Alabama Education Department Proposes Flat Staffing Again as Insurance, Tech Costs Climb
Alabama's education department is again proposing no new positions for its budget, even as insurance and technology costs rise, officials say.
Bentley Joins Ribbon-Cutting for Fairhope Aviation and Trades Academy
Gov. Robert Bentley joined Fairhope leaders to dedicate a new workforce academy teaching aviation, welding and industrial maintenance skills.
Mobile Tea Party Group Snubs Bentley, Backs Write-Ins Over Unopposed Republicans
Mobile's Common Sense Campaign withheld support for Gov. Robert Bentley over Common Core while backing several local write-in candidates.
Foley Forum Debates Common Core Before Packed Republican Women’s Luncheon
A South Baldwin Republican Women luncheon in Foley drew about 100 people to a heated panel debate over Common Core education standards.
AL-01 Candidate Bradley Byrne Points to Two-Year College Cleanup in Bid for Congress
Bradley Byrne, a Mobile native running for the First Congressional District seat, made his case to Southwest Alabama voters in September 2013 by leaning on his record cleaning up Alabama’s…
Mobile GOP Committee Keeps Two Members, Presses Case Against Common Core
The Mobile County Republican Executive Committee fell short of the votes needed to remove two members who had favored a Constitution Party candidate, and it joined the push against Common…
Rules of the Road: How Alabama’s 2010 Ballot Would Be Filled
Democrats opened statewide qualifying in January and Republicans in March, with both parties closing April 2 for June 1 primaries. Nearly every office in Alabama was on the 2010 ballot.
Riley Moved to Ban Double Dipping Across All of State Government
Gov. Bob Riley sent the Legislature a bill extending the two-year college system's ban on double dipping to every state agency, university and school system, and barring lawmakers from contracting…
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…
New Chancellor Bradley Byrne Sees Better Days Ahead for Bishop State and the Two-Year System
Chancellor Bradley Byrne said Alabama's community colleges were living through the best of times and the worst of times, promising accountability while laying out plans for new Bishop State campuses…