Feb. 28, 2011
Collective bargaining for state workers has faded in the South.
Feb. 27, 2011
Decatur Daily: Shame on Shelby, Sessions for politicizing aerial refueling tanker competition.
On Goat Hill, the paths are many.
Newt Gingrich: In a showdown, G.O.P. should stick to its principles. Frank Rich: Why wouldn't the Tea Party shut down government?
G.O.P. governors gambling on challenge to public employee unions. Labor rally in Montgomery draws more than 100.
James Hood: Wallace just doing what he had to do.
Feb. 26, 2011
Air Force slicked EADS with new rules.
Oh, To Be a Teacher in Wisconsin: How can fringe benefits cost nearly as much as a worker's salary? Answer: collective bargaining.
Feb. 25, 2011
Anniston Star: G.O.P. hypocritical in campaign to bust up AEA.
A Day made of Glass: Pretty cool glimpse into the future of touchpad technology.
Feb. 24, 2011
The Political Round-Up: Reading the tanker tea leaves;
Metzger calls it quits; City sales tax revenues up but more to story; Burdine kicks off campaign Saturday.
New York Times: Concerns for Boeing grow as tanker decision nears. LA Times: Boeing or EADS? Who cares? Southern California wins either way.
"Before I die they (U.S. oil giants) have to pay me for the dead animals, and for what they did to the river, and the water and the earth," said the 61-year-old Ecuadoran woman.
Feb. 23, 2011
The Political Round-Up: City sales tax revenues up but more to story; Burdine kicks off campaign Saturday;
Railroad wins tax dispute with state; That was then, this is now.
Feb. 22, 2011
February? At least it's short. So There by Emmett Burnett.
Lobbyists battle in fight for new tanker contract.
State proposes $9.8 million liability insurance program to protect teachers against lawsuits.
Anniston Star: Ideas for generating revenues with state coffers low.
Washington Post: Public employees must help rein in unaffordable pension and benefits costs.
Feb. 21, 2011
The Political Round-Up: Bill Sellers, -30-;
Florence Times Daily: Could oil and gas lease revenues from drilling leases off Mobile/Baldwin shores be key to bailing state out of financial hole?
Sunday liquor sales an economic lure that's spreading throughout Alabama.
E.J. Dionne Jr.: The Tea Party is winning (and that's bad for America because they're selfish and uncaring.)
GOP budget slashing includes deep cuts in areas long among Republican favorites.
Feb. 20, 2011
Shutdown would halt many, but not all, government services.
Feb. 19, 2011
Ryan's Charge Up Entitlement Hill: The GOP's fiscal leader explains why House Republicans will vote to reform Medicare and why the public is ready to listen.
Feb. 18, 2011
Then Went Brunson: New trial sought in squabble over late lawyer's estate.
The Political Round-Up: Burke named to criminal appeals court; Lathan to lead local G.O.P., James tapped for state committee; Coastal insurance to get its day in the sun; Shelby taps three for service academies.
Fed tells banks to stress-test capital for recession with 11 percent unemployment.
Milwaukee Teachers Fight for Viagra Coverage: Despite facing budget cuts and layoffs, teachers fight for taxpayer-funded erectile dysfunction drug. Hard battle ahead.
Digital age slow to arrive in rural America: Wi Fi? Because it tastes better that way.
Remarkable saga of Chilean mine disaster: Trapped workers supplied with pot and porn, but denied blow-up sex dolls.
Feb. 17, 2011
If state stores are best for liquor, why not for groceries?
Bipartisan 'gang of six' in senate developing framework for deficit reduction.
Feb. 16, 2011
Ticking Time Bomb: DROP a/k/a The Alabama Deferred Retirement Option Program. Alabama Policy Institute President Gary Palmer: 'DROP funnels millions of dollars away from classrooms and other essential state services into 'pension perks' for public employees.' Its elimination would be a step toward closing the budget gap.
State Sen. Hank Sanders: '... we have already cut everything that could be cut.'
Feb. 15, 2011
The Political Round-Up: Unveiling of city's grand plan today; GOP to seat new chair tonight; Faust tops GOP luncheon; IRS exempt from budget cuts; Reed & Weep;
Auld Lang Syne; The Curmudgeon Report?; Mobile law firm wins record $5 million award; Joiner joins criminal appeals court; Berson gets small business post.
The Obama presidency: Glory and ambition give way to reality and survival.
When the Tea Party Began: A chronicle that makes the populism of the 1970s feel familiar — sometimes very familiar.
IRS takes on tax abuse by charity support groups.
Tired of being 'cautiously optimistic,' economic development officials ready to see 'made in Mobile' on jet airplanes.
Feb. 14, 2011
Lost in the Numbers: Whitney merger with Hancock.
Feb. 13, 2011
New York Times: Dateline Citronelle, Ala. -- An optimistic band of middle school students hopes that for just one day no one in the county will curse. Perhaps people can substitute “sugar” or “snap.” Or even the powerful “Oh, pickles!”
Sadly, BP claims morass mirrors typical insurance industry practices. By Mark Wolfe.
Fact-checking Twinkle Cavanaugh's claims on environmental regulation.
Feb. 12, 2011
Washington Post: Sessions and the need to trade.
G.O.P. eyes EPA, public broadcasting in budget cut plan.
State Supreme Court throws out $8.5 million verdict because judge tried to accommodate jurors.
Wal-Mart Bids to Break Into Gotham: Why are elected officials opposing a store that brings low prices to working-class consumers?
Left unhappy over tighter lending for homeowners.
Feb. 11, 2011
Africana Online: Sessions proposes cutting corporate taxes while raising taxes elsewhere to cover the loss.
University of Alabama-Huntsville community recovering a year after professor shooting rampage.
Feb. 10, 2011
The Political Round-Up: Dixon touts new information in murder case against Nodine.
Bob Riley? For President? Of the United States of America? Surprising? Silly? Neither?
New York Times: Turmoil in G.O.P. ranks?
Birmingham eye doctor/missionary: None so blind as those who will not see.
Feb. 9, 2011
The Political Round-Up: Buzbee bails out.
Steve Flowers: Will ethics take the color out of state politics?
Give peace a chance, my butt: The growth of Islamist extremism in the West is something even the politically correct can no longer ignore.
In Defense of Being a Kid: Childhood takes up a quarter of one’s life, and it would be nice if children enjoyed it.
Teachers' colleges upset by plan to grade them.
Feb. 8, 2011
Improves job picture doesn't offset foreclosures in hiking nation's economic stress.
Rumsfeld's 'Slice of History' 'a believable account.' In an interview, the former secretary of defense explains how Washington feuds harmed Iraq policy, and why the surge was less vital than you think.
Feb. 7, 2011
The Political Round-Up: More year's end financial disclosures; Mobile Area Democratic group elects officers; Bonner representative sets visits.
Anniston Star: You're in college. So learn.
Feb. 6, 2011
Five myths about Reagan legacy.
What football can teach school reformers.
Feb. 5, 2011
Survey: Ax the grocery tax.
Feb. 4, 2011
Ronald Reagan at 100: Being a good man helped him become a great one. By Peggy Noonan.
The Political Round-Up: Dems look to new leadership for more followship; Softballs and hardballs; Guilt by association?; Legislative assignments by the score; There at the beginning: the Class of '85; MADA to elect new officers Saturday.
Riley's final days in office. (Editor's note: Readers, wear your skepticals.)
The case for funding public news media.
Forever Wild votes to buy 30 more acres on Weeks Bay in Baldwin County.
Feb. 3, 2011
Political spin at its best: Reid it and weep.
Anniston Star: Strange/Bentley approach to BP claims process a sound one.
The Politics of Saving 'Granny': Alice Rivlin and Paul Ryan have a bipartisan plan.
Marsh, new state Senate president pro tempore, says state school for deaf and blind needs more money, not less.
Feb. 2, 2011
The Political Round-Up: The door at D.A.'s office swings both ways; Port picks Riggins.
Gulf Coast residents rankled as BP resumes dividends.
Report foresees quick Gulf recovery, possible prelude to a Feinberg 'kwityerbellyachin'.
A Toast to Your Health -- Warning: Alcohol may increase your life expectancy and reduce dementia.
Young Hubbard, Lister Hill's great grandson, has quite a legacy to live up to.
Feb. 1, 2011
G.O.P. governors target teacher tenure.
BP partner only Gulf oil spill claimant to get final settlement payment.
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