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NASA’s Mars Odyssey helps develop to most accurate Martian map so far

July 26, 2010

Researchers and the public can access the map via several websites and explore and survey the entire surface of the Red Planet. View full size NASA A camera aboard NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever, NASA says. Researchers and the public…

Orange Beach City Council reconsidering property tax referendum

July 15, 2010

ORANGE BEACH — Mayor Tony Kennon said that he would ask the council again next week to consider scheduling a referendum in which voters could decide to levy a 2-mill property tax. ORANGE BEACH?– Mayor Tony Kennon said that he would ask the council again next week…

Shelby County Commission urges ALDOT to resume work on U.S. 280 toll road concept

June 28, 2010

The commission heard tonight from ALDOT and the grassroots group ReThink 280. Traffic lines up on U.S. 280 at the intersection of Green Valley Road and Rocky Ridge Road. (Birmingham News/ file photo). The Shelby County Commission tonight passed a resolution that strongly “encourages…

Thorsby residents will vote Tuesday on alcohol sales for town

May 30, 2010

Mayor suspects many favor sales but that issue will fail Thorsby residents will face an extra ballot in Tuesday’s statewide primary voting; they’ll vote on the sale of alcohol in their Chilton County community, the Clanton Advertiser reports. Mayor Dearl Hilyer said many …

Tuscaloosa contractor seeks federal trial delay in Alabama 2-year college probe

May 17, 2010

Roger Taylor wants delay in trial set for June 1 in Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa contractor Roger Taylor, accused of bribing and conspiring with former two-year college Chancellor Roy Johnson, is seeking a delay in his federal trial, according to court documents filed …

Hoover and Birmingham to vote on state’s plan for U.S. 280 express toll lanes

April 19, 2010

Proposed Hoover resolution supports the plan; Birmingham council members say they object By Val Walton and Joseph Bryant Jefferson County’s two largest cities are scheduled to vote tonight and Tuesday on whether to support or reject the Alabama Department of Transportation’s plan to add express toll lanes to 10 miles…

Birmingham mayor proposes seeking U.S. 280 traffic plan with share of tolls for mass transit

March 31, 2010

Council OKs talk with Riley Mayor William Bell says current stalled plan for U.S. 280 traffic woes lacks role for mass transit and he wants to talk about it with Alabama Gov. Bob. Riley. (Birmingham News file) B irmingham Mayor William Bell plans to ask …

Mayor William Bell has plan to help save 280 toll road, fund mass transit

March 30, 2010

Bell today said he will ask Riley to add an additional 5 cents to proposed tolls for the new road and dedicate the additional money for mass transit. Birmingham Mayor William Bell plans to meet with Gov. Bob Riley about a proposal to help salvage…

Alabama House kills plan that would have let voters call constitutional convention

February 23, 2010

58-32 tally killed resolution that would have let voters call for convention. The Alabama House of Representatives?today rejected a resolution that would have let voters decide Nov. 2 whether to call a convention of delegates that could propose a new state constitution. The House …

Lawmakers to debate on resolution to let Alabamians vote on rewriting constitution

February 23, 2010

Public's vote might come on Nov. 2 MONTGOMERY — Alabama voters would decide during the general election Nov. 2 whether to call a convention of delegates that could pro­pose a new state constitu­tion under a resolution scheduled for debate today. If cleared by …

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