Daily Headlines, Friday, 9/21/2012

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

Coffee cup Montgomery Advertiser – Rep. Martha Roby taking the stump for Mitt Romney

Montgomery Advertiser – Mexican government reviewing complaint on Alabama immigration law

Montgomery Advertiser – Chancellor’s pay includes $271K, use of state car

Montgomery Advertiser – City, school leaders launch program to promote healthy lifestyles for children in Montgomery

Huntsville Times – Huntsville City Council wrestles with how much tax money to give nonprofit agencies in 2013

Huntsville Times – Laptop, network glitches main topic of Huntsville school board meeting

Huntsville Times – Huntsville schools’ CFO resigns post after 13 months

Huntsville Times – Alabama A&M trustee Chasidy Privett leaves board

Huntsville Times – Let’s balance our health rankings across all age levels (editorial)

Huntsville Times – Curbing legislative travel (editorial)

Birmingham News – Birmingham population decline costs city seats on funding agency as other areas gain clout

Birmingham News – Bessemer soldier earns a rare award serving at nation’s Tomb of Unknowns

Birmingham News – Irondale City Council approves $14.8 million budget with raises for city employees

Birmingham News – ABC agents raid Birmingham beer and wine store, take homebrewing equipment

Birmingham News – Latest batch to bring 2009 Jefferson County occupational tax refunds to $13M mark

Press-Register – Virtually all Alabama tar balls from BP oil spill, new study shows

Press-Register – Baldwin County school board approves budget

Press-Register – Alabama GOP chairman recommends anti-Obama movie ‘Dreams From My Real Father’

Press-Register – Your turn, Mobile City Council (Press-Register editorial)

Press-Register – PRO: Fresh infusion of resources would provide security, boldness for Mobile (Insight)

Press-Register – CON: It is demonstrable that there is no budget crisis for 2013 (Insight)

Tuscaloosa News – Tuscaloosa’s economic developer resigning

Tuscaloosa News – Program boosts young entrepreneurs

Tuscaloosa News – University of West Alabama grant to help workers

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: PACT participants deserve full tuition

Anniston Star – The new constituency: Amendment 1 result puts Bentley, lawmakers in tough situation

Anniston Star – Ignoring the message: More Alabamians need to heed warning about obesity and their health

Anniston Star – Phillip Tutor: Prayer, Jesus and college football

Decatur Daily – Accepting responsibility for health

Gadsden Times – More Northeast Alabama women report being homeless

Gadsden Times – Absentee ballots available for GOP primary in House District 30

Opelika-Auburn News – Proposed 2013 Lee County budget allows pay raises

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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