Daily Headlines, Tuesday, 10/9/2012

Posted by H, on October 9th, 2012, at 4:56 am

Coffee cup Montgomery Advertiser – ‘Tremendous’ response to Tallassee auto supplier’s Hanil USA announcement of job openings

Montgomery Advertiser – Mental Illness Awareness Week arrives amid move to community care

Montgomery Advertiser – Family of slain USA student, Wetumpka graduate hires law firm

Montgomery Advertiser – City sees revenue growth in sales tax, business licenses

Huntsville Times – Madison City Council OKs change giving schools excess tax revenue (updated)

Huntsville Times – Former Huntsville schools’ CFO to be paid as consultant to district

Huntsville Times – In Madison County, Roger Jones emerges as Democrats’ last frontrunner

Huntsville Times – Jess Brown: Election night – Watching the returns like a pro… (Commentary)

Birmingham News – Calera High School teacher is 1 of 5 Teachers of the Year by PEOPLE magazine

Birmingham News – Voters in several Jefferson, Shelby cities will choose mayors in Tuesday’s runoffs

Birmingham News – Mountain Brook City council approves agreements with various Alabama community staples

Birmingham News – Hoover Planning Commission approves plans for 28-home subdivision off Doug Baker Boulevard

Birmingham News – Moody City Council approves $1,016 settlement with driver for vehicle damage

Birmingham News – Congressman Spencer Bachus calls on VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to speed up veterans claims processing

Birmingham News – Birmingham City Council considering protest vote against proposed state pet clinic rules

Birmingham News – All you need to know, Alabama, you can learn at a dog park

Press-Register – Gulf Shores council updates rules for hurricane passes, re-entry decals

Press-Register – American Apparel protesting loss of contract for military uniforms

Press-Register – Mobile’s got a tax deal, but no budget.

Press-Register – Another election? Daphne, Satsuma voters head to polls Tuesday for runoffs

Press-Register – Mobile advocates seek to ‘unmask’ mental illness through gala, awareness walk

Tuscaloosa News – Senator seeks to halt occupation tax

Tuscaloosa News – Emergency services seeks donations for food pantry

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: All motives are political when redistricting

Anniston Star – The road to recovery

Anniston Star – Election Day again? Yes

Decatur Daily – Vote today

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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