Artur Davis attacked Bradley Byrne over a remark about the state’s legal obligation to the failing PACT college tuition program, opening a general election fight months before either man had won a primary.
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Sparks Proposes Tapping Alabama’s Oil and Gas Trust for a Decade of Road Work
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks endorsed drawing $100 million a year for ten years from Alabama’s oil and gas trust fund to rebuild highways, reviving a long-running fight over the state’s savings.
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Mobile Legislator Apologizes for the Alabama House’s Silence on Two Corruption Convictions
State Rep. Joseph Mitchell of Mobile issued an open letter apologizing for the Alabama Legislature’s total silence after two sitting members were convicted on federal corruption charges.
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Talk of a Special Session on Gas Royalties Set Up a Fight With Oil Lobbyists
With an industrial recruitment session no longer needed, speculation in August 2008 turned to a special legislative session on natural gas royalties, a fight expected to test the oil industry’s lobbyists.