Daily Headlines, Wednesday, 8/22/2012

Posted by H, on August 22nd, 2012, at 4:53 am

Coffee cup Montgomery Advertiser – Bentley wants state employees’ support for referendum

Montgomery Advertiser – Siegelman is appealing new sentence

Montgomery Advertiser – Justice Department opens civil rights unit in state

Montgomery Advertiser – Submerged Civil War relics could get a new home

Montgomery Advertiser – Late city fees targeted: Montgomery strips right to do business from establishments

Montgomery Advertiser – Newcomer seeks Prattville council seat

Huntsville Times – New fencing makes access to Huntsville homeless camps harder

Huntsville Times – Mayoral candidates talk northwest Huntsville, fair housing in final debate before election

Huntsville Times – School board candidates talk Wardynski, parental involvement at forum in north Huntsville

Huntsville Times – Huntsville/Madison County Builders Association endorses Tommy Battle for mayor

Huntsville Times – Former Huntsville Mayor Loretta Spencer makes $50,000 personal loan to campaign

Huntsville Times – Let local school systems set their own calendar (editorial)

Birmingham News – Nearly 70 percent of Alabama’s college-bound graduates may struggle in first year of college, report shows

Birmingham News – Justice Department approves Irondale’s redrawn district lines

Birmingham News – Hoover City Council forum draws questions on taxes and immigration

Birmingham News – Lorna Place apartment complex responds to day laborer protest in Hoover

Birmingham News – Gov. Robert Bentley: $437M from trust fund would be paid back

Birmingham News – Alabama congresswoman Terri Sewell criticizes former congressman Artur Davis

Birmingham News – Jefferson County begins critical 30-day stretch for its financial future

Birmingham News – Bessemer woman confirmed as Jefferson County’s first case of mosquito-borne West Nile virus

Press-Register – Baldwin County Commission wants answers about Navy airfield expansion

Press-Register – Todd Akin implosion may be felt in Alabama

Press-Register – Tropical Storm Isaac forms in western Atlantic; could turn northwest into Gulf (updated)

Tuscaloosa News – Red light cameras could debut this fall

Tuscaloosa News – Gun rights a gray area, panel says

Tuscaloosa News – Rules relaxed for proposed development

Tuscaloosa News – Groups protest state immigration law

Anniston Star – The 2030 problem: Aging population not a crisis today, but it will be before long

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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