Daily Headlines, Wednesday, 10/3/2012

Coffee cup Montgomery AdvertiserOfficial: Practice hurt Alagasco customers; $245 million added to bills

Montgomery AdvertiserAl Benn’s Alabama: France honors WWII vet from Alabama, 11 others

Montgomery AdvertiserLaw makes it harder to buy key meth ingredient

Montgomery AdvertiserSen. Jerry Fielding may announce party switch

Montgomery AdvertiserAlabama Power helping lead Southeast toward wind power

Montgomery AdvertiserPrattville Council votes to extend sales tax

Montgomery AdvertiserMontgomery, Autauga counties get grants for recreation projects

Montgomery AdvertiserPink October: LeGrande family united in fight against breast cancer

Montgomery AdvertiserAuto sales, home prices buoy economy

Huntsville TimesMayor Katy Woodall considering ‘stack of applications’ to rebuild Fyffe police force

Huntsville TimesObama 348, Romney 190: UAH astrophysicist, who got it right twice before, predicts electoral results

Huntsville TimesAlabama A&M to work with U.S. Army on unmanned aircraft systems program

Huntsville TimesOperation Stand Down aims to get homeless veterans off the streets

Huntsville TimesHuntsville schools could have better prepared for laptops, but digital initiative gives system direction (Our views)

Huntsville TimesA journey, a chance worth taking (Anthony Cook)

Birmingham NewsSpecial election set to fill Bessemer City Council vacancy

Birmingham NewsBessemer Police Department gets $47,000 grant for laptop computers, printers in patrol cars

Birmingham NewsBefore Carville-Rove debate, the question of the hour is Alabama’s economy

Birmingham NewsBessemer City Council passes $41.6 million budget for fiscal 2013

Birmingham NewsBirmingham, Jefferson County law enforcement asked not to issue tickets for tags over next 10 days

Birmingham NewsShelby County school board takes action on Montevallo mold

Birmingham NewsBirmingham school Superintendent Craig Witherspoon nominated for state Superintendent of the Year

Birmingham NewsJefferson County President David Carrington, Birmingham Mayor William Bell at odds (Updated)

Press-RegisterMobile’s proposed penny sales tax increase would only stick it to the poor (opinion)

Press-RegisterDigital age forces newspapers to speak your language (Michelle Jones)

Tuscaloosa NewsCouncil revokes grocery’s license

Tuscaloosa NewsCouncil raises mayors salary starting in 2013

Tuscaloosa NewsCentreville will get new boat ramp on river

Tuscaloosa NewsVolunteers from UAE help rebuild Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa NewsNorthport may ban open carrying of guns on city property

Anniston StarAlabama’s draconian solution: ALLKids is example of a program the state must protect

Decatur Daily Hold on, Hartselle schools

Gadsden TimesCandidates back off spending in chief justice race

Gadsden TimesGadsden Council rejects alcohol license for convenience store

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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