It seems absurd to think that families on the same street could pay different tuition at identical state schools
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By Bob Howell – WSFA12 News Anchor – Montgomery, AL
State Republicans celebrate the outcome of a special election for a House seat in District 40. Here’s Phillip Bryan’s release from the State GOP:
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Republican K.L. Brown Wins Special Election; GOP Picks Up 45th Seat in Alabama House
JACKSONVILLE, AL -Following a hard fought election and a critical [...]
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By Bob Howell – WSFA 12 News Anchor – Montgomery, AL
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim James responds after a bill to spend $1-billion over ten years for highway and road construction did not make it up for a vote in the Alabama Senate.
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Statement by Tim James concerning defeat of the Senate Democrats’ attempt to raid the [...]
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By Bob Howell – WSFA 12 News Anchor – Montgomery, AL
GOP gubernatorial candidate Roy Moore writing about the state legislature’s resolution regarding the 10th Amendment:
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Roy Moore states: “Alabama: We Dare Defend Our Rights”
Feb 3, 2010 Written by: Roy Moore
I am certainly pleased that the Alabama Legislature has passed a resolution affirming the sovereignty of our [...]
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By Bob Howell, WSFA 12 News Anchor, Montgomery, AL.
Here’s the governor’s office response to the statement by Milton McGregor (see earlier post):
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Governor Bob Riley’s Office response:
“Let me get this straight: Milton McGregor is upset that John Tyson got money from a PAC that Milton McGregor contributed to?”
“The absurdity of their argument knows no bounds.”
- Todd [...]
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By Bob Howell – WSFA 12 News Anchor, Montgomery, AL -
The war of words over gambling in Alabama intensifies. Here’s a statement released by Victoryland owner Milton McGregor regarding Governor Riley’s attempts to shut down electronic bingo in the state:
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Statement from Milton McGregor:
“It is important for Alabamians to know that Bob Riley is committed to [...]
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A bill to crackdown on people who solicit children for sex will be up first for debate Tuesday in the State House of Representatives.
House Bill 135 by Rep. Spencer Collier, R-Irvington, aims to get tough on people convicted of electronic solicitation of a child, facilitating the online solicitation of a child or facilitating solicitation of [...]
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By Bob Howell – WSFA 12 News Anchor, Montgomery, AL (1/14/10)
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Democratic State Rep. Steve Hurst
escaped injury when the truck he was driving ran off a Coosa County
road and struck a tree.
Hurst was returning to his home in Mumford in Talladega County
Monday night from meetings in Montgomery when the accident [...]
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By Bob Howell – WSFA 12 News Anchor, Montgomery, AL
Here’s the latest response to the governor’s State of the State Address – 1/14/10
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Dependence on federal bail-outs to balance state budget won’t solve Alabama’s fiscal woes
Tim James, Republican candidate for Governor of Alabama, today said dependence on federal bail-outs to balance Alabama’s state budget won’t solve [...]
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Save Alabama PACT members are closing watching events in the legislature now that the Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability Committee delayed consideration of a bill to provide state funding to the financially troubled prepaid college tuition plan.
A bill to provide $236 million over several years to shore up the Prepaid Affordable College Tuition plan was [...]
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