Alabama Notes » politics http://alnotes.com Alabama News Optimized for Mobile Devices | BETA Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:40:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Despite Rick Santorum surge, Newt Gingrich wins 5th Congressional District straw poll http://alnotes.com/despite-rick-santorum-surge-newt-gingrich-wins-5th-congressional-district-straw-poll/ http://alnotes.com/despite-rick-santorum-surge-newt-gingrich-wins-5th-congressional-district-straw-poll/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:50:04 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/despite-rick-santorum-surge-newt-gingrich-wins-5th-congressional-district-straw-poll/

Santorum finished second, Mitt Romney third and Ron Paul fourth.

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Immigration looms as the must-watch political fight of Alabama’s 2012 legislative session.

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GOP legislative leaders say they want to make minor changes in the law, but they say a repeal has no chance of passing. Read more from The Birmingham News

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Two metro Birmingham legislators take oath of office. Read more from The Birmingham News

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The governor in his State of the State address said he would propose cutting or combining some departments while protecting others. Read more from The Birmingham News

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More choice and freedom within local school systems. No new taxes, but consolidated state agencies other moves in offing. He wants to borrow money to build and repair roads and bridges.

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]]> http://alnotes.com/alabama-gov-robert-bentley-seeks-charter-schools-amid-austere-state-budget-forecasts-updated/feed/ 0 Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s 2012 state of the state (live video, 6:30 p.m.) http://alnotes.com/alabama-gov-robert-bentleys-2012-state-of-the-state-live-video-630-p-m/ http://alnotes.com/alabama-gov-robert-bentleys-2012-state-of-the-state-live-video-630-p-m/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:33:13 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/alabama-gov-robert-bentleys-2012-state-of-the-state-live-video-630-p-m/

Legislature began its session earlier Tuesday, facing a full agenda that includes giving Alabama’s toughest in the nation immigration law a tune up and balancing state budgets in a difficult budget year.

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WASHINGTON — Three Monroeville Junior High School students were honored as part of the White House Science Fair on Tuesday, getting the opportunity to meet the president, explain their robotics work and even hand him a stuffed animal — using the long, remote-controlled arm of one of…

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“They don’t have their own house in order,” said State Rep. John Rogers, D-Birmingham. Read more from The Birmingham News

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The trustee for the creditors asked in a Friday filing for a declaratory judgment stating that net sewer revenues belong to the bondholders. Read more from The Birmingham News

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