News from across the Region

• (AL) Alabama legislators get good education budget news The Montgomery Advertiser
• (MO) House says performance, not seniority, should govern teacher layoffs The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• (AL) Bill changing school start date has districts across Alabama scrambling to save student, faculty holidays The Huntsville Times
• (NC) Perdue unveils details of teacher pay raise The Winston-Salem Journal
• (AL) Alabama school Superintendent Tommy Bice wants overhaul of state's testing regimen The Birmingham News
• (US) School-Standards Pushback The Wall Street Journal
• (AL) State superintendent calls for higher standards The Montgomery Advertiser
• (MS) Local districts struggling with change in academic calendars The Jackson Clarion-Ledger
• (KY) Kentucky students to face more rigorous state tests The Courier-Journal
• (AL) Gov. Robert Bentley rejects start date bill for Alabama schools The Birmingham News
• (SC) School choice bill survives, barely The Columbia State
• (LA) School plan advances The Baton Rouge Advocate
• (LA) Sex-ed mandate fails to pass House panel The Baton Rouge Advocate
• (LA) School anti-bullying bills easily advance The Baton Rouge Advocate
• (AL) Alabama governor to see bill setting up school rating system The Montgomery Advertiser
• (MO) Ruling derails bills on Missouri schools The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• (FL) Fla. Board of Ed considers English learner rules The Miami Herald
• (TN) Haslam signs bill allowing local referendums on municipal schools in Shelby suburbs The Tennessean
• (MO) UM System's "Advancing Missouri" campaign is going national The Columbia Missourian
• (LA) New college fees urged The Baton Rouge Advocate
• (US) The Ph.D. Now Comes With Food Stamps The Chronicle of Higher Education
• (MS) Tuition hikes OK'd by College Board The Hattiesburg American
• (FL) Scott names task force to study higher education in Florida The Tallahassee Democrat
• (MO) Lawmakers consider Missouri fund for college buildings The Columbia Missourian
• (LA) Proposal to merge colleges clears Education Committee The Baton Rouge Advocate
• (FL) FSU president says athletics budget a short-term issue The Tallahassee Democrat
• (GA) Georgia tries to keep medical students in state The Augusta Chronicle
• (KY) University of Kentucky hikes tuition by 6 percent The Courier-Journal
• (MO) $2 million earmark for university stalls Missouri’s whole budget The Kansas City Star
• (TX) UT regents tweak own policy to draw more from endowment The Austin American Statesman
• (OK) Oklahoma law directs state agencies, colleges to save energy The Oklahoman
• (FL) Budget cuts could kill UF journalism, music libraries The Miami Herald
• (MO) Missouri universities could get $3 million funding boost The Columbia Missourian
• (US) Colleges look at policies for illegal immigrants USA Today
• (GA) Four Georgia colleges add "state" to name The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• GOP Senators Block Democrats' Student Loan Bill National Public Radio
• Report: Schools key to fighting America's obesity The Atlanta Journal Constitution
• College Grads Struggle To Gain Financial Footing National Public Radio’s Morning Edition
• (NORTHEAST) For College Seniors, One Last Lap Before Graduation National Public Radio’s Morning Edition
• (CA) California community colleges look to save money by banning repeat classes The Sacramento Bee
• (CT) Bill would cut college remedial classes The Connecticut Post
• (CO) Colorado Board of Ed Rejects Adoption of Multi-State Testing Education News
• (MI) Michigan college president sorry for erroneous email saying students have been dismissed FoxNews
• Settlement close in Glades cleanup suits The Miami Herald
• An Old Texas Tale Retold: the Farmer vs. the Oil Company The New York Times
• Postal Service drops plan to close rural post offices USA Today
• Why Cattle Prices Are at an All-Time High State Impact Texas
• NH bill increases landowner liability protections Fosters Daily Democrat
• NRCS chief promises wetland solution for frustrated Red River Valley farmers AgWeek
• ND:  Insect poses unusual threat AgWeek
• Purdue entomologist says “expect the unexpected” Brownfield Network
• Thune: need for farm bill action is urgent Brownfield Network
• OH specialty crop leader testifies on Farm Bill Brownfield Network
• National Water Quality Initiative announced Brownfield Network
• The growing economic impact of renewable fuels Brownfield Network
• Do cows contribute as much as cars to L.A. smog? Brownfield Network
• Grassley: farm bill passage easier this year Brownfield Network
• API report ‘another roadblock’ to E15 Brownfield Network
• Safeway moving away from gestation stalls Brownfield Network
• Demand will restructure food industry Brownfield Network
• Bollworms, other pests, showing up very early in Arkansas crops Delta Farm Press
• DOL regulatory back-down calms family farm tempest Delta Farm Press
• Illegal trees put California citrus industry at risk Western Farm Press
• Arizona water uncertainties change farm lending practices Western Farm Press
• Farm theft rising rapidly across US Western Farm Press
• USDA seeks change to regulate Internet pet sales The Associated Press
• NY lawmakers aim to strengthen animal cruelty laws The Philadelphia Examiner
• USDA predicts record US corn harvest this summer The Associated Press
• Program to help farmers reduce runoff to waterways CBS
• NE: Area co-ops among nation’s top in sales and margins The Grant Tribune
• Entomologist takes charge of US agricultural research institute Nature
• Bees are being killed: beekeepers take first step to sue EPA over pesticides The Washington Times
• Rural teens less prone to allergies, study finds The Minnesota Post
• CA: Rural counties bristle at septic regs The Sonora Union-Democrat
• LA: $325M borrowing plan for Louisiana's rural roads gets final OK The Town Talk
• Rural doctors enjoy the challenges, benefits of small town practice The Chicago Tribune
• Rural Communities Struggle to Maintain Water, Sewer Services Public News Service
• Rural road fights in Utah heat up with more lawsuits The Deseret News

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