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1 min ago | The Decatur Daily

Alabama Dems: - No kids in the nursery'

Since he quit his post as chairman of the state Democratic Party a month ago, Mark Kennedy has formed a new office, established a website and amassed a growing list of volunteers as he and several other defectors from the traditional party apparatus attempt to build a new organization in a red state where Democrats have lost control of all three ... (more)

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Related Topix: Alabama, Family, Kids, US News, US Governors

Sun May 12, 2013

The Montgomery Advertiser

At 92, Weinstein keeps busy directing panel, volunteering

For the past several years, she's directed the Alabama Holocaust Commission, a gubernatorial-appointed position that has offered its share of challenges as she works hard to increase public support.

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Related Topix: Mountain Brook, AL, Birmingham, AL, Robert Bentley, US Governors

Mon May 06, 2013

Alabama Live

Capital murder jury selection starts today in Spring Hill slaying of Zoa White

Carlos Kennedy appears in Mobile County District Court for a bail hearing on Friday, Sept.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Mobile, AL, Real Estate, US Governors, Mobile County, AL

Fri May 03, 2013

ABC 33/40

Alabama finance director taking Birmingham job

Bentley's press secretary, Jennifer Ardis, said Davis has accepted a job as executive director of the Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Jefferson County, AL, US Governors

Wed May 01, 2013

Cheraw Chronicle

It has been 27 years since he left the South Carolina Governor's office and 13 years since he was U.S. Secretary of Education.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Charleston, SC, Greenville, SC, Furman University

Tue Apr 30, 2013

Daily Home

Hubbard wins trail advocacy award

Danny Hubbard of the Cheaha Trail Riders has received the 2013 National Trails Advocacy Award for the state of Alabama, according to a press release issued by CTR.

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Related Topix: Alabama, Talladega, AL, Oxford, AL, US Governors, Lawley, AL, Clay County, AL

Mon Apr 29, 2013

RickeyStokesNews.com

Tuesday WIll Be Fighting Day In Alabama Legislature - Luther Strange...

Tuesday will be spent on several legislative issues but the main one in the Alabama Senate will be SB 409 introduced by the Bob Riley boy Senator Bryan Taylor.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, Alabama, US Governors, Offbeat

Ledger-Enquirer.com

A tax relief plan that provides no real tax relief

That's the pace of tax and constitution reform in Alabama, which has needed both for so long that nobody is still living who might remember when it didn't. The latest near-miss involves something Alabama has needed to do for decades: remove the state sales tax on food.

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Related Topix: US Governors

Sun Apr 28, 2013

The Montgomery Advertiser

Music legend George Jones' short-lived, odd time in Ala. politics

George Jones undoubtedly will be remembered for his legendary hits, like "He Stopped Loving Her Today," but late in life he ventured into Alabama business, gambling and politics.

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Related Topix: George Jones, Country, Alabama, Houston County, AL, US Governors

Wed Apr 24, 2013

RickeyStokesNews.com

Would Advertising Become A Class C Felony

MONTGOMERY: Former Alabama Governor Bob Riley's Senator, Bryan Taylor, has introduced a third bill concerning gambling in Alabama.

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Related Topix: Alabama, US Governors

Tue Apr 23, 2013

SFGate

Senate leader says no Common Core repeal for now

Alabama State Superintendent of Education Tommy Bice speaks as hundreds of supporters of the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards gather on the state capitol steps in Montgomery, Ala.

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Related Topix: Alabama, Montgomery, AL, US Governors, Robert Bentley

Sun Apr 21, 2013

The Montgomery Advertiser

Alabama Democrats: $500K debt divides party

The Alabama Democratic Party has long operated with a heavy debt, but that debt, which party officials say now totals close to $500,000, recently became a point of contention between outgoing Chairman Mark Kennedy and some other top party officials.

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Related Topix: US News, Alabama Government, Alabama, US Politics, Mark Kennedy, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors

Sat Apr 20, 2013

Local 15

Ala. Ex-Attorney General Creates New Bingo Game

The former Alabama attorney general who lost his job after feuding with the governor over electronic bingo has started a business that's selling a new twist on the game.

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Related Topix: US Governors