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BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy ask court to dismiss honest services fraud charges against them.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Oil spill cleanup workers still waiting on pay.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - Flu shots starting earlier this year in Alabama because of 2009 swine flu outbreak.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - 1,900 checks, or about $10 million, paid by new oil spill claims operation.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - Kiplinger.com names Huntsville among 10 great cities for raising families.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt investigated for possible misuse of travel stipends, Wall Street Journal reports.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - New steel plant to get more money from Thomasville, Clarke County.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Alabama leaders say they knew nothing about BP claims meeting.
SENATE SKETCHES – “Senate Sketches,” Sen. Hank Sanders’ (D-Selma) weekly message to his constituents.
(FLORENCE) TIMES DAILY - No investigation expected.
ANNISTON STAR – The Anniston Star: The Tenn-Tom tries again: A river runs through it, but will commerce? ANNISTON STAR – The Anniston Star: Measuring the drapes: And taking a little off the top of Social Security.
JACKSONVILLE NEWS – Columnist Steve Flowers: Labor Day marks eight weeks before election.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Production of Santa Fe going to Georgia.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Alabama Power bills among highest in Southeast, review of federal reports shows.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Profits at Alabama banks increase.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - The Montgomery Advertiser: Public records belong to citizenry.
WASHINGTON POST - Columnist Kathleen Parker: My name is Glen Beck, and I need help.
WASHINGTON POST - Columnist Harold Meyerson: A deserted feeling in working-class America.
NEW YORK TIMES - New job means lower wages for many.
NEW YORK TIMES – Tax cuts that make a difference.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - The Birmingham News: Alabama's lack of charter schools points out one of the big reasons the state's Race to the Top application ranked dead last: The Alabama Education Association.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - 11 Alabama entities to be reimbursed for health care costs.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - How important is pre-K education? Put your best teachers there.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - The Press-Register: Will Alabama learn lessons from its failed Race?
(TALLADEGA) DAILY HOME - Preuitt drops bid for state senator.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS -Alabama education revenue is down but improving.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Thad Allen: In hindsight, BP might have shut down oil well sooner.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Report estimates illegal immigration up in Alabama, down nationally.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus wants answers from Homeland Security over terrorism fears set off by 2 Yemeni.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Alabama's poor Race to the Top showing reflects problems deeper than a lack of charter schools.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Alabama superintendent to U.S. Secretary of Ed: Race to the Top wasn't fair.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Board raises co-pays for Alabama state agency employees and retirees.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - Report: U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith one of wealthiest members in Congress.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Travel spending probe including U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Talbot: News and notes from the Alabama political beat.
(FLORENCE) TIMES DAILY - Prosecutors: uphold Siegelman, Scrushy convictions.
(FLORENCE) TIMES DAILY – The Times Daily: Unusual contribution.
ANNISTON STAR - Reviewers bash Alabama’s 'Race to the Top' application.
ANNISTON STAR - GOP chairman: Jim Preuitt’s decision to end state senate re-election campaign leaves party ‘scrambling’.
ANNISTON STAR – The Anniston Star: Paying attention to climate change: Glad scientists are helping us.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - 2nd Alabama GOP justice gives to Democratic candidate.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - $15M grant to aid in construction of veterans home in Pell City.
OPELIKA-AUBURN NEWS – The Opelika-Auburn News: State didn’t have to finish last in race for federal grant.
DOTHAN EAGLE – The Dothan Eagle: Raising taxes should be difficult.
DOTHAN EAGLE – The Dothan Eagle: Personal hubris, taxpayer funds.
NEW YORK TIMES - The New York Times: The real say on pay.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - Times Watchdog Report: Two years later, $1.2 million still missing at Alabama A&M.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - James Buskey sues to have Rashawn Figures removed from ballot.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Troy King joins legal brief in support of Arizona's controversial immigration law.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Fishing reopened in 5,130 square miles of Gulf federal waters.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - Committee delays computer contract after learning company rep using state resources.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - Alabama, Tennessee not included in EPA hearings over coal ash.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - Appliance rebates are still available for Alabamians.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Property owners fear land grabs in Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge expansion plan.
DECATUR DAILY - Legislative panel moves to stop last minute pacts.
DECATUR DAILY –The Decatur Daily: State employees fare well on insurance rates.
DOTHAN EAGLE - Bright: No malicious intent behind Pelosi statement.
DOTHAN EAGLE - The Dothan Eagle: Breaking ranks.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - More illegal immigrants living, working in Alabama, study finds.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Environmental groups doubt safety of oysters from Gulf.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Recession talk quieted by improving economic data.
OPELIKA-AUBURN NEWS - The Opelika-Auburn News: Politics don’t belong in the courtroom.
WASHINGTON POST - White House considers pre-midterm package of business tax breaks to spur hiring.
WASHINGTON POST - The Washington Post: Unfulfilled promises to black farmers and Native Americans.
NEW YORK TIMES – Employers push costs for health on workers.
NEW YORK TIMES – An oil platform burns, blanketing the Gulf with angst.
NEW YORK TIMES – The New York Times: Shifting the health cost burden.
NEW YORK TIMES – Columnist Paul Krugman: The real story.
NEW YORK TIMES – BP says limits on drilling imperil oil spill payouts.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Labor Day weekend ends a lost summer on Alabama beaches.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - The Press-Register: Drill, but be mindful of dangers involved.
DAILY YONDER - Tracking rural stimulus dollars.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - BP says cost of Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill hits $8 billion.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - Mo Brooks and Steve Raby: Two different visions on role of next congressman.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Stimulus job funding expires at month's end for 2,300 in Alabama.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - BP's top local official says response has moved to 'deep cleaning' of beaches.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - At least 205 coastal Alabama residents have been treated for oil-related health issues.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Alabama Supreme Court leaves door open for VictoryLand raid.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - State finance director says contractor has right to public office, resources.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Alabama governor hires Birmingham law firm for oil spill work; Troy King says there's a conflict.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debate.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - King wants Alabama justices to recuse themselves in pharmaceutical case.
DECATUR DAILY - Alabama AG, governor at odds again over oil spill.
DOTHAN EAGLE - Bright, Roby agree to two debates in October.
TUSCALOOSA NEWS - State House candidate faces uphill battle.
TUSCALOOSA NEWS - Shelby letter questions Cahaba River area expansion.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Bright: No apology due for comment about Pelosi.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Alabama Power to help with high bills.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - The Montgomery Advertiser: Riley emphasizes highway safety.
OPELIKA-AUBURN NEWS - Statewide media receive unique message from Democratic Party.
WASHINGTON POST - Democrats add fiscal austerity as a campaign issue.
NEW YORK TIMES – Growth in jobs beats estimates, easing concerns.
LOS ANGELES TIMES - Hitchens will appear at Alabama debate Tuesday.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Oil spill claims payments rise sharply in Gulf Coast Claims Facility's second week.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Alabama Supreme Court justice failed to disclose Greenetrack ties before election.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Alabama joins other states in legal action supporting Arizona's immigration law.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Shelby seeks to slow down plans to expand the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - Riley to campaign for Republican candidates.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Democrats await new federal prosecutor in Montgomery.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES - TVA's new "vision" includes more nuclear power, less coal.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - The Birmingham News: Legislative budget-writers have a serious problem trying to figure out how much money to spend on Alabama's public schools, colleges and universities each year.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Medical sociologist Jason Adam Wasserman: It's a fact that poverty in the U.S. is real.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Editor Frances Coleman: Can’t we just say ‘no’ to prejudice?
DECATUR DAILY – The Decatur Daily: Keeping tax cuts bad for US.
TUSCALOOSA NEWS – The Tuscaloosa News: U.S. fight is against terror, not Muslims.
TUSCALOOSA NEWS - “Alabama Exposure,” reporter Dana Beyerle’s weekly political roundup for readers of the NYTimes regional newspapers.
GADSDEN TIMES - Candidates ready to chase votes.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Governors treasure cultures while fighting illegal immigration.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Proposed change shines light on student loan repayments.
ANNISTON STAR – Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb: Stopping the revolving door.
ANNISTON STAR – Publisher H. Brandt Ayers: I was there.
(FLORENCE) TIMES DAILY - Final push for votes begins.
NEW YORK TIMES – On economy, Democrats face a lack of unity.
NEW YORK TIMES – The New York Times: Jobs and politics.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Oil spill claims show statewide scope of Deepwater Horizon disaster.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - 10,000 patients: Clinic for uninsured reaches milestone as it struggles to cover costs.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Job losses strike deeply in Birmingham, Huntsville and Mobile.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - State of Alabama sending tax notices to some consumers for online, out-of-state purchases.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Robert Bentley and Ron Sparks differ on approaches to Alabama's relationship with Washington, D.C.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - The Birmingham News: Riley's administration ends state employees' payroll deductions used for political purposes.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS – The Birmingham News: This Labor Day finds too many Alabama workers in the market for work and others nervous about joining the ranks of the unemployed.
DECATUR DAILY - ‘Obamacare’ issue in legislative races.
TUSCALOOSA NEWS - Voters choose governor in 2 months.
TUSCALOOSA NEWS - Future hiring will mainly benefit those with specialized skills.
TUSCALOOSA NEWS –The Tuscaloosa News: Jobless figures good, but not good enough.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Alabama private colleges among groups using Web loan tool.
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - The Montgomery Advertiser: Celebrate value of honest work.
WASHINGTON POST - Obama to call for $100 billion business tax credit.
NEW YORK TIMES – The New York Times: Labor Day, now and then.
NEW YORK TIMES – The New York Times: Unsolved coal ash problem.
NEW YORK TIMES – Columnist Paul Krugman: 1938 in 2010.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - The Press-Register: The summer of the oil spill can't end too soon.
GADSDEN TIMES – The Gadsden Times: No party loyalty on court.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Bill Clinton visiting Birmingham to support Ron Sparks.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Robert Bentley: 'Government needs an attitude adjustment.'
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - No state spending cuts yet, Riley's office says.
(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - “The Political Skinny,” a weekly roundup of news from Mobile, Montgomery and Washington for the readers of The Press-Register.
GADSDEN TIMES - Governor candidates campaign at Labor Day events.
ANNISTON STAR - A Teachable Moment: No labor union for Alabama teachers? WASHINGTON POST - Republicans making gains against Democrats ahead of midterm elections.
WASHINGTON POST - Midterms 2010: What you need to know.
WASHINGTON POST - Columnist Eugene Robinson: Gov. Barbour's civil rights fairy tale.
NEW YORK TIMES - Obama to propose tax write-off for capital investments.
NEW YORK TIMES - Obama offers a transit plan to create jobs.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS - The Birmingham News: A plan to increase the size of the Cahaba National Wildlife Refuge is good for the creatures which call the river home and for the people who call Alabama home.
WSFA - Alabama GOP leaders to name Preuitt replacement.
DURANGO (COLORADO) HERALD- Even now, civil rights is a hot issue in Deep South Alabama.
Alabamians will elect new state officers and a new Legislature on November 2. ACPP does not endorse candidates, but we provide the following legislative candidates lists and urge you to get involved in your district's election. Choose your candidate, contact his or her campaign office to find out how to volunteer, and help put democracy in action!
2010 Alabama Senate candidates
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Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged the Gulf Coast in late August 2005, was the costliest storm ever to hit the United States and one of the five deadliest. Katrina's stunning blow to Louisiana and Mississippi received national media attention, but the more isolated damage to coastal Alabama has gone largely unnoticed, even in other regions of the state. For low-income Alabamians battered by the storm, the recovery process remains riddled with difficulties nearly four years later.
This fact sheet takes stock of Alabama's Katrina recovery efforts thus far and identifies the challenges ahead.
Alabama expects to receive more than $3.1 billion over the next two years from the federal government because of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 (ARRA), also known as the economic recovery package or the stimulus package. ARRA also will provide Alabamians with more than $2 billion through targeted federal tax credits.
This fact sheet describes the impact of ARRA on Alabama and includes charts showing how the funding and credits will be allocated.
Recent rulings by the Alabama Supreme Court have held that decisions by unemployment compensation agency hearing officers can have a binding effect upon the claims and defenses of both employees and employers in subsequent litigation. Most workers and many employers attend such hearings without an attorney and may be unaware of the effect their statements and the final decision of the hearing official may have on other rights they enjoy.
This fact sheet examines SB 381, which would preclude the use of any "finding of fact, conclusion of law, judgment, or final order" from a hearing challenging the denial of unemployment compensation benefits in any other action or proceeding.
With just a small investment in a federally sponsored asset-building strategy known as Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), Alabama could help hundreds of low-income workers break the chains of poverty by saving for the future.
This fact sheet explains how IDAs work, how they're funded and how Alabama can move forward with this innovative program.
Alabama Katrina advocates address unmet recovery needs in this June 2007 letter to Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs Director Bill Johnson.
Read letter.
Read attachments to letter.
Alabama law allows payday lenders to charge an annual interest rate of 455 percent for a two-week loan and 300 percent for a pawn. Any financial transaction that allows a triple-digit interest rate, specifies a short term of one month or less, and requires a balloon payment is generally considered to be predatory. These types of transactions target low-income individuals and families and trap people in a cycle of debt.
This fact sheet outlines proposed predatory lending reform legislation for 2007.
Historically, Alabama has required utilities to provide and maintain essential, basic services at a reasonable cost through regulatory process. BellSouth, through its testimony on Senate Bill 114 and House Bill 211 before legislative committees, has acknowledged that provision of basic telephone services across the state is not a profitable endeavor. Is it realistic to expect that for-profit companies, with their primary mission to increase earnings for their stockholders, to continue to provide basic telephone services at a reasonable cost without any regulatory oversight?
This fact sheet analyzes proposed bills that would deregulate basic telephone services.
Defining poverty is a difficult task. The researcher who developed the poverty threshold called them a measure of "income inadequacy." That is, they reflect a general agreement about how much is too little to live on, rather than how much is enough.
This fact sheet describes how the government measures poverty and offers an alternative measure called the Self-Sufficiency Standard that better reflects the basic costs of living.
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