Daily Headlines, Thursday, 9/6/2012

Montgomery AdvertiserWilliamson: Few Medicaid options if Sept. 18 vote fails

Montgomery AdvertiserHurricane Isaac’s waves uncover oil from 2010 BP spill

Montgomery AdvertiserAl Benn’s Alabama: Lawn mower company a staple of Selma’s community for more than 60 years

Montgomery AdvertiserAlabama’s Democratic National Covention delegates share experiences

Montgomery AdvertiserNew Prattville City Council to fill leadership slots

Montgomery AdvertiserOrdinance change by Montgomery City Council will allow two indoor shooting ranges

Montgomery AdvertiserMontgomery-based company InMed Group adds dozens of jobs

Montgomery AdvertiserTallapoosa River, Thurlow Reservoir listed on Alabama Department of Public Health’s fish consumption advisory

Montgomery AdvertiserMontgomery City Council discusses eliminating merit pay raises

Montgomery AdvertiserEditorial: Rants and Raves – Montgomery rain garden will catch pollution

Huntsville Times(Video) DNA ‘switches’ discovery rests on HudsonAlpha Institute work

Huntsville TimesHuntsville candidate wants Bill Clinton, President Obama to help Americans recall better days, inherited problems

Huntsville Times‘Epicenter of missile defense’ growing on Redstone Arsenal

Huntsville Times9 Huntsvillians on mission trip to Costa Rica safe after 7.6 earthquake (updated)

Huntsville TimesMadison County officials Gillespie, Riddick, Peterson recognized by state organizations

Huntsville TimesOperation Green Team giving away state wildflower during National Planting Day

Huntsville TimesAlabama fails in school funding, ranking 49th in a recent national study (editorial)

Birmingham NewsHoover teen with recurrent respiratory illness undergoes 100th surgery

Birmingham NewsBessemer, Hueytown file objection to Jefferson County’s move to break Cutoff courthouse lease

Birmingham NewsUAB establishing five centers to provide health care in underserved areas

Birmingham NewsMississippi medical equipment company to pay $1.8 million to settle whistleblower lawsuit filed in Birmingham

Birmingham NewsJefferson County Commission asks its attorney to pursue collection of cash from Cooper Green fund

Press-RegisterAlabama, Louisiana sue the federal government over recalculated offshore drilling royalties

Press-RegisterIsaac “offspring” storm soaks Mobile and heads back into the Gulf if Mexico

Press-RegisterAirbus growth forecast bodes well for coastal aerospace corridor

Press-RegisterDauphin Island managing sand issues in Isaac’s aftermath

Press-RegisterWreck of sailing ship reappears at Fort Morgan beach after Hurricane Isaac (photo gallery)

Press-RegisterMore than 50,000 gallons of sewer overflows reported in Mobile (updated)

Press-RegisterHurricane Center watching a better organized system in the northern Gulf

Press-RegisterMagistrate judge recommends dismissal of Stephen Nodine’s constitutional challenge to gun law

Press-RegisterThe ex-governor who wouldn’t quit (Press-Register editorial)

Tuscaloosa NewsTuscaloosa County Commission to repair failing roads

Tuscaloosa NewsGerman company to build plant near Vance

Tuscaloosa NewsProgram provides free medications to seniors

Tuscaloosa NewsTwo will vie to be postsecondary leader

Tuscaloosa NewsCounty will fund forensic branch

Anniston StarFailing the test: Alabama’s efforts during tropical storm were lacking

Anniston StarHarvey H. Jackson: A trip to the Georgia Dome

Decatur Daily Coming together to help

Gadsden TimesGadsden City Schools to dip into reserve funds

Gadsden TimesWilliams announces ADECA funding for area projects

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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