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Recruiting takes on regional flair
Montgomery Advertiser – June 19
Students will pay more and employees will earn more this fall at the University of Alabama under a plan approved by trustees Friday. Trustees approved raising tuition 8 percent and providing a 6 percent, merit-based pay raise for faculty, staff and graduate assistants.

Bishop gets standing ovation from GOP
Associated Press – June 19
…University of Alabama political scientist William Stewart said Bishop’s blow has given Alabama “a bad image" at the same time the governor is in France trying to recruit industry. “I’m surprised he’s being treated like a hero," said Stewart, whose father served in the Alabama House for eight years.

Experts: Gas prices can't slow down pickup sales in Alabama
Montgomery Advertiser – June 17
Clark Midkiff, a University of Alabama engineering professor and director of its Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, said financial incentives could mean as much as awards in steering buyers to trucks. Midkiff said General Motors is offering such large rebates on trucks that it is damaging the automakers' bottom line…