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As 2013 session ends, most talked-about JeffCo bills mostly just talk
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 4 days ago
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The 2013 Legislative Session might be have one of the most raucous and active in recent memory for Alabama, but for Jefferson County the session has been a quiet as a tomb full of dead bills. The vacuum of local legislation and debate stands in
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Ala. Legislature votes for law enforcement changes
Montgomery :: AL :: USA | 2 months ago
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Ala. (AP) The Alabama Legislature is starting a massive reorganization of Alabama's law enforcement programs that proponents predict will save millions. The Senate voted 17-2 Tuesday night to grant final approval to a law enforcement reorganization
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Capitol Report Notebook: States' Rights committee gets heated
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 3 months ago
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A substantial number of the 2,500 pieces of legislation filed for this year's legislative session will fall by the wayside this week with the first of four major deadlines before adjournment in May...The primary use of joint resolutions is as
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Here's how salaries break down in Canada's Senate
Ottawa :: Canada | 3 months ago
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For the 2011-2012 fiscal year, it cost taxpayers close to $90 million to keep the Senate running. This included senator salaries, senator allowances and administrative costs. In comparison, it cost more than $427 million to operate the House of
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Donaldson appointed to Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Tuscaloosa :: AL :: USA | 4 months ago
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Gov. Robert Bentley announced Tuesday that he has appointed Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Scott Donaldson to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. The vacancy on the five-member Court of Civil Appeals was created when Tommy Bryan was elected to the
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KC area judges headed to approval from voters
Cameron :: MO :: USA | 7 months ago
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Incomplete results showed voters poised to approve all judges serving the Kansas City area who had retention elections Tuesday in Kansas and Missouri.In addition, nine candidates, all Democrats, won election unopposed in Wyandotte County.<
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Ex-Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman Speaks Out on Karl Rove, Witch Hunt Hours Before Returning to Jail
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 9 months ago
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Don Siegelman, the former governor of Alabama, returns to federal prison today to resume his six-and-a-half-year sentence on a controversial bribery conviction that has been compared to a political witch hunt. Siegelman and his supporters say he was
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Craig Unger: My Breakfast with Karl Rove
Tampa :: FL :: USA | 9 months ago
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That was the big news I learned yesterday morning, as the Republican National Convention was about to get under way here in Tampa, Florida. Rove was the guest of honor at a breakfast hosted by Mike Allen's Politico Playbook in downtown Tampa near the
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Birmingham jumpstart: More bad news for Birmingham schools; fallen soldier remembered
Montgomery :: AL :: USA | 10 months ago
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After a six-year battle to overturn his conviction in a 2006 bribery case, former Gov. Don Siegelman was sentenced in federal court to 78 months in prison for government corruption...Siegelman spoke in front of the courthouse surrounded by his family
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Former Alabama governor going back to prison for bribery
Montgomery :: AL :: USA | 10 months ago
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Ala. Following years of appeals and a vocal campaign by supporters, ex-Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman is heading back to prison after being sentenced Friday to more than six years for bribery and other convictions. Siegelman, 66, and former HealthSouth
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