Daily Headlines, Wednesday, 10/31/2012

Posted by H, on October 31st, 2012, at 4:56 am

Montgomery Advertiser – Current, former justices endorse Vance over Roy Moore

Montgomery Advertiser – ASU symposium links past and present civil, voting rights

Montgomery Advertiser – Al Benn’s Alabama: Prattville YMCA director retires after 49 years

Montgomery Advertiser – MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSION:Polizos faces Howell, a political newcomer, for District 3 seat

Montgomery Advertiser – MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSION:2 attorneys, economic development advocates face off in District 1

Huntsville Times – Hidden cemetery discovered in Meridianville

Huntsville Times – Madison Finance Director Lillie Causey dies; suffered aneurism at work

Huntsville Times – Strip club across from University Place Elementary School? Huntsville police ask City Council to say no

Huntsville Times – Huntsville school board doing well to plan for new Grissom, new Johnson (Our view)

Birmingham News – Additional $12 million must be cut from Birmingham city schools’ budget, state officials tells parents

Birmingham News – Undocumented journalist Jose Antonio Vargas addresses myths, hosts conversation on immigration

Birmingham News – Troubled Jefferson County hit with another glitch to one of its departments

Birmingham News – Roy Moore stresses experience, Constitution in bid to regain old job

Birmingham News – Federal judge won’t recuse herself from former Jefferson County Commissioner John Katopodis’ case

Birmingham News – Six questions with Roy Moore

Birmingham News – Birmingham City Council approves extra costs for new Pratt City apartment shelters

Birmingham News – Federal grand jury indicts two men in separate child exploitation cases in Morgan and Madison counties

Press-Register – Mobile’s Office of Strategic Initiatives remains in limbo

Press-Register – Events Mobile contract gets City Council approval

Press-Register – U.S. Chamber Chairman Ed Rust: Widening skills gap limiting economic recovery

Press-Register – Mitt Romney aims for historic win in Alabama

Tuscaloosa News – McCollum, Sexton detail their plans for county

Tuscaloosa News – City: Revolving loan program not as popular as hoped

Tuscaloosa News – Lawmaker to draft bill to raise teachers pay

Anniston Star – Vance for chief justice: Alabama’s Supreme Court doesn’t need a repeat of Roy Moore’s act

Decatur Daily – Robert Vance Jr. for chief justice

Decatur Daily – Cavanaugh best pick for president of PSC

Gadsden Times – Etowah County finances exceed expectations

Gadsden Times – Gadsden Council approves change order, FEMA grant for safe rooms

Gadsden Times – Burns challenging Ogletree for Etowah County Circuit Judge Place 2

Gadsden Times – Boman seeks to unseat Aderholt in District 4

Gadsden Times – Casino developer seeks another prison delay

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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