Daily Headlines, Friday, 10/19/2012

Posted by H, on October 19th, 2012, at 6:52 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Montgomery mayor asks media to ‘shut up’ about grade-change allegations until investigation complete

Huntsville Times – Bullying again at heart of Huntsville board meeting as Grissom JROTC cadets defend instructor

Huntsville Times – Friday last commission meeting for Mike Gillespie, Faye Dyer, Jerry Craig

Huntsville Times – Democrat in Alabama uses Facebook to imply GOP congressional opponent is gay

Birmingham News – Alabama industry report: New Norfolk Southern rail hub draws interest from manufacturers, distributors and Walmart

Birmingham News – A snapshot of the Birmingham area’s homeless population (video, slideshow)

Birmingham News – Deadline for Alabama’s absentee ballots for military and overseas voters extended

Birmingham News – Survey ranks University of Alabama, Auburn University alumni among nation’s 10 most conservative

Birmingham News – Jefferson County’s top lawyer, who makes $375,000, could leave in dispute over pay raise

Birmingham News – Irondale City Council approves ban on front-yard parking

Birmingham News – Sen. Jeff Sessions post lunch speech to business group likely heartburn creating

Birmingham News – Jose Antonio Vargas wants a conversation, not a confrontation, with immigration town hall (Joey Kennedy)

Press-Register – Mobile Public Library looks at cutting hours, bookmobile amid budget cuts

Press-Register – Rosinton Elementary supporters to Baldwin board: Please don’t close our school

Press-Register – BP confirms Macondo wells are secure, inspection attributes surface sheens to leaking cofferdam

Press-Register – Council runoffs set in Elberta and Robertsdale on Tuesday (updated)

Press-Register – Amendment 5: Finally some relief in sight for parched Prichard (Editorial)

Tuscaloosa News – Tuscaloosa City superintendent gets goals from BOE

Tuscaloosa News – Downtown renewal project could be scaled back

Tuscaloosa News – Alabama voters to decide union organizing issue

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Caring Days provides important service

Anniston Star – Reading, writing and rights: Why shouldn’t Alabama children have the right to an education?

Anniston Star – Phillip Tutor: Education on the cheap carries costs

Gadsden Times – Gasoline prices finally begin to slide

Gadsden Times – Little River Preserve to celebrate 20th anniversary

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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