost Jefferson County $150 million

Birmingham News – Jefferson County voters to pick judges, other local posts on Nov. 6

Birmingham News – Jefferson County Commission rejects leases at Bessemer Courthouse, setting up potential closure

Birmingham News – CDC reports 7 Salmonella infections in Alabama linked to Cantaloupe

Birmingham News – Alabama, Birmingham rank third among states, large metro areas for charitable giving, report says (updated)

Birmingham News – Judge Robert Vance says he wants to offer ‘choice’ in chief justice race

Press-Register – It’s now official: Mobile County to borrow $100 million for school construction

Anniston Star – Searching for a Plan B: If voters say no on Sept. 18, who will get blamed for the failure?

Anniston Star – A problem that doesn’t exist

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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