Birmingham News – Macon County road to bear name of a native son, an Alabama Guard soldier slain in Iraq
Birmingham News – Crowd chanting her name greets Sarah Palin at Homewood booksigning
Birmingham News – FBI releases its 2008 report on hate crime statistics
Birmingham [...]
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 [...]
Natalie Davis surveys the current political landscape in the nation, in the state, and with the Birmingham mayor’s race and declares it “Thanksiving Just in Time” in her new post here in the Purple Dot Connection.
[...]THE WASHINGTON SAUSAGE FACTORY
Watching the health care debate reminds me of the old joke about “loving the law and liking sausage.” Start with the vote taken Saturday night. Harry Reid and the Dems prevailed on the vote to proceed with debate on the health care reform bill. To get [...]
Birmingham News – Alabama Arise says decade marked by lost potential for workers in state
Birmingham News – Huckabee appearance packs Books-A-Million at Brookwood Village
Birmingham News – Update: Discussion of gambling laws by Alabama governor and DAs cancelled
Birmingham News – About 1,800 people [...]
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 [...]
Birmingham News – Archibald: The legacy of a fighter, and a gentleman
Birmingham News – U.S. attorney in Alabama’s northern district: Lighter sentences send wrong message
Press-Register – Mobile’s new U.S. attorney confirmed
Press-Register – Officials issue whooping cough alert for Spanish Fort High
Press-Register [...]
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 [...]
Birmingham News – Judge pushes jobs tax refunds
Birmingham News – Georgia spares no water wars expense: Will pay new lawyer $855 an hour
Birmingham News – Lawyer asks EPA to order end to coal ash shipments to Perry County landfill
Birmingham [...]
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 [...]
Lagniappe (out of Mobile) this week picks up on the Supreme Court report on the disparities among the justices’ …um… working tempos that we had here last month.
Lagniappe adds comments from Court Clerk Robert Esdale:
Court Clerk Robert Esdale [...]
George Talbot’s article in the Press-Register gives us the morning update on the Jesse Jackson / Artur Davis story.
Jackson said in a statement late Thursday that he called Davis to discuss his remarks.
“I talked to (Davis) today to assure him of my [...]
Birmingham News – Archibald: Oh my God! Look at them!
Birmingham News – Jeffco claims it owes no refund on job tax
Birmingham News – Birmingham acting Mayor Carole Smitherman says city must become more like successful business
Birmingham News – Jay Grinney: HealthSouth lessons [...]
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 Rev. Jesse Jackson calls out Rep. Artur Davis for voting against the Democrats’ health care reform bill in the House.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill.
“We even have blacks voting against [...]
Associated Press this morning:
Former federal prosecutor Michel Nicrosi says she plans to run for Alabama attorney general as a Democrat.
The 45-year-old Nicrosi says she is filing papers Thursday with the Alabama Secretary of State’s office showing she will run for the' [...]
Birmingham News – Qualifying ends in Birmingham for special mayoral race
Birmingham News – Alabama Department of Corrections to add 112 more officers on Thursday
Birmingham News – Gov. Riley urges business leaders to support U.S. 280 toll road
Birmingham News – Opponents of Lane [...]
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 Parlor hears reliable word that Bill Harris is considering running for Congressional District 2 in 2010. One factor in his decision has to do with when he will be released from active duty from his military service. He also [...]
Birmingham News – Irondale City Council passes $15 million budget with no cuts in jobs, services
Birmingham News – Dothan business willing to spend big to encourage good school attendance
Birmingham News – Federal disaster declaration approved for farm losses in Alabama, four other states
Birmingham [...]
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 – [...]
Birmingham News – Alabama to audit 2 nonprofit groups
Birmingham News – Cloudy skies dim shot at seeing meteor storm early Tuesday
Birmingham News – Federal prosecutor: No reason to grant Larry Langford a new trial
Birmingham News – Alabama Agriculture Department testing propane fueled [...]
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 [...]
Speaking of the Birmingham mayor’s race…
Richard Arrington apparently will not find out if the once-formidable Citizens’ Coalition could propel him into the mayor’s office again, telling the Birmingham News that he will not run. Many public figures are not self-aware enough to know when [...]
Don’t miss Natalie Davis considering the lay of the land after the recent national elections, and she looks ahead to the Birmingham mayor’s race.
She managed to wiggle the post on to the site at the end of the week before the site got completely uncooperative, [...]
I should have known when I got this warning sign last week that we were in for some trouble.
I put a note of explanation here (and linked for now up top to the text “Update Nov 2009″) that the site is definitely in flux while [...]
Birmingham News – Alabama lawmakers split on path to tax threshold ‘fairness’
Birmingham News – U.S. Marshals in operation to track about 450 sex offenders in Montgomery County
Birmingham News – Birmingham charities see rise in volunteers
Press-Register – Federal regulators should re-examine fishing limits
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 [...]
Birmingham News – Archibald: A dark day for justice in Alabama
Birmingham News – New Birmingham nonprofit group trains women for political arena
Birmingham News – Federal prosecutors oppose former Gov. Don Siegelman’s appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court
Birmingham News – [...]
Birmingham News – Civil Rights Institute honors Lowery
Birmingham News – Rights group protests slow response by Alabama Corrections officials to court order
Birmingham News – Alabama appeals court upholds death sentence for Kenneth Billups in 2003 Birmingham slaying
Birmingham News – Alabama appeals court [...]
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 [...]
I poked H into a Friday afternoon post of the Daily Headlines (in the previous post), partly to make sure that aspect of the blog worked right.
I’m not sure how much I like this minimalist look.
[...]We’ve had some real problems, and maybe some time some of those details are worth telling, but the fun part is that we now should be good to go.
A lot is in flux here. This look will evolve into something else. There was some heavy customization in the old site [...]
Birmingham News – Jefferson County sues Larry Langford, JP Morgan
Birmingham News – Alabama appeals court upholds death sentence for Kenneth Billups in 2003 Birmingham slaying
Birmingham News – Colbert County anti-drug sweep nets 30 arrests
Birmingham News – Three wounded in Montgomery shooting triggered [...]
I know I’m behind and the topics to address keep growing. Let’s start with where I left off.
STATUS: BHAM MAYOR
I mentioned the Mayoral contest in Birmingham. At least one of you noted that I had omitted Scott Douglas, Executive Director of Greater Birmingham Ministries, from the list. [...]
Birmingham News – Meteor storm muse behind ‘Stars Fell on Alabama’
Birmingham News – Birmingham salutes Veterans Day
Birmingham News – Alabama soldier wounded at Fort Hood has VIP visitors: the Bushes, then the Obamas
Birmingham News – Study says 10 states face looming budget disasters
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 [...]
Tomorrow at 10 am, Scott Douglas, Executive Director of Greater Birmingham Ministries, will announce his candidacy to be mayor of Birmingham tomorrow at Kelly Ingram Park at the statue of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Interim mayor Carole Smitherman will run. Patrick Cooper, runner-up in' [...]
Lots going on… e.g., health care reform in Washington, 2010 races heating up, and we have the added distraction of some site issues that took us down for a bit this morning. We are back, and we’ll get the problem worked out. Refunds for the downtime and inconvenience are available [...]
Birmingham News – Archibald: Imagine that — clowns, visionaries try to fill Langford’s shoes
Birmingham News – McAdory wins runoff for Alabama House District 56 seat
Birmingham News – Calera finally has six new council members
Birmingham News – Bessemer school board moves to join lawsuit [...]
Birmingham News – Jefferson County’s plan for $50 milion? Restore 40-hour week, set aside $15 million for tax refunds
Birmingham News – Hoover school system to seek election on extending property tax
Birmingham News – Birmingham school board may select president, VP Tuesday
Birmingham News – [...]
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 [...]
Birmingham News – Emory Anthony to announce run for mayor Monday
Birmingham News – Hurricane Ida: Baldwin County declares local emergency; schools closed Monday
Birmingham News – Ida’s impact on central Alabama: heavy rainfall likely overnight Monday into Tuesday
Birmingham News – [...]
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:
Birmingham News – Archibald: Looking for Mr. (or Ms.) Do-Something-Right
Birmingham News – Police seek identity of child dropped off at Jefferson County Family Court
Birmingham News – U.S. Justice Department probes Alabama court translation practices
Birmingham News – Mobile charity sues Birmingham, seeks damages after [...]
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 [...]
Birmingham News - Alabama soldier thanking God that he survived Thursday’s shooting
Birmingham News - Natalee Holloway added to Alabama Department of Public Safety missing children list
Birmingham News - After a second firing in the Birmingham budget brouhaha, Larry Langford says: Blame me
Birmingham News - [...]
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 - [...]
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