Baldwin County opposes bill to require 30-day payments on public projects

by Guy Busby Press-Register February 22, 2012

"This would really put a lot of smaller communities and towns to where they couldn’t even bid a project because they would fear they could be injured," Gruber said. "This is not a good bill."

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Racially charged call played in bingo trial

by Kim Chandler -- The Birmingham News February 22, 2012

"You don’t really have a problem dealing with racists?" defense attorney asks casino founder Ronnie Gilley.

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Mobile City Council members hope to get to the bottom of New Year’s celebration spending

by Robert McClendon, Press-Register February 22, 2012

MOBILE, Alabama — Saying that there were too many “rumors flying around” about how much the city paid for its New Year’s Eve celebration, Councilman Fred Richardson asked Tuesday for a final reckoning of what the city took in and what it …

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Panel OKs plan to set term limits for Birmingham mayor

by David White -- The Birmingham News February 22, 2012

Mayors elected after 2013 could serve only two terms in a row.

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Ronnie Gilley: No trucks for vote on bingo bill

by Kim Chandler -- The Birmingham News February 22, 2012

Country Crossing developer Ronnie Gilley said he never offered to buy trucks from a state senator’s dealership as a way to get his vote on a gambling bill.

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GOP candidates set for tonight’s debate, the last before Super Tuesday

by Chris Pow, al.com February 22, 2012

The four remaining contenders in the Republican presidential race will meet in Mesa, Arizona for tonight’s 7 p.m. debate.

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Panel votes to exclude Jefferson County from occupational tax ban

by David White -- The Birmingham News February 22, 2012

The county will not be affected a bill that would ban cities and counties from adopting new occupational taxes.

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Strong, Parker rack up campaign cash in chase for commission chairman

by Keith Clines, The Huntsville Times February 22, 2012

Dale Strong, the four-term District 4 commissioner, has raised $155,172 and Wayne Parker, the three-time congressional candidate, has received $87,125 in contributions less than a month before the Republican primary..

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Their budget much more than one page, Jefferson County officials say

by Barnett Wright -- The Birmingham News February 22, 2012

Commission President David Carrington: The budget information is available to lawmakers.

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The naked truth about Hoover’s humanity

by John Archibald -- The Birmingham News February 22, 2012

It was as if Hoover wanted to make a statement, but didn’t really. So that’s the kind of statement it made: muted, miscast and mushy.

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