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Archive of Alabama on Monday June 29, 2009
AL: Lawmakers to discuss coastal insurance
Alabama Speaker of the House Seth Hammett, D-Andalusia, has asked a group of lawmakers to study coastal insurance troubles and report back in January with possible solutions. Read More
AL: Davis seeks ideas: Legalizing pot No. 1, but nixed
Legalizing marijuana turned out to be the top single vote-getter when U.S Rep. Artur Davis used his gubernatorial campaign Web site to solicit ideas for moving Alabama forward. Read More
Tracking the recession: Budget deadline looms
Unlike the federal government, states have to balance their budgets. But several states still have not completed spending plans for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Read More
AL: Alabama Board of Education considers changes to state's testing plan
A proposal to completely overhaul the state's testing plan - including doing away with the Alabama High School Graduation Exam and instead requiring all 11th-graders to take the ACT - was met with support from Alabama Board of Education members Thursday. Read More
AL: Siegelman absent at conference
Former Gov. Don Siegelman was a no-show at a Friday morning conference dedicated to allegations of selective federal prosecutions under the Bush administration. Siegelman had been scheduled to speak, but had to return to Alabama because of "a major filing" in his court case, said Andrew Krieg , one of the conference organizers. Read More
AL: Alabama senators and representatives for Jefferson County seeking summer session to restore occupational tax
Jefferson County legislators met Friday to discuss passing a new county occupational tax in late summer, but the commission president said bankruptcy may come sooner because the county will run out of cash in 35 days. Read More
AL: State Rep. Merika Coleman and Rep. Priscilla Dunn face off in special Democratic runoff to fill state Senate District 19 seat
Voters in west Jefferson County will go to the polls Tuesday in a special Democratic runoff election to fill the state Senate District 19 seat vacated by the federal conviction of former Sen. E.B. McClain. Read More
US: National sex offender registry delayed a year
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has given states and American Indian tribes another year to feed a national Internet database set up to protect children by showing where possible predators live and work. Read More |
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