Daily Headlines, Wednesday, 8/29/2012

Montgomery AdvertiserEvans wins second term as mayor of Selma

Montgomery AdvertiserDavis on GOP dias: Former Alabama Democrat blasts Obama

Montgomery AdvertiserRepublican delegates from Alabama blogging for ‘Advertiser’ readers

Montgomery AdvertiserWillis wins easily in Wetumpka election

Montgomery AdvertiserMillbrook incumbents win 2, lose 2

Montgomery AdvertiserGillespie elected to full term in Prattville

Montgomery AdvertiserElection roundup

Montgomery AdvertiserStone, Leadership Team sweep Pike Road races

Montgomery AdvertiserReport logs immigration law protests

Montgomery AdvertiserUS consumers lose confidence in August

Huntsville TimesLoretta Spencer: ‘My life is richer because of being able to do this job’

Huntsville TimesResults for Gurley, New Hope, Triana, Owens Cross Roads

Huntsville TimesGuntersville elects first woman mayor; Decatur, Albertville oust incumbent mayors (updated)

Huntsville TimesHuntsville voters approve renewal of education property tax

Huntsville TimesLaurie McCaulley wins second term, Mike Culbreath takes District 5 school board seat (updated)

Huntsville TimesRichard Showers wins seventh term as Huntsville District 1 city councilman (updated)

Huntsville TimesOne incumbent unseated, four newcomers elected to Madison City Council (updated)

Huntsville TimesHuntsville voters have spoken: Tommy Battle re-elected mayor in landslide (Updated)

Huntsville TimesTroy Trulock wins Madison mayor’s race handily (updated)

Huntsville TimesNew district lines causing expected confusion in today’s city elections

Huntsville TimesEDITORIAL: Looking for Alabama leaders

Birmingham NewsBirmingham-metro area 2012 municipal election results

Birmingham NewsVoters oust at least four Birmingham area mayors

Press-RegisterOfficials: Mobile hasn’t seen the worst of Hurricane Isaac

Press-RegisterWeather Service buoy data shows wave heights approached 20 feet off Orange Beach

Press-RegisterElectrical service restored in Baldwin County after disruptions from Isaac

Press-RegisterMost Baldwin County bus routes to resume following Isaac

Press-RegisterBaldwin County municipal election results

Press-RegisterAtmore, Brewton, Grove Hill, Jackson, Monroeville election results

Press-RegisterA reflection of lessons learned from Katrina (editorial)

Press-RegisterBetter Safe Than Sorry (Press-Register editorial)

Press-RegisterAlabama has made progress on storm protection, but more work needs to be done (Insight)

Tuscaloosa NewsNorthport mayor re-elected in landslide

Tuscaloosa NewsHayes, Sullivan win in Northport along with 3 council incumbents

Tuscaloosa NewsEngineer, planner stepping down

Tuscaloosa NewsWest Alabama municipal election results

Anniston StarBuh-bye: Anniston voters give ’08 incumbents their walking papers

Anniston StarHow we run our government: Should Alabama operate its affairs like a for-profit business?

Decatur Daily Leaders must be unified

Gadsden Times2012 Municipal Election Results

Opelika-Auburn NewsElection 2012: Jones, Gray stay on Opelika council

Legislative Dispatch

A Look from the Rearview Mirror

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

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 [...]

Legislative Transparency

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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