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Our View: Lawmakers' alternate budgets could be uglier than those proposed by the governor
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... not the best solution to the funding crisis; we'd much prefer an effort to raise revenue that at the same time makes Alabama's upside-down tax system more fair to the low- and middle-income families which pay more than their fair share of taxes. ... Comment?
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Prosecutors drop one charge against Gabe Watson in Australian honeymoon death case
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... dropped one of the two capital murder counts against Gabe Watson before jury selection began Monday in the Alabama trial over the 2003 Australian honeymoon death of his wife. Jefferson County Circuit Judge Tommy Nail granted the prosecution request ... Comment?
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Your View: Military Id does not prove U.S. citizenship
Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, is sponsoring a bill to make changes to Alabama's immigration law and has said "it clarifies that a military identification card will be accepted as proof of citizenship." This is apparently another case of "ready, fire, aim" by our astute and educated Alabama legislators. Comment?
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Our View: Rep. John Rogers needs to offer details about language in the Legislature
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... a racist." But there is something bigger going on here. Rogers, for the second time since Beason's words scorched Alabama last year, said he has heard worse on the floor of the Alabama Legislature. If he has heard worse than black people being ... Comment?
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... Force, Colorado State, Nevada-Las Vegas, New Mexico and Wyoming, all of whom currently compete in the Mountain West. Alabama-Birmingham, East Carolina, Marshall, Rice, Southern Mississippi, Texas-El Paso, Tulane and Tulsa, all of whom currently ... Comment?
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Battle of the 2012 Legislative Session
ALABAMA'S LAW IS WORKING! Illegal aliens are self-deporting! Unemployment is down! Tax dollars paid in public benefits to illegal aliens are down! Voters are being forced to re-fight a battle that we won just last year. Comment?
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... You can understand Snyder's reluctance to embrace right-to-work in this context as well. I'm sure Snyder knows Alabama's right-to-work law gives it an advantage over Michigan. But he also knows that Alabama is not the home of the UAW, and doesn't ... Comment?
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Prof's book looks beyond 'Texas miracle'
... 'Let's go to the national average.' We can say, 'Let's go to the Southern average,'" he said. "We're getting up with Alabama." Perry's warm welcome at the Williamson County GOP event showcased an important element of the political landscape despite ... Comment?
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Re "Jesus in Alabama" and "Poverty will always exist" : I think these Speak Out writers are far off the mark concerning Jesus. Comment?
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Mountain West, C-USA to form new league
... the detail-level," Cowen said. "We think this new conference will draw considerable interest from the networks." - Alabama-Birmingham, East Carolina, Marshall, Rice, Southern Mississippi, Texas-El Paso, Tulane and Tulsa, which all currently compete ... Comment?
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Holt recovers from storm without city's help
... are now faced with the task of rebuilding." Although the city has almost completed their role in the clean up, the Alabama Department of Transportation is responsible for many of the damaged homes that still remain in Holt. "The Alabama Department ... Comment?
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Tide may find difficulty reaching NCAA tournament
... at the upcoming schedule. Florida is far-and-away one of the best teams in a top-heavy Southeastern Conference, and Alabama has to face them without its most consistent post scorer and its most consistent three-point shooter. The return of Trevor ... Comment?
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Pouncy remains in bingo trial spotlight
... them to vote for a constitutional amendment that would allow voters to decide if electronic bingo would be legal in Alabama. Pouncy said she and Massey discussed buying 100 Ford trucks from Preuitt or $1 million worth of vehicles. They also spoke ... Comment?
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'Loving Story' shows unlikely rights heroes
... pockets of resistance have remained. Laws prohibiting interracial marriage stayed on the books in South Carolina and Alabama until 1998 and 2000, respectively. In 2009, a Louisiana justice of the peace refused to marry a black man and a white woman. ... Comment?
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Tuscaloosa Heart Walk this Saturday
... day, nearly 2,400 Americans die from a cardiovascular disease. That's an average of one death every 37 seconds. In Alabama, nearly one in every three deaths is the result of cardiovascular disease. In Tuscaloosa County alone, 473 of the 1,602 deaths ... Comment?
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Section of northbound I-65 closed in north Alabama
... and Priceville should be prepared for a detour between exits 328 and 334. Southbound traffic won't be affected. The Alabama Department of Transportation on Monday closed the lanes to repair a landslide that has crept onto the outside shoulder of the ... Comment?
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The Alabama Department of Revenue announced Monday that it will offer individual and business taxpayers impacted by the recent severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding that occurred January 22, 2012, special tax relief. Comment?
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Job creation bills again top agenda in Ala. House
Creating new jobs will again be at the top of the agenda in the House when the Alabama Legislature comes back into session Tuesday. Comment?
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Ala. scholarship founder Mignon Comer Smith dies
Mignon Comer Smith, heiress to the Avondale Mills' estate and founder of the largest private foundation for college scholarships in Alabama, has died of an apparent heart attack in Washington D.C. The executive director of the Smith Scholarship Foundation, Birmingham attorney Ahrian Tyler Dudley, said Smith died Friday two days after her 81st ... (more) Comment?
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Mayor: New business at airport
A lease has been executed for the twin hangars at South Alabama Regional Airport, and the company who plans to use them will hire 85 employees in the next two years. Comment?
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