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Alabama daily news roundup

Former aide says Indian donations influencing Riley's bingo opposition



A former member of Gov. Bob Riley's Cabinet said today that Riley received campaign contributions from Mississippi Indians who operate casinos, with the money intended to limit their competition in Alabama.
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Rep. Alvin Holmes accuses Riley aides, Bradley Byrne of injecting race into battle over no-bid contract



The chairman of the legislative Contract Review Committee today accused the Riley administration and Republican gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne of using "racially coded" messages to criticize the panel's hiring of a black lawyer.
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Lawmakers put pressure on contracts


The battle over an unbid $13 million computer contract is beginning to have an impact on how other state contracts are awarded.   Read More
Langford -- Jury reached guilty verdict too quickly


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Ousted Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford says jurors found him guilty of federal corruption charges too quickly for the conviction to stand.   Read More
Alert system may fill rural gap


EUTAW, Ala. -- On Thursday, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency announced at the Greene County Courthouse the potential hiring of Global Security Systems, a Jackson, Miss.-based company that plans to bring its Alert FM system to nine West Alabama counties.   Read More
Officers praise new computer programs


CAPS, the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety, has changed law enforcement capabilities through new computerized software programs.   Read More
28 sheriffs endorse Sparks for Alabama governor


State Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks has picked up endorsements from 28 sheriffs in his campaign to become Alabama's next governor.   Read More
IRS seeks check recipients in area


The IRS is looking for 257 taxpayers in the River Region in order to give rather than to receive. The IRS is looking to give those people, and more than 1,000 others around Alabama, refund checks that were misdirected or otherwise undeliverable.   Read More
Alabama National Guard solider among 31 wounded in Fort Hood shooting; 12 killed


An Alabama National Guard soldier is among the 31 wounded during a mass shooting earlier today that also left 12 people dead at Fort Hood, Texas.   Read More
Weekly wrap: Louisiana pleasantly surprised by haul from tax amnesty program
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer

More than $300 million is generated from delinquent Louisiana taxpayers; California finance chief hangs it up; Iowa Gov. Culver campaigns as problem solver; and stimulus Web site turns up boo-boos.   Read More
Governor Photo
Gov. Bob Riley (R)
Elected: November 2002, 2006
Term expires: January 2011

State capital: Montgomery
State nickname: The Heart of Dixie
Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom, Jr. (D)
Secretary of State Beth Chapman (R)
Attorney General Troy King (R)
Senate President: Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom, Jr. (D)
Senate Pro Tem: Rodger Smitherman (D)
House Speaker: Seth Hammett (D)
  

 

 

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