March 31, 2011
Rallying the Troops: AEA down, not out.
Ethanol industry hoping for surge.
Teachers talk, legislators listen.
As sweeping layoffs loom, schools gird for turmoil.
Summary of action in Alabama Legislature.
March 30, 2011
Steve Flowers: Strange, McMillan, Bentley all off to good start.
Incredible tsunami video.
State Sen. Hank Sanders: 'It hit me smack in the face.'
Microsoft co-founder raps Gates.
March 29, 2011
Calling on Curran: Of late, what story ideas have caught the newshound's random eye?
The verdict is in: The Thatcher-Reagan-Blair-Clinton model of capitalism is a failure.
March 28, 2011
What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his casserole dish?
Hard Times: Some municipalities no longer passing out free diapers and baby formula.
March 27, 2011
Cash woes hit state's forensics labs.
Five myths about gas prices.
March 26, 2011
Differences between Brown's Ferry, Japanese reactors highlighted in tour.
March 25, 2011
Michigan first to act as states weigh reductions in unemployment benefits.
Georgia to resolve water issues with Alabama before addressing Florida.
Ban smoking in public places: No ifs, ands or butts.
March 24, 2011
Steve Flowers: Bentley plow horse, not race horse.
Once rare in rural America, divorce is changing the face of its families.
Montgomery lady arrested in Panama City Burger King bikini brawl.
March 23, 2011
The Political Round-Up: Dems hoping to get organized, find leader; School tax easy win; Fixin' what ain't broke?; Graham again, something to Crow about?; Young Republicans may swarm Mobile;
Democrats camp on winning election tactics.
Talladega Daily Home: Bentley, Hammett on right track with economic development approach.
Alabama lawmaker tries to repeal legislators' pay raise.
Catfish wars: Obama administration hedges as trade dispute heats up.
Labor unions, Democrats rally for working middle class.
March 22, 2011
Reagan's Legacy and the Current Malaise:
Lower taxes and a strong dollar could spur growth once again. By Steve Forbes.
March 21, 2011
States' budgetary moves to cut primary elections could aid Obama, conservatives, damage moderate Republicans.
Good news, bad news: Government says clunker getting better, not older, so cost of tag higher.
March 20, 2011
Clouded judgments: Laws protect public’s access, but officials’ reflex for secrecy permeates government.
March 19, 2011
Letting the sun shine in: Man shocked by time, effort required to obtain public records.
Big banks, GOP loathe consumer advocate.
Newt Gingrich: Obamacare repeal by 2013.
March 18, 2011
Greenetrack resumes electronic bingo.
Shoals, Bronner sing each other's praises.
Takes more than an earthquake to shake a dog's commitment.
March 17, 2011
Jefferson County, state's most populous, inches closer toward bankruptcy following court ruling.
Anniston Star: Critics of NPR can't handle the truth as presented factually by unbiased professional journalists. New York Times: It's all for show, NPR will always get its tax dollars.
March 16, 2011
The Political Round-Up: School tax an easy winner;
Looking for jobs in all the state's places?; Copeland Jr. stepping down; First you knock, then you kick; Young Republicans may swarm Mobile; Democrats camp on winning election tactics; Constitution Party candidate confirmed; Simpson tops Baldwin GOP luncheon.
Bama Fact Check: Can used cars increase in value?
March 15, 2011
The Political Round-Up: Democrats to get new leader.
Farley Nuclear Plant in Dothan built to withstand 5.0 earthquake.
March 14, 2011
Wall Street Journal: Japan not facing another Chernobyl. Containment structures appear to be working, latest reactor designs not vulnerable to coolant problem at issue here. Not so fast, says Washington Post.
E.J. Dionne Jr.: We're still very rich, don't believe the gloom and doomers.
March 13, 2011
Lawmakers? Lock 'em up and hide the key. By Ben Windham for the Tuscaloosa News.
March 12, 2011
Hubbert defends DROP fund participation.
The Man Who Defined Deviancy Up: Policing, religion, changes in gang life? Why has crime dropped since James Q. Wilson wrote about 'broken windows' in 1982?
March 11, 2011
Anniston Star: What does Wisconsin mean for Alabama, South, nation?
Tuscaloosa News: Lawmakers punishing teachers.
March 10, 2011
The Political Round-Up: AEA leaders top DROP pops; Brooks sets up shop at Atchison Firm.
Summary of action in the Legislature Wednesday.
Ford tough: Democrats will be heard.
Can Americans handle the truth about gas prices?
March 9, 2011
The Political Round-Up: David S. Broder, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post and respected writer on national politics for 40 years, died today. He was 81; Dudley Do-Right: BP not to slacken on commitment to Gulf Coast.
Shelby: Time to get serious about entitlement reform. Still says M.I.T. prof a bad pick for Federal Reserve.
Our Man-Made Energy Crisis: Plenty of oil and no fundamental reason for $200 per barrel. And no excuse for administration's punitive approach toward oil industry.
Lily Ledbetter to be inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame.
March 8, 2011
Anniston Star: Will G.O.P. govern as it campaigned?
Montgomery Advertiser: About the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, a bad idea from the start.
March 7, 2011
Decatur Daily: Why the anger toward teachers?
ObamaCare's March Madness: After one year as the law of the land, mayhem abounds.
March 6, 2011
Dixon responds to talk of G.O.P. tyranny.
Wisconsin union fight about influence, not benefits.
March 5, 2011
State legislators out of the gate fast.
March 4, 2011
Ohio GOP and unions poised for battle.
Does Alabama pay $1 billion per year in pension costs? Yes, indeed.
March 3, 2011
Alabama may drop DROP program.
State lawmakers: When I speak of sacrifice, I speak of thee, not of me. Issue of pay raise rollback hugely symbolic, telling test of public servants' character or politicians' gift for mendacity.
Josh Moon: There has to be a better way than taking from teachers.
March 2, 2011
The Political Round-Up: Dow never says never.
Steve Flowers: G.O.P. governor, legislature at wheel of car with empty gas tank.
Marsh proposes new board to oversee private investigators.
Federal tax cut may carve into budgets of 19 states.
State Sen. Hank Sanders: 'I remember taking to the streets like the people in Egypt. Just fighting for the right to vote made me feel more human, more of a citizen, as I made my voice be heard.'
March 1, 2011
'High caliber legislators' eye cuts, but reluctant to revisit their pay raises.
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.
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