Alabama Senate adjourns, vote pending on redistricting plan

by David White -- The Birmingham News May 21, 2012

Sen. Marc Keahey, D-Grove Hill, in what he said was a protest against the redistricting plan, asked that all 300-plus pages be read aloud.

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Alabama House passes plan to shift education money to General Fund

by David White -- The Birmingham News May 21, 2012

In return, the General Fund will be picking up costs of children’s insurance program.

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GOP redistricting plan passes House

by George Altman -- Montgomery Bureau May 21, 2012

MONTGOMERY — The House passed a GOP-backed House redistricting plan on Monday and voted down alternative plans proposed by Democrats, who continued to accuse GOP lawmakers of partisan, racial gerrymandering.

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Sizing up the session

by montgomeryadvertiser May 21, 2012

The surprise is not that the only acts the Legislature is mandated to pass – the state budgets – barely made it through as the clock ticked toward midnight and toward potential disaster on the final day of the regular session.

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Young illegal immigrants coming out

by montgomeryadvertiser May 21, 2012

She was tiny and trembling and looked so very vulnerable.

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From Saturday’s paper: Shelby County loses challenge to Voting Rights Act

by Mary Orndorff -- Washington Bureau May 21, 2012

WASHINGTON — The ability of the federal government to scrutinize elections in parts of the country with a history of discrimination was upheld Friday when a federal court rejected Shelby County’s claim that the strict oversight was no longer necessary.Shelby County…

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Mobile Bar honors slain police officer; Bobby Lowder’s hidden hand and more (Political Skinny)

by George Talbot May 21, 2012

Editor’s Note: The Political Skinny is an inside look at Alabama politics prepared by the staff of the Press-Register. For more information, e-mail skinny@press-register.com or call 251-219-5623.

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Documentary a showcase for folk art at museum

by montgomeryadvertiser May 20, 2012

In the folk art world, the late Jimmy Lee Sudduth stands tall, a sweet man of enormous energy and spirit, prolific in raw paintings of mud on wood or cardboard.

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State leaders pin hopes on voters, amendment

by montgomeryadvertiser May 20, 2012

Alabama voters will get the chance this September to decide the fate of the linchpin of the Legislature’s budget, something state officials said is necessary to prevent even greater cuts to Medicaid and prisons.

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BRIEFLY: Testing, data helping students, teachers improve

by montgomeryadvertiser May 20, 2012

The state’s largest school system has received national recognition for raising the test scores of poor and minority students, especially on the elementary level.

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