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Tax inequity suit in federal court
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By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau Chief
MONTGOMERY | A federal lawsuit challenging Alabama’s property tax system as unconstitutional because the system allegedly denies blacks their right to an adequate education would increase state taxes on property nine times if the suit is successful.
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November 29th, 2009
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Iran seizes lawyer’s Nobel Peace medal
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By Nasser Karimi and Ian MacDougall, The Associated Press
Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi’s medal, the human rights lawyer said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent.
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November 27th, 2009
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FBI wants public’s help in civil rights killings
- By Shelia Byrd
The Associated Press
Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers.
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November 24th, 2009
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SC gov faces 37 charges he broke state ethics laws
- Jim Davenport, Associated Press Writer
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces ethics charges he broke state laws more than three dozen times by violating rules on airplane travel and campaign money, according to details of the allegations released Monday.
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November 23rd, 2009
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City suspects state wants to privatize Bryce
- By Robert DeWitt
Senior Writer
City officials filed their motion for a preliminary hearing this week after becoming concerned that the state might accelerate changes at Bryce Hospital before the city’s lawsuit against the state could be heard.
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November 21st, 2009
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Tuscaloosa moves to halt any action on Bryce
- By Robert DeWitt
Senior Writer
The city asked a Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court for a preliminary injunction against the state. It would stop the state from dismantling or moving Bryce Hospital or any part of its operation until the city’s lawsuit is heard.
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November 19th, 2009
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District attorneys told to enforce bingo ruling
- By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau Chief
Attorney General Troy King on Tuesday asked Greene County District Attorney Greg Griggers and 15 other DAs to enforce Friday’s Supreme Court bingo opinion, but added that voters ultimately should decide bingo’s fate.
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November 18th, 2009
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Lawyers earn fees from law they wrote
- By Michael R. Blood
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES | Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices - and all of the roughly $4.3 million from settlements so far - can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys who worked together writing the statute, The Associated Press has found.
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November 16th, 2009
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Tuscaloosan featured in documentary
- By Mark Hughes Cobb
Staff Writer
Faith has driven Joel Montgomery’s private life. In his down time, he led mission teams to Costa Rica and Malawi, and founded Santa’s U-Haul, raising money and organizing volunteers to deliver wrapped Christmas presents to Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi.
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November 15th, 2009
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Court orders Forkland to halt misuse of road money
- By Jason Morton
Staff Writer
A Greene County Circuit Court judge has ruled that the town of Forkland has broken state law by misappropriating earmarked funds from taxes levied on gasoline purchases.
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November 11th, 2009
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Luther Strange quits post on mental health board
- By Lydia Seabol Avant
Staff Writer
Another trustee on the board of the Alabama Department of Mental Health has resigned, the second resignation from the 16-member board in the past nine days.
Luther Strange, who is running for Alabama attorney general, sent his resignation to Gov. Bob Riley on Friday.
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November 7th, 2009
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Officers praise new computer programs
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By Ashley Boyd
Staff Writer
Long gone are the days when officers had to call dispatch to get information about the driver they just pulled over.
CAPS, the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety, has changed law enforcement capabilities through new computerized software programs.
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November 6th, 2009
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Tuscaloosa attorney to run for House seat
- By Tommy Stevenson
Associate Editor
TUSCALOOSA | Tuscaloosa attorney Bill Poole on Wednesday became the third candidate to toss his hat in the ring for the open seat in District 63 for the Alabama House of Representatives.
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November 5th, 2009
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JPMorgan settles SEC 'pay-to-play' charges
- Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writer
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $75 million in fines and forfeit $647 million in fees to settle federal regulators' charges that it made unlawful payments to friends of public officials to win municipal bond business in Alabama.
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November 5th, 2009
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Lawyer says Langford rejected plea deal
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BIRMINGHAM | A defense lawyer says former Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford rejected a plea bargain in his federal trial on bribery charges because he maintained that he had not broken the law.
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November 5th, 2009
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State says Greenetrack owes $72 million in taxes
- By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau
The state Revenue Department says Greenetrack owes more than $72 million in back taxes but attorneys for the Greene County bingo hall said Wednesday that's not true.
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November 5th, 2009
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Around Town: November 2
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ARTS
Fulbright Lecture Series: Israeli scholar Dr. Anat Rosenthal presents a public lecture, “Israel: Land and People” at 6 p.m. in the Callaway Schoolhouse at the University of West Alabama. Reception afterward in the Spence-Moon House. Admission is free. Call 205-652-3892.
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November 2nd, 2009
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