Daily Headlines, Tuesday, 10/23/2012

Posted by H, on October 23rd, 2012, at 9:59 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Primaries Tuesday for 2 vacant Alabama House seats

Montgomery Advertiser – Alabama to seek stiffer voter fraud penalties

Montgomery Advertiser – Bridging history: Hundreds honor retiring Archive director

Montgomery Advertiser – Licensing boards not yet complying with provision inAlabama’s immigration law

Montgomery Advertiser – Alabama voters control tiny Stockton’s future

Montgomery Advertiser – Area collegians, politicos react to final debate

Montgomery Advertiser – Gas prices could soon drop 50 cents a gallon

Huntsville Times – Three Athens City Council members attend last meeting Monday

Huntsville Times – Huntsville Republicans have quiet confidence about Romney during debate; Democrats more vocal for Obama

Huntsville Times – Vote ‘yes’ on Amendments 4, 9 and 10

Birmingham News – Birmingham City Councilman threatens to sue Mayor William Bell over tornado cleanup worker lists

Birmingham News – USA Today: Homewood awakens with an air of ‘cosmopolitan flair’

Birmingham News – Leeds sets up public building authority to oversee construction of library

Birmingham News – Auto supplier acquires Hartselle plant, will employ more than 200 people

Birmingham News – Study: 44 percent of Alabama’s class of 2011 had debt

Birmingham News – Birmingham City Council get more information on civil rights anniversary funding requests, delays approving cash for now

Birmingham News – Historic building at University of Alabama could be moved

Birmingham News – Groups commenting on Corps plan for river basin

Birmingham News – Alabama gov’s panel examines prescription drug abuse

Birmingham News – State board approves bonds sale for school buses

Tuscaloosa News – State union members campaign elsewhere

Tuscaloosa News – Officials warn against voter fraud

Tuscaloosa News – Deadline approaches for voter registration

Tuscaloosa News – Bentley campaigns for money to draw businesses

Tuscaloosa News – EDITORIAL: Legislative pay proposal is reasonable

Gadsden Times – Large number of absentee votes expected in election

Opelika-Auburn News – Congressional candidate admits to mistake on bio

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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