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Cleaning out and clearing up my notebook By Jim Cox SA Publisher It is time to clean out my notebook and clear my desk of odds and ends that have caught my eye in recent weeks. **** One little jab on the floor of the Alabama Senate got a lot of attention the last day of the session. More ... Other Opinions Needless election? Blame Alabama's crazy constitution If you did not know there was an election on June 5 - or didn't care - then you were not alone. Statewide voter turnout was light for the special election, which included no candidates and only two propositions for voters to accept or kill. More ... Alabama makes national headlines with 'brawl' By Bob Martin There have certainly been incidents in the past of near fistfights in the hallowed halls of the Alabama Legislature. There was also an incident back in the late 1960s or early 1970s when a fight between two senators was fictionalized by a few members of the capitol press corps. More ...
Voters approve bond money for steel mill By Rep. Jo Bonner First Congressional District Last week, Alabama voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment to allow the state to borrow an additional $400 million for economic development, including $195 million for the state-of-the-art steel manufacturing and processing plant ThyssenKrupp plans to build in north Mobile County. More ... |
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