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8 hrs ago | About.com

H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Updatene

As Alabama continues experiencing widespread influenza, the Alabama Department of Public Health is expanding the target group of individuals eligible for novel H1N1 influenza vaccination.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Influenza, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Alabama

16 hrs ago | The Mobile Register Online

Updated with video: Gov. Riley declares state of emergency for Alabama as Ida approaches

Gov. Bob Riley today declared an official state of emergency in Alabama due to the imminent threat posed by Tropical Storm Ida.

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Related Topix: Alabama, US Governors, Bob R. Riley, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Mobile Metro, Mobile, AL

Yesterday | The Gadsden Times

Candidate pushes state medical plan

Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. Robert Bentley is campaigning to increase health insurance access and affordability in Alabama while countering federal mandates he objects to philosophically and politically.

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Related Topix: Alabama, US News, Health Insurance, Health, Small Business, Personal Finance, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election

Sun Nov 08, 2009

WHNT-TV Huntsville

IRS is trying to deliver $1.85M in income tax refunds to Alabama taxpayers it can't locate

The Internal Revenue Service is trying to deliver $1.85 million to Alabamians that it can't locate.

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Related Topix: Tax, Alabama

Sat Nov 07, 2009

KSL TV

3. BYU scientists rip lawmakers over ...

A group of scientists from conservative Brigham Young University has criticized state lawmakers over their recent handling of the climate change issue.

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Related Topix: Brigham Young University, Alabama

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Neighbors

Tainted Catfish Stopped at Alabama Port

Just days before a new Alabama law was to take effect requiring restaurants to tell customers if the catfish they serve is imported, state officials announced imported catfish and basa products from five foreign countries tested positive for antibiotics banned in the United States.

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Related Topix: Alabama, Agriculture, Science, Food and Drug Administration, Life, Food, Seafood

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

Kia's new Georgia auto factory bringing more than 3,600 jobs to Alabama

Korean automaker Kia is building the Sorento SUV at its new factory in Georgia, which has brought more than 3,600 supplier jobs to Alabama.

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Related Topix: Kia, Kia Sorento, Alabama

WIAT-TV Birmingham

PACT Solution Up To Non-Politicos

The board that oversees Alabama's prepaid college tuition plan is switching from politicians to non-politicians to try to negotiate a solution to the program's $346 million deficit.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Birmingham News Online

National study finds Alabama's poorest pay more income tax than poor of other states

A national study released Wednesday showed Alabama makes families living in poverty pay higher income taxes than any other state.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Gadsden Times

Census report: Alabama has lowest tax burden

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:15 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:15 p.m. A new study from the U.S. Census Bureau shows Alabama residents and companies paid less in state and local taxes than their counterparts in any other state.

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WHNT-TV Huntsville

IRS: 72 percent of Alabamians e-filing federal tax returns; rate higher than national average

The Internal Revenue Service says more than 72 percent of Alabama's taxpayers filed their federal tax returns electronically during 2009.

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Related Topix: Tax, Alabama

Montgomery Advertiser

State eyes changes for Alabama 14 corridor

Road improvements along the Alabama 14 corridor are much needed and long overdue, according to local and state lawmakers and transportation officials.

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Related Topix: Alabama, Millbrook, AL, Elmore County, AL, Deatsville, AL, Elmore, AL

Sun Nov 01, 2009

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Census data shows Alabamans pay less in taxes than residents in other states

Alabama residents and companies paid less in taxes than people and businesses in any other state in the 2007 fiscal year, based on total state and local taxes paid per resident.

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WIAT-TV Birmingham

H1N1 Vaccine in Alabama

H1N1 is still going around, but Alabamaa s top health official is hopeful the amount of reported cases will start to go down.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Alabama

Sat Oct 31, 2009

The Gadsden Times

Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 2:59 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 2:59 p.m. The Anniston Star on education cuts: At the state Board of Education's monthly work session last week, Superintendent Joe Morton laid out a five-point "plan of survival" for Alabama's K-12 schools.

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Related Topix: Alabama, Personal Finance, Retirement, Healthcare Law, Law

Fri Oct 30, 2009

ABC News - Brian Ross

Layoffs, Trial Delays Forecast for Alabama Courts

More than 20 percent of Alabama's court system employees might have to be laid off and jury trials postponed if its budget is cut as deeply as some have projected, the state's chief justice said.

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WAAY

Suit filed in Alabama to stop $13 million contract

A legislative oversight committee has gone to court to stop a $13 million no-bid computer contract between Gov.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

WHNT-19

Man Indicted For 1994 Rape In Decatur

A Morgan County grand jury has indicted a man in a 1994 rape. The suspect, Kenneth Jackson, is currently serving time in the Alabama Department of Corrections for three rape convictions.

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Montgomery Advertiser

Alabama Voices: Invest early

By William J. Canary and L. Ralph Stacy If you owned a business and had the opportunity to invest in a product with a proven ability to increase your sales, establish a foundation for future growth and bear dividends for decades, would you leap at the investment? Most people we pose that question to don't hesitate to answer yes.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Montgomery Advertiser

Alabama Voices: Working together pays off

By Thomas P. Davis 'Understaffed, poorly housed, bibliographically inadequate and isolated from modern library computerization,' summarized a report made to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education 25 years ago to describe Alabama's academic libraries.

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Related Topix: Alabama, Libraries

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