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Recruiting takes on regional flair
Montgomery Advertiser – June 19
"It is a new element to our industrial recruitment efforts," said William Stewart, political science professor emeritus at the University of Alabama . "It's a bigger scale now." Recruitment efforts in Alabama typically have been a one-state affair, but recent projects that can benefit neighboring states or require government cooperation at various levels have changed that, he said. Stewart has studied the past 50 years of the state's industrial recruitment efforts.

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…

Cash comes rolling in for charity
Woolwich Observer (Elmira, Ontario) – June 18
Elmira’s Katie Harnock has been accepted to play wheelchair basketball at the University of Alabama…

Our Family for Families First Foundation honors 21 students
Enterprise Ledger – June 17
Our Family for Families First, a private charitable foundation founded by John G. Picerne, awarded scholarships to military family members graduating in the classes of 2006 and 2007 at a luncheon Saturday in Washington, D.C….Douglas Brown, 18, will be attending the University of Alabama in the fall. He is an honors student…