 Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on December 31st, 2008, at 12:08 pm
Happy New Year 2009! I hope that this New Year brings with it some needed changes in our state government but much like those watching the economy; my “consumer confidence” is low. That being said, it is time to set our state’s New [...]
 Posted by H, on December 31st, 2008, at 6:10 am
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 Posted by Danny, on December 29th, 2008, at 8:33 am
Alabama Citizens for Constitution Reform (ACCR) is putting together a mock constitution convention next month. If you want to participate as a delegate, time is fast running out to get in your application. The deadline to apply is December 31.
 Posted by H, on December 29th, 2008, at 6:10 am
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1835: The Cherokee Indian Treaty Party signs the Treaty of New Echota, ceding their lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S. government. The Cherokees were to receive five million dollars and land in the western Indian Territory. Alabama created the new counties of Cherokee, DeKalb, and Marshall from the ceded land [...]
 Posted by H, on December 28th, 2008, at 5:55 am
 Posted by waltm, on December 28th, 2008, at 12:01 am
1857: Physician and co-founder of Children’s Hospital, Thomas Duke Parke was born.
1950: Former U. S. Ambassador Margaret Tutwiler was born in Birmingham.
 Posted by H, on December 27th, 2008, at 6:10 am
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Small Town News
By waltm on March 20, 2010
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Legislative Dispatch
By Sen. Steve French on March 10, 2010
I wish my friend Hinton Mitchem godspeed and good luck after his retirement from public service. Hinton, on Monday, announced what many had suspected — he will not seek re-election. I remember meeting Hinton for the first time while I was a student at Auburn University. He served the people of his [...]
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By Rep. Cam Ward on March 8, 2010
 Here is a quick preview of the upcoming week in Montgomery. This week will be a standard legislative schedule for the House. We will be in session on Tuesday and Thursday with committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday.
The House will take up a ten minute calendar this week. A ten minute calendar is [...]
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Purple Dot Connection
By Natalie Davis on March 15, 2010
TOP TEN INDICATIONS OF MARCH MADNESS
10. Eric Massa inviting us to ask the 10,000 Navy men he served with whether he is gay.
9. Larry Langford hitting the jackpot 33 times in one day and not remembering it.
8. Ron Sparks being able to make payments on a $500,000 loan with an income of $80,000.
7. Artur Davis [...]
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Back in the Day...Union Avenue in Ozark in the 1920s
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