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Severe weather tax holiday set for July

Alabama Notes — Thu, 24 May 2012 01:24:09 +0000

School shoppers are already familiar with the annual sales tax holiday preceding the beginning of the academic year. Now, state officials are applying the same concept to the purchase of severe weather preparedness supplies.

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Wahouma resident: City council passed the buck today

Wed, 16 May 2012 04:05:00 +0000

Many residents cannot pay their sewer bills and are using abandoned homes as bathrooms so the vice president of the neighborhood association asked city council to redirect neighborhood funds for the purchase of portable toilets.

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Toy trucks sold at Kohls recalled; battery compartment can catch fire

Alabama Notes — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:23:49 +0000

A toy truck that came as a gift with the purchase of a T-shirt is being recalled due to the possibility that the battery compartment could catch fire.

SCOTUS: Court, public divided over health insurance mandate

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:56:00 +0000

Justice Antonin G. Scalia likened mandatory health insurance provisions in the Affordable Care Act to mandating the purchase of broccoli as the Supreme Court took on the Act's controversial mandatory health care provision Tuesday.

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Limestone TRIAD teams with law enforcement agencies to provide bracelets for Project Lifesaver

Alabama Notes — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:41:23 +0000

TRIAD, a Limestone County organization that partners seniors with law enforcement, plans to donate $5,000 for the purchase of waterproof bracelets and batteries for Project Lifesaver.

Baldwin schools enjoying a ‘Digital Renaissance’ thanks to laptops

Alabama Notes — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:10:21 +0000

The MacBook initiative is being funded through a $2 million bond issue set up through the state last year. That funding covers the purchase of laptops for 1,200 students at Baldwin County High, as well as infrastructure needed to accommodate the technology.

Hoover school board approves guidelines for giving gifts to teachers, employees

Alabama Notes — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:44:00 +0000

A resolution passed Tuesday will allow classes “to collect a small amount of money from each student and pool toward the purchase of one gift card.” Read more from The Birmingham News

Armed robber takes Sudafed from South Memorial Parkway drug store

Alabama Notes — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:51:29 +0000

An employee at Walgreens told police that a man came up to her and asked for some Sudafed, police said. She got the medication and was about to ring up the purchase when the man grabbed it and ran out the store, police said.

City, Country Club of Tuscaloosa agree to land sale

Alabama Notes — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:44:26 +0000

With all but one of the conditions dropped, the City Council on Tuesday approved the purchase of easements totaling 2,232 linear feet at a cost of $49,290. Now, the city’s Water and Sewer Department and the Office of the City Engineer can …

State board turns down Calhoun’s proposed land buy – The Decatur Daily

Alabama Notes — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:51:06 +0000

State board turns down Calhoun's proposed land buy The Decatur Daily MONTGOMERY — The state Board of Education today rejected Calhoun Community College's proposal to purchase property for a new campus in Huntsville. Dr. Charles Elliott, R-Decatur, was among the majority in a 5-3 vote …

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