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.
The $3 Drink That Cost a Teenager Everything: Inside Mobile Best Buy’s Culture of Exploitation
In the fall of 2009, a 16-year-old kid walked into a Best Buy in Mobile, Alabama, excited to start his first real job. He was hired as a Geek Squad…
Pittman Bill Aims to Shield Teacher Insurance Plan From Costly Drug Litigation
The Alabama Senate passed a bill by Sen. Trip Pittman of Montrose clarifying the law so the state teacher insurance plan could negotiate prescription drug rates, a move backers said…
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…
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…