Alabama has made headlines in a very bad way in the last few weeks. Sen. Dick Brewbaker proposed a bill during the 2013 legislative session to repeal Alabama’s adoption of the Common Core […]
The Case For Common Core Standards
Alabama Passes the School Flexibility Bill
What a night tonight! The Alabama Legislature passed the School Flexibility Bill. The original bill was something both sides of the legislature agreed with. But after a conference committee session, the bill went from 9 […]
Legislative Roundup 2013: Week 1
Legislative Roundup is back for 2013! Each week during the 2013 Alabama Legislative session; I will be talking about some of the issues that is being brought up. For week one, I […]
Sunday Discussion: Alabama General Election 2012
On Tuesday Americans go to vote! And here in Alabama we have a couple of big races. After you pick your choice for president we have several big statewide races! By the […]
The Georgina Chronicles / Clinics Vote Today
Update: The board dropped the issue on Wednesday October 10th! Rhonda Parker (AVRAL Chair) reported from Montgomery just now: An amazing success for animal advocates – ASBVME dropped the issue, will […]
Vote NO On Amendment One
On Tuesday people in Alabama will go to the polls and vote on only one Issue. Should the state rewrite the state constitution to make special transfers of $145.8 million a year […]
Sunday Discussion: September 18th Vote
The vote that is coming up in Alabama on September 18th is already making the news and we are still around one month away from the vote. The people of Alabama will […]
Alabama Legislature Wrapup
http://www.myfoxal.com/story/18493241/jeffco-commission-blames-jeffco-delegation-for-lack-of-financial-help http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/05/jefferson_county_occupational_8.html The Alabama Legislature has wrapped up the 2012 regular session. And overall the session went very smoothly. The budgets were approved on the last few hours of the legislative session. […]
Sunday Discussion: Alabama Schools
This story has been making the rounds down here in Alabama. A bill going through the Alabama Legislature would force school systems all throughout Alabama to not start school so early in […]
Legislative Roundup – Week 11
Update: I skipped the week 10 edition of Legislative Roundup. Read week 9 below. http://geekalabama.com/2012/04/05/legislative-roundup-week-9/ The Alabama Legislature just loves to help destroy the business environment of Alabama. A new bill HB 658 would […]
