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Archive of Alabama on Thursday November 05, 2009
AL: National study finds Alabama's poorest pay more income tax than poor of other states
A national study released Wednesday showed Alabama makes families living in poverty pay higher income taxes than any other state. Read More
AL: State agencies laying off employees
The continued downturn in the economy is forcing several state agencies to not just tighten their belts, but to show some employees the door -- something the Alabama State Employees Association said could just be a harbinger of things to come. Read More
AL: Alabama's natural gas rates going down again
With winter approaching, customers of Alabama Gas Corp. are going to pay lower rates for heating their homes, the fourth cutback in the past 12 months. Read More
AL: Alabama PACT board approves investment shift from stocks to bonds
Alabama's Prepaid Affordable College Tuition board voted 7-3 this afternoon to change the way its money is invested, shifting most of its assets from stocks to bonds. Read More
AL: J.P. Morgan settles Alabama bribery case
J. P. Morgan Securities will forfeit hundreds of millions of dollars in fees on derivatives contracts that it sold an Alabama county, under a settlement announced Wednesday that could offer hope to other governments staggering under similar deals. Read More
AL: State still exploring options for sale of Bryce Hospital
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Its future has yet to be decided, but no one wants Bryce Hospital to move to Birmingham, a former Alabama Department of Mental Health commissioner said Wednesday during a public meeting. Read More
AL: PACT board turns to non-politicians for help
The board that oversees Alabama's Prepaid Afford?able College Tuition plan is switching from politicians to non-politicians to try to ne?gotiate a solution to the pro?gram's $346 million deficit. Read More
AL: State investigating New Hope finances for any criminal wrongdoing connected to bad audit
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Despite the mayor's claims that he knows nothing of it, a spokesman for the Alabama Bureau of Investigation said the agency is investigating whether any laws were broken related to a state audit of New Hope's finances. Read More
AL: Birmingham's Larry Langford seeks new trial
Former Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford today asked a judge to grant him a new trial saying that the speed with which a jury convicted him, the venue and the fact that gambling magnate Milton McGregor's name came up all denied him a fair trial. Read More
US: Justices, in aftermath of 2 murder cases, hear claims of a process gone wrong
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in two cases involving claims that the criminal justice system had gone badly awry. Read More
Report: 11 states emerging from recession
It’s going to be a long, hard climb out of the current economic downturn for many recession-ridden states hit hard by the housing crash, unemployment and shrinking revenues. But as the national economy starts its slow recovery, 11 states and the District of Columbia are showing signs of emerging from the recession, according to a new report. Read More |
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