Bama Fact Check, a watchdog site run by a cooperative of Alabama media, examined claims by the Alabama Education Association that GOP economic development bills would hurt the Alabama Education Trust fund. The results were mixed: Some out of state corporations will get to keep taxes paid by their employees, but it is yet unclear what effect this would have on education funding.
Calling Gov. Robert Bentley’s education agenda a 19th century plan for the 21st century, historian and Auburn professor emeritus Wayne Flynt says Montgomery isn’t doing enough to prepare Alabama for the future.
Sometimes, it’s reassuring to see a a gesture of cooperation between Alabama’s oft-uncooperative political parties. Especially when that gesture comes from Alabama’s state senate leadership.
On Sunday, CBS42 will air a one-hour expose on industrial pollution in Birmingham and the effects on public health. The special airs at 9 pm.
After a while, the images of Wednesday’s disaster begin to mush together, but the Boston Globe’s photo blog, The Big Picture, does a good job curating and displaying the most powerful moments.
New South Books publisher says censored text is a more “comfortable” alternative of Huckleberry Finn. The following segment uses the n-word seemingly as many times as the book.
Ethics reform bills are sailing through the Alabama House. The Senate is a different story. A Democratic filibuster briefly stalled a bill to end state payroll witholdings for political entities such as AEA, and a substitute bill by Sen. Scott Beason would prohibit lobbyists from spending on legislators but would leave their clients untouched.
A judge’s ruling that the Jefferson County occupational tax is unconstitutional could sap more than $70 million of county revenue and endanger the jobs of county workers weeks before Christmas.
