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2013/05/19 04:19
2013/05/19 04:19
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Last day: So many bills, so little time
MONTGOMERY — Alabama lawmakers will have more bills than time when they return Monday for their final day of the 2013 legislative session. From clarifying where guns can be carried in the state to...
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2013/05/16 04:20
2013/05/16 04:20
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Bentley wants delay on school credits
MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley said he wants to “change the conversation” about the Alabama Accountability Act and put the focus back where he thinks it belongs — giving failing schools the...
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The Franklin County Times
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Chattanooga Times Free Press
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2013/05/16 01:38
2013/05/16 01:38
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AL lawmakers may vote on 3 welfare bills
On the final day of the Alabama legislative session, lawmakers will likely take up three bills involving welfare benefits. All of the bills have passed through the Senate and await votes from the...
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WSFA 12 Montgomery
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WAFF 48 News Huntsville
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Alabama House of Representatives
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2013/05/15 17:59
2013/05/15 17:59
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Who are Senate’s leaders?
Who are Senate’s leaders?Published 11:51am Wednesday, May 15, 2013 We are at the end of the third regular legislative session of this quadrennium. They are closing in on the culmination of their...
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House
Roger Bedford
Republican Party
House of Lords
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2013/05/13 05:38
2013/05/13 05:38
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Guns, schools, drug testing on state legislature ...
The Legislature worked until nearly midnight Thursday, its next-to-last meeting day, to complete the state education and General Fund budgets. Lawmakers are taking a week off before returning for...
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The Florence Times-Daily
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The Decatur Daily
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Arthur Orr
Trip Pittman
Pro Tem Del Marsh
Mike Hubbard
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2013/05/11 03:19
2013/05/11 03:19
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Alabama budget gets mixed results for courts, pri...
MONTGOMERY — The new state operating budget approved by the Alabama Legislature will mean hiring for one area of government and layoffs for another. The $1.7 billion General Fund approved by the...
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WTOK-TV Meridian
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Alabama Legislature
Kim Thomas
Senate
UN Court
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2013/05/10 12:45
2013/05/10 12:45
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State budgets have 2% raise for teachers, $17 mil...
MONTGOMERY (AP) — The Alabama Legislature wrapped up work on both state budgets Thursday, including passing a nearly $5.8 billion education budget for the coming school year that will fund a 2 percent...
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Trip Pittman
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2013/05/10 05:19
2013/05/10 05:19
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Legislators OK changes to school act
MONTGOMERY — Republicans in the Alabama Legislature on Thursday evening approved several changes and clarifications to the Alabama Accountability Act, but not without emotional protests from Democrats...
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2013/05/09 20:13
2013/05/09 20:13
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Alabama Legislature extends 2 taxes for Medicaid
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Legislature has voted to extend two taxes that support the state Medicaid program. The assessments on nursing homes and hospitals were due to expire this year, but...
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WAFF 48 News Huntsville
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The Gadsden Times
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2013/05/07 23:31
2013/05/07 23:31
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ABC Stores bill among several dead for Legislativ...
Several bills that received some notoriety before or during the legislative session are dead for 2013. One of the most talked about bills dealt with closing Alabama Beverage Control, ABC Stores,...
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2013/05/07 08:47
2013/05/07 08:47
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State lawmakers pass tax exempt bill
State lawmakers pass tax exempt billPublished 11:04am Tuesday, April 30, 2013 The Lurleen B. Wallace Community College Foundation took a giant step toward savings when the Alabama Legislature passed...
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Robert Bentley
Alabama Legislature
Mike Jones
LBW Community College
Arthur Orr
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2013/05/06 20:43
2013/05/06 20:43
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Ken Hare In Depth: Legislature could limit welfar...
According to Democrats in the Alabama Legislature, the Republican majority is at it again, targeting poor people who get public assistance. But unlike other times in the past, bills pending in the...
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Alabama Legislature
Arthur Orr
Los Angeles Times
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2013/05/06 20:04
2013/05/06 20:04
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Past wrongs can be acknowledged, but never undone
Why does public atonement for crimes, sins and other wrongs of the past even matter? We can't take the whole human race back in a time machine and undo them. We can't make them go away just by...
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Arthur Orr
Robert Bentley
Alabama Legislature
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2013/05/05 09:20
2013/05/05 09:20
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More work ahead in Ala for Scottsboro Boys pardons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) � Though the Alabama Legislature has cleared the way for posthumous pardons of the Scottsboro Boys, much work � from legal documents to public hearings � remains before the names...
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2013/05/05 04:19
2013/05/05 04:19
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North Alabama lawmakers delay state contracts
Lawmakers on the Legislative Contract Review Committee have been warning state agencies and boards for several months that they must use a new website when advertising contracts with private...
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2013/05/02 23:43
2013/05/02 23:43
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Alabama Senate delays school budget until next we...
MONTGOMERY (AP) — The Alabama Legislature's approval of the two state budgets will wait until the closing days of the 2013 session. Republican leaders of the Alabama Senate had planned to bring up...
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The Florence Times-Daily
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2013/05/02 22:13
2013/05/02 22:13
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Senator Orr proposes amendments to AL Accountabil...
The Alabama Accountability Act is already signed into law, but a local lawmaker is working to change the rules before its put into action. Republican Senator
Arthur Orr
of Decatur said rather than be...
Read more at WAFF 48 News Huntsville
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Decatur City
local school district
Senate
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2013/05/02 05:19
2013/05/02 05:19
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GOP bill would remove AEA leader from retirement ...
MONTGOMERY — A bill to change the makeup of Alabama’s Teacher Retirement System board was altered in a House committee Wednesday to remove the leader of the Alabama Education...
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Alabama Education Association
Senate
Henry Mabry
House committee
Ways and Means Committee
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2013/05/02 05:19
2013/05/02 05:19
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Accountability Act changes go to Senate
MONTGOMERY — Sen.
Arthur Orr
, R-Decatur, has a list of proposed changes he’d like to see made to the Alabama Accountability Act in the last four remaining work days of the legislative session. The...
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The Florence Times-Daily
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The Florence Times-Daily
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Tommy Bice
Robert Bentley
Mary Sell
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2013/04/30 05:43
2013/04/30 05:43
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Lawmakers take a stand for schools
It’s late in the session, but a handful of state senators — including Sen.
Arthur Orr
, R-Decatur — are finally standing up to out-of-control colleagues. At issue is the Alabama Accountability Act,...
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The Florence Times-Daily
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Arthur Orr
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