MONTGOMERY — State Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks fashioned a campaign platform for governor that calls for taxes on the gambling industry and the creation of a state lottery to provide …
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Thefts
1900 block Shepherd Drive Southwest, car stereo, $2,000.
1200 block Fifth Avenue Southwest, drinks and candy, $2,000.
2300 block Raleigh Street Southwest, TV/DVD player for …
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Unemployment pay increases
The maximum weekly unemployment compensation benefit amount will increase by $10 for claimants who file new claims on or after July 5, the state Department of Industrial …
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Head Starts get $268,225 grant
WASHINGTON — Rep. Parker Griffith, D-Huntsville, announced Thursday a $268,225 grant for the Community Action Agency of Huntsville/Madison and Limestone …
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HUNTSVILLE — A man investigators believe was turning a $500,000 profit on drug deals is now behind bars.
The arrest follows the confiscation of drugs and marijuana valued at between $250,000 …
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MONTGOMERY — When Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb finally decided Wednesday not to run for governor in 2010, she called court system staff together at the state Judicial Building.
“We had a …
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By M.J. Ellington
Staff Writer
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7/2/09
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MONTGOMERY (AP) — A decades-old program that helps troubled youth stay out of juvenile detention has been spared for now, but advocates and directors say its financial woes are far from …
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Thefts
400 block Fourth Avenue Southwest, check in the amount of $7,200.
1200 block Brookline Avenue Southwest, electronics, $3,800.
2000 block College Street Southeast, laptop, purse …
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Monday at 9:41 p.m., the International Space Station will be visible as it passes over North Alabama, NASA announced.
It will approach from the southwest and depart to the northeast, being visible …
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MONTGOMERY (AP) — The longest U.S. recession since World War II has caused Alabama’s tax collections to plummet so badly that more than 120,000 taxpayers are having to wait for their state …
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