Weeks before a September 2014 referendum, Orange Beach and Baldwin County school officials remained split over enrollment counts and funding projections for a proposed city-run school system.
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School Boards Challenge Later Start Date Tied to Beach Tourism
Alabama school board leaders pushed back on proposals to delay the school start date to late August as a tourism boost, arguing the underlying revenue study was unreliable, especially with the Gulf oil spill battering the coast.
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Artur Davis Brought a Campaign for Governor to Mobile — and a Pronunciation Lesson
The congressman told about 100 Mobile Democrats that Alabama’s past need not dictate its future, made education his central theme, and asked the city’s television anchors to note that his name is Artur.
Atmore
An Oddsmaker’s Verdict: Alabama Was Sending Its Gambling Money to Everybody Else
Mobile oddsmaker and sports analyst Danny Sheridan said it was past time for Alabama to consider a lottery or casinos, arguing the state was subsidizing gaming in Mississippi, Florida and Tennessee.
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Republican Women Elect Officers as Mobile Opens a New Master Plan Process
A Mobile Republican women’s club installed new leadership, city planners opened neighborhood meetings on a downtown master plan, and a young minister launched a campaign for the state school board in Prichard.
Mobile
A Six-Figure Exit: The Retirement Math Facing Bishop State’s President
With a federal and state investigation swirling around Bishop State Community College, its longtime president stood to collect a lump sum of roughly $529,000 under Alabama’s DROP program if she retired at term’s end.
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Rusty Glover Opened His District 34 Senate Bid at a Semmes-Area Headquarters
State Rep. Rusty Glover of Semmes scheduled an April 2006 kickoff rally for his Senate District 34 campaign, entering a crowded Republican field to succeed retiring Sen. Hap Myers.