Birmingham News – Lead architect for the domed stadium updates officials on progress
Birmingham News – Alabama schools chief says public schools face financially grim 2010-2011
Birmingham News – Judge orders Jefferson County to transfer funds for occupational tax refunds
Birmingham News – Update: Gov. [...]
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; [...]
Observers close to the situation are expecting Director Trey Glenn of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) to step down at tomorrow’s Environmental Management Commission meeting. The business community, the environmental community, and ADEM staff have all had their dissatisfactions with Glenn, though as one interested [...]
A source close to the Ron Sparks’ gubernatorial campaign confirms what I have heard elsewhere: the Democrat’s campaign for governor is expanding and hiring.
The campaign doubled office space two weeks ago in Montgomery, is in the process of hiring a couple of new positions, and has [...]
Rep. Cam Ward has a new post for us, “Charging Windmills,” in the Parlor’s Legislative Dispatch section.
There are a few rough edges yet in the new design of the site, and one of them is that I have not yet [...]
Sometimes when I discuss this issue I feel like Don Quixote because I have been charging at this windmill for so long. Still I have always felt this is an important issue to our state so here goes my pitch. It’s no secret that Alabama’s road projects over the years [...]
I don’t know that the Alabama Line will tackle the task of handicapping each state legislative race, and the three Supreme Court races haven’t firmed up enough that it would yet be practical to handicap them individually either. However, undaunted, the Alabama Line is willing [...]
Birmingham News – Alabama’s Troy King now nation’s highest paid attorney general
Birmingham News – Former Huntsville missile defense official sentenced for taking bribes
Birmingham News – Former Southern Union president gets probation from conviction tied to 2-year college probe
Birmingham News – Jefferson County [...]
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 [...]
The 2010 Alabama races for U.S. Senate and seven Congressional seats have been added to the Alabama Line. Find the Alabama Line here or in the sidebar.
Some look now to be close. Others, not so much.
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Birmingham News – Patrick Cooper, William Bell in runoff for Birmingham mayor
Birmingham News – Trussville council approves citywide vote on property tax increase
Birmingham News – Some black Auburn University workers claim pay discrimination
Birmingham News – Birmingham Board of [...]
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 [...]
A test run.
[...]The 2010 races for Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, Public Service Commission Places 1 & 2, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries have been added to the Alabama Line. Find the entire Line (to date) here or in the sidebar.
Not all of the [...]
Today’s special election for Birmingham’s fourth mayor in months is being held on a rainy day. Or perhaps the heavens are crying over the whole affair.
WadeonBirmingham has “Last-Minute Thoughts on a Hurry-up Mayoral Election” that is worth checking out for those with interest in the matter.
I’ll be surprised if [...]
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 – [...]
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 – Homewood City Council decides against requiring fire sprinklers in new homes
I don’t know either. Ask Judge Roy Moore, whose Twitter account (Moore2010) went from 2589 followers to 4270 followers in one day on October 8.
Kristopher at The World Around You has a take on that and looks at the various gubernatorial campaigns and their use of Twitter. [...]
The Alabama Line has been updated with the Attorney General’s race.
The race to be the Republican nominee for Attorney General looks to be one of the most closely watched and hotly contested of the coming year. Given that, I thought readers might appreciate a [...]
Birmingham News – Four mayors in four months: Like Detroit, Birmingham may need to reform succession rules
Birmingham News – Wrongful imprisonment leads to $2 million claim
Birmingham News – Alabama Education Association delegates back taxes
Birmingham News – Birmingham mayoral election: ‘Voter fatigue’ will [...]
Birmingham News – Jefferson County Commission to to take up new job tax
Birmingham News – Jefferson County jobs tax refund step closer after judge orders $37 million moved
Birmingham News – Critical habitat status eyed for Turkey Creek
Birmingham News – Vestavia Hills to [...]
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
[...]Birmingham News – Birmingham mayoral candidate Ernie Dunn dead at 49
Birmingham News – Judge in Walker County case weighing high court bingo ruling
Birmingham News – Birmingham mayor’s race: Ernie Dunn says ‘I need a job’
Birmingham News – Birmingham mayor’s race: William Jason [...]
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 [...]
Originally posted Dec. 4What are the odds that your favorite candidate will be elected to state office in November 2010? Are you watching a longshot and wondering what his chances [...]
The legislative session begins earlier than usual in 2010. This is the end of the quadreniem and therefore the people will be safe after we adjourn in mid-April. As usual the biggest issue confronting the legislature will be budget related. Not that there won’t be other issues that are likely [...]
Birmingham News – Birmingham official’s job on side aids political firm
Birmingham News – Archibald: A funny thing happened (again) on the stage at the forums
Birmingham News – Cooper leads in fundraising, debt in mayor’s race
Birmingham News – New electronic bingo machines displayed [...]
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 [...]
Birmingham News – Birmingham mayoral forum participants tackle issue of minority contracts
Birmingham News – Get fired up … for high school football’s 2009 finales
Birmingham News – Judge allows Bessemer school board to join lawsuit against city of Bessemer
Birmingham News [...]
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 - [...]
Gubernatorial hopeful Artur Davis is one of four featured speakers at the Democratic Governors’ Association Candidate Luncheon today in Washington. The other three are Tom Barrett of Wisconsin, Diane Denish of New Mexico, and Alex Sink of Florida.
The DGA appears to be taking notice of [...]
Harri Ann Smith (R – Slocomb) will be getting a little country love from Ronnie Gilley, John Anderson and Lorrie Morgan next week. Anderson and Morgan will be performing at a fundraiser for Smith’s 2010 state Senate campaign, Dec. 8 at the BamaJam Music Festival site. While John Anderson will [...]
Birmingham News – Mercedes-Benz to move production of C-Class sedan to Alabama auto plant
Birmingham News – Candidates debate city budget problems in mayoral forum tonight
Birmingham News – White Hall bingo casino resumes operations
Birmingham News – Dothan’s Country Crossing music and bingo venue [...]
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
Tom Whatley, the former Chief of Staff to Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb (D), the person supported by Alabama’s three Democratic Congressmen to be state director of the USDA’s Office of Rural Development, is preparing to run for the state Senate. As a Republican.
Whatley is [...]
Stuart Rothenberg (of the Rothenberg Political Report) lists the dozen most vulnerable seats in the U.S. House for RollCall (subscription required). While he offers the caveats that there are “strong arguments for including at least half a dozen other districts on the list” and that the list is [...]
Birmingham News – Patrick Cooper decries race baiting in mayoral campaign
Birmingham News – At Birmingham mayoral forum, economic development, finances take center stage
Birmingham News – Alabama Public Service Commission to vote on proposals for reduced electric, natural gas rates
Birmingham News – Twitter-fed [...]
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 – [...]
Sen. Jabo Waggoner (R – Birmingham) announced to a crowd at a Tuscaloosa fundraiser earlier this month that former state Senator Gerald Dial will run as a Republican for the Senate District 13 seat that he held six terms as a Democrat.
Dial as a Democrat became [...]
Did you see that Earl Hilliard Jr. picked up the endorsement of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC in his quest to succeed Artur Davis as the Congressman for AL-07? Dad’s ties from his own Congressional days surely didn’t hurt. The real value for Hilliard [...]
We’ve had more than the usual number of distractions around the Parlor lately, including the holidays and working to get the Parlor back into shape after our ‘net storm. I’ll be sifting through some email and notes to find post topics that didn’t get posted, seeing what [...]
Tallassee’s landmark Hotel Talisi was destroyed in a fire this morning. Opened in 1928, the buffet in the hotel’s restaurant was promoted in an Alabama Tourism campaign, “100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die” (pdf).
There are still some rough edges to be sanded down, and the tweaking will no doubt be an ongoing effort, but we have a new look for the site that brings us closer to completing the transition from the old look (that we [...]
Birmingham News – Jefferson County sheriff wants Collins overruled
Birmingham News – Train-hopping raises concern: 24 trespassers killed in Alabama since 2006
Birmingham News – Encyclopedia of Alabama paints state story
Birmingham News – Voters in other counties deciding fate of occupational taxes
Birmingham News [...]
Birmingham News – Archibald: Ranking the mayors of the past
Birmingham News – Nation’s Black Friday shopping up only modestly, early data suggests
Birmingham News – Birmingham community group conducts Avondale area clean-up
Birmingham News – City in debt: Mobile’s liability worries officials
Birmingham News [...]
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 – [...]
A reader writes:
Is it possible to get a list of ALL public officials (elected, appointed, etc.) who were given free AU/AL Game tickets? Who paid for the tickets and what is the actual value of each ticket? Did spouses also receive free tickets? Did taxpayers pay for a special reception, [...]
Birmingham News – Birmingham-area women firefighters to sell Brave Beauties calendar for special needs charity
Birmingham News – Jefferson County hopeful homicides halved in 2009
Press-Register – Mobile’s debt liability raises some concerns
Press-Register – Tropical Storm Ida took toll on Baldwin beaches
Press-Register – [...]
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 [...]
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