The Moulton Advertiser - Amid controversy, three resign immediately from Lawrence County Healthcare Authority
Northwest Alabamian - Winston County Jail faces closure after fire marshal inspection
Journal-Record - Winfield City learns it is limited in restricting alcohol sales if wet/dry vote passes
Dothan Eagle – Stimulus money slow to [...]
Eddie Curran, who covered the Siegelman Administration for the Press-Register, and criminal trials now has a web site, the Governor of Goat Hill.  He is promoting his book of the same name and provides excerpts. He also presents information and opinion some will find interesting, some infuriating, [...]
The Atmore Advance – Riley declares state of emergency – on account of flooding
The Selma Times-Journal – New South Coalition wants Sanders to run again
BaldwinCountyNow – Fairhope Council considers recording meetings – if you can’t trust the minutes you already approved
Andalusia Star-News – Opp sales tax [...]
Prattville Progress – Corruption case against Autauga County Coroner dismissed
Shoals Insider – Garbagegate
Jacksonville News – HD-40 candidates hold public forum
Dothan Eagle – Four Wiregrass school districts under state minimum reserve
BaldwinCountyNow – Bay Minette to hold tax vote March 23
Since this issue will continue for some time, thought I would post these. While they are contradictory at times, so is life. These are links to scholarly papers, think tank papers and government reports. This list is by no means exhaustive. Please add other links to papers, reports, etc. Some [...]
Dothan Eagle – Court rules in favor of Midland City police chief
Cullman Times – New commission will give grants to towns, non-profits – four members appointed by legislators
The Post – Cedar Bluff election results (finally) in
Andalusia Star-News – Florala councilwoman asks Utility Board to pay city
The [...]
The Legislative Fiscal Office has released its numbers for next fiscal year. The report foresees flat to decreasing tax revenue, and reduced stimulus funding. The report also shows how much the stimulus program kept the state afloat.
Links to their presentation, exhibits and slideshow.
The Department of [...]
BaldwinCountyNow – Suit filed against city of Fairhope, Publix developer
The News Courier – Back-to-back BRAC?
The Selma Times-Journal – Funding comes to National Civil Rights Museum
BaldwinCountyNow – Watershed group names problems and solutions
The Sand Mountain Reporter - Christmas Coalition still seeks help for 300
The Wetumpka Herald [...]
If the purpose of bingo in Alabama is to support charities, Kentucky’s bingo laws and regulations may be a model to look at.
In Kentucky, horse racing, a state lottery and charitable bingo are the only legal forms of gambling. Charitable bingo brings in $461 million (before winners are paid) and [...]
Dothan Eagle – Newton man files claim against town, officials
Cullman Times – County threatens to dump city water system – You control the water, you control development
Daily Home – Hearing on PCB contamination held
Journal Record – Hamilton raises sales tax a penny
Clanton Advertiser – Governor outlines plans for a session – probably DOA
Dothan Eagle - State not funding revolving funds for small business – another casualty of the recession?
BaldwinCountyNow – Bay Minette voters to decide on tax hike in March
The Arab Tribune – City suing package store; [...]
The Blount Countian – Revenue down, expenses down as county manages thru recession
The Daily Home – Talladega’s water, sewer system riddled with problems
BaldwinCountyNow – Daphne council man questions utility board expenses – Ipods for training purposes?
Cullman Times – Residents oppose Smith Lake mining permits
Arab Tribune [...]
Jacksonville News – No representation when session starts
The Daily Home – More details on emergency contract to manage water system
The Selma Times-Journal – Selma decides first elected school board
The Choctaw Sun – Wheres the money and who got the jobs – a look at local stimulus [...]
H, the news cyborg, is broken, duct tape and WD-40 have been sent for, so, lets do this the hard way…
Birmingham News – Larry Langford says he’s moved on, has no regrets
Birmingham News – Trussville Board of Education asks City Council to back property tax increase
Birmingham News – [...]
The Selma Times-Journal - Perry County Commissioner Albert Turner to testify about Perry County landfill
Dothan Eagle -Â Editorial: Transparency works
The Atmore Advance – Semi-amusing editorial cartoon
St. Clair News-Aegis – St. Clair County Sheriff and DA back Strange for Attorney General
The Post – Perfect ending – [...]
The News Courier – Mayor: No veto of historic preservation ordinance
Selma Times-Journal – Prepare now for school board election
Troy Messenger – Instruments donated to Goshen High School
Cullman Times – Jerry Parker running for spot on Cullman County Commission
[...]The Sand Mountain Reporter - Boaz mayor to heed threats – faces minor ethics charge
Times-Journal - Budgets top concern of Legislators – including Lowell Barron
Daily Mountain Eagle – Police officer hiring sparks controversy in Carbon Hill
Northwest Alabamian – Sen Zeb Little’s bill to remove occupational tax [...]
St. Clair Times – Minor: unanswered questions remain about bingo
Cullman Times – VAW joins Duck River water supply plan
Andalusia Star-News – Former Covington County deputies sue County
The Daily Home – Residents look for foul odor resolution
The Daily Sentinel - Jackson County Commission seeks judgment [...]
Cullman Times – Local TVA money committee meets for first time
Dadeville Record – Sudsy Sundays and related editorial
The Sand Mountain Reporter – Sixty attend mayoral forum and Mayor Lyons: forum a step backward
Ledger-Enquirer – Russell County buys out superintendent’s contract
The Selma Times-Journal - [...]
Clanton Advertiser – County Commission Chairman Mims cleared of assault charges
Dothan Eagle – Officer said police chief requirements changed to exclude him
Andalusia Star-News – Airport may ask cities, county for debt help
Daily Home – Budget woes force Riverside to cut services
The Selma Times Journal - School board candidate Hicks won’t talk about non-profit’s relationship with others and related blog entry
Times-Journal - Sylvania firing heating up
Dothan Eagle – Details sketchy on how much bingo money will go to charities and bingo questions abound
Pickens County Herald – [...]
The Daily Home – A different tool to reduce drop out rates
The Selma Times-Journal – Group targets AIDS education
The News Courier – Limestone County Commission to show thanks for grants
Daily Mountain Eagle – Carbon Hill recieves $3000 community service grant from Rep. Ken Guin
Dothan Eagle – [...]
The Sand Mountain Reporter – Group suspends holiday fund raising and related editorial
The Tuskegee News – Racing Commission could receive 45 per cent raise
Southeastern Sun – Community mourns loss of Wallace Miller
Clanton Advertiser – Rhonda Hardesty to seek Republican nomination for third term as District [...]
Seems to be motto of 13 year old, Marina McKinley, of Saraland. She has gone from seeing people beg for left overs to providing a meal for them. She does have a website where donations can be made.
As the saying goes better to light a candle than curse [...]
Journal-Record - Grants raise interest in Bedford program
The News-Courier – Three years of excess revenue helps Athens pay bills
The Blount Countian - Law center takes on ADEM over Rosa Mines permit
Dothan Eagle – Royer enjoys Thanksgiving with family, friends
[...]Piedmont Journal – Happy Thanksgiving
The Moulton Advertiser – Late payment leads to brief health insurance lapse for Lawrence County employees
The Blount Countian – Disruptive non-meeting in Cleveland
The Randolph Leader – Randolph County Commission silence stalls projects
The Brewton Standard – Keahy: Lawmakers will have to cut [...]
Dothan Eagle – Yes we can! leader talks about 2010 goals
Times Record - School prayer issue at Fayette County Board of Education meeting – scroll past the first two headlines
Daily Mountain Eagle – Jasper won’t service police jurisdiction
The Sand Mountain Reporter – Thrifty teachers
The Daily Sentinel [...]
The Arab Tribune – Marshall County payroll check arrested on theft charge
The Atmore Advance – County food aid need growing
The Brewton Standard – Teachers get gift of supply money – from State Sen. Keahey
The Sand Mountain Reporter – Teachers need help with school supplies
Daily Mountain Eagle [...]
In this corner, Gov. Bob Riley and in the other, Milton McGregor, one of Alabama’s most powerful figures.  In another corner is Attorney General Troy King.
According to the Gadsden Times, Gov. Riley’s spokesman has said the McGregor’s Victoryland bingo parlor is operating in violation of state law and [...]
Greenville Advocate – Butler County BOE considers cutting bus routes, adding ‘hubs’
BaldwinCountyNow – Island Men movement growing, helping to change things for the better
Dothan Eagle – Editorial: Explain to us your opposition to bingo, Gov. Riley
The Wetumpka Herald – Beason’s proposal would say yes or no
Selma [...]
Ledger-Enquirer – Sen. Ted Little awards $150,000 to Russell County
Shelby County Reporter - FBI seeking relatives of Nathan Johnson, who was killed by Alabaster Police in 1966
Prattville Progress – Marbury Smart boards a Wii bit less pricey
BaldwinCountyNow – Yay or Neigh? Bay Minette Council talks limits [...]
News Courier - Athens ticket fixing probe closed
The Daily Home – Talladega City Council discusses the ‘appalling’ state of city water department
The Cleburne News – Proration will cut $1.1 million from Cleburne County schools
Troy Messenger – Pike County Commission considers key changes to increase revenue
Andalusia Star-News [...]
The Arab Tribune - Marshall County struggles with abuse, births
Times-Journal – Sylvania postpones hearing for city magistrate – for the fourth time
Southeast Sun - Governor insists electronic bingo is illegal – embedded is Country Crossing’s response to the latest developments
The Selma Times-Journal – White Hall temporarily [...]
The Arab Tribune – Help needed for 1000 kids – a sign of the times
Times-Journal - Feds target Fort Payne courts
Choctaw Sun – County Commission meets over land fill deal
Clanton Advertiser - Thorsby residents speak out on zoning
Pickens County Herald – [...]
Daily Mountain Eagle – Electronic bingo’s future addressed by citizen at Walker County Commission meeting
The News-Courier – Man questions lack of county noise ordinance
Brewton Standard – Escambia County DHR: food stamp need rises as families cope with economy
Arab Today – United Way 2-1-1 calls spike [...]
Thanks to anonymous for the steer to Nonprofits formed by three legislators go unaudited in today’s Birmingham News. In brief, State Sen. Roger Bedford, Reps. Mike Millican, D-Hamilton, and William Thigpen, D-Fayette, helped pass legislation diverting tax funds from the State Coal Severance Tax (which the act also sets [...]
The Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Fact book (pdf). This is a reference provided all legislators to show them where all the money goes. Makes interesting reading. For instance, one state agency recieves about $600K to investigate consumer complaints and secured about $400k in refunds for Alabama consumers and resolved [...]
Thought it might be a good idea to look at what Alabama’s laws to say on the subject of indigent care.
In the 1901 Constitution, Section 88 provides; “It shall be the duty of the legislature to require the several counties of this state to make [...]
Andalusia Star-News – Covington County Schools doesn’t want penny tax
Troy Messenger - Brundidge Councilman found guilty of assault
The Southeast Sun – Enterprise City Schools face grim future
Hartselle Enquirer – Hartselle raises sales tax to support new school
St. Clair News-Aegis – Legislators look for equality in [...]
The Selma Times-Journal – Dallas County No. 14 as stressed county
Dothan Eagle - Dothan’s mayor sees hope in smaller sales tax decline
Southeastern Sun – Enterprise schools to face grim financial future
Greenville Advocate – State’s financial outlook bleak, Rep. Newton says
The Brewton Standard - City seeks [...]
Shoals Insider - Are cell phone towers safe enough for schools?
Brewton Standard – City approves tax abatement for Georgia Pacific – takes money to make money
Troy Messenger – Pike County Commission discusses key changes and proposed legislation
Andalusia Star-News – Opp charity asks county for help
Cullman Times [...]
Just a few links to today’s editorials, presented in no particular order, below the fold.
Birmingham News:
Our View: Most Alabamians don’t get to celebrate having the nations’s lowest state and local taxes
Jefferson County needs accountability
Alabama’s two year colleges will embark on another fresh start
Times Daily:
Enterprise Ledger – Enterprise school board addresses financial concerns and crtiticism
Dothan Eagle – Dothan residents object to group home
BaldwinCountyNow – Callahan supports tax increase without referendum
Daily Mountain Eagle – Building fund raiser for free clinic
The Sand Mountain Reporter – Christmas Coalition needs sponsors for [...]
Andalusia Star News - Seth Hammett: Legislators face rough session
The Franklin County News - Franklin County Schools seek one cent tax increase
The Sand Mountain Reporter - Bishop defends ESL program and related editorial
BaldwinCountyNow - Cell phone tower turmoil continues in Spanish Fort
Troy Messenger - [...]
Troy Messenger - Brundidge City Council man to stand trial
Andalusia Star-News - For local merchants, new one cent sales tax would be …
The Tuskegee News - Encore visit for Obama’s education tour
The Piedmont Journal - Love in action: One church found a need and [...]
Brewton Standard - Hawthorne stays in office
Dothan Eagle - Dothan to join Georgia based water authority
Prattville Progress - Schools keep eye on diesel prices - and so should consumers, most of what you eat gets here by truck
The Selma Times-Journal - Whats inside Selma’s comprehensive [...]
A recording is available at Ustream.tv. Thanks to Chef in the daily digest comments for the steer and to the Opelika-Auburn News for arranging it.
This is flash video which should play in any mainstream browser.
[...]Cullman Times - Steady hand needed on water supply and related articles - its always about control
The Daily Sentinel - Problems found in audit of Jackson County Sheriff’s Office corrected
Shelby County Reporter - Calera candidates sound off on city issues
Atmore Advance - Escambia County School Board member arrested
Brewton Standard - Former East Brewton mayoral candidate arrested
The Post - Sprouse to be sworn in as mayor of Cedar Bluff - finally
The Daily Home - Three cities seek to work together
Ledger-Enquirer - Apology may not end [...]
For those who haven’t seen it, the Birmingham News has published, Alabama boasts lowest tax rate in nation, based on US Census data, which the various politicos interviewed cite either as a source of pride or alarm.
Yet the Census also also shows in a chart 2008 States Ranked [...]
