Daily Headlines, Thursday, 10/18/2012

Posted by H, on October 18th, 2012, at 5:52 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Amendment 8 lets voters cut legislators’ pay

Montgomery Advertiser – State Brief: Bentley appoints Phillips to ADMH board of trustees

Montgomery Advertiser – Federal court rejects rehearing request on portions of Alabama immigration law

Montgomery Advertiser – EXCLUSIVE: Two MPS employees say they witnessed violations of grade changing

Montgomery Advertiser – Prattville ends fiscal year in better shape

Montgomery Advertiser – Different city, county voting precincts will not impact Nov. 6 election

Huntsville Times – Pisgah High event promotes use of alternative fuel vehicles

Birmingham News – Republican Artur Davis comes home but does not look back to his Democratic roots

Birmingham News – Author: Alabama women won’t call selves feminists, but get the benefits

Birmingham News – How many places can you legally conceal a gun? (3 Joe’s Outdoor Office videos)

Birmingham News – Democrat Bob Vance seeks Alabama chief justice seat, says Roy Moore distracted by side issues

Birmingham News – Some question exiting Irondale City Council’s move to establish water board

Press-Register – Jimmie Morris had a hand in many of Mobile’s most beloved institutions

Press-Register – Amendment 5 would put Prichard’s water and sewer system under MAWSS

Press-Register – Robert Vance: Why I’m running for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court (Opinion)

Press-Register – Gulf Coast issue ends up on state-wide ballots thanks to politics, quirk in legislative rules

Press-Register – An all Alabama diet- is it even possible? Day 1 (video)

Tuscaloosa News – County says goodbye to two longtime commissioners

Tuscaloosa News – Bronner wary of Bentleys incentive plan

Tuscaloosa News – Pate files appeal with Supreme Court

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Amendment 4 will eliminate racist language

Anniston Star – Harvey H. Jackson: Looking back on first debate

Decatur Daily – L&N Depot purchase was wise

Gadsden Times – Board of registrars chairman accused of sexual harrassment

Gadsden Times – Etowah school board will try to fund four capital projects

Gadsden Times – Albertville City Council approves contract for speech therapy services

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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