Posts Tagged ‘alabama’

Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Allen Barra

Letter to an unknown Auburn fan

Letter to an unknown Auburn fan

Debunking a bunk debunking

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Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Courtney Haden

Feel the Byrne

Feel the Byrne

In which the columnist draws a line between Django Reinhardt & constitutional reform in Alabama

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Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Bloomberg tags Alabama Republicans for stimulus hypocrisy

Bloomberg tags Alabama Republicans for stimulus hypocrisy

Alabama Congressmen Jo Bonner and Robert Aderholt, in regards to the stimulus bill, both asked [...]

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Posted on February 20th, 2010 by Weekly Staff

Legislature considers giving locals more control on quarry siting

Legislature considers giving locals more control on quarry siting

Adam Snyder wraps up the environmental news from Montgomery in this week’s legislative dispatch.

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Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Commission to interview three finalists for ADEM director

Commission to interview three finalists for ADEM director

Interviews are scheduled to take place Friday, Feb. 19. A summary of the candidate’s applications, along with links to their resumes, are inside.

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Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Weekly Staff

Energy bills on the move in legislature

Energy bills on the move in legislature

Adam Snyder, executive director of Conservation Alabama, is providing Green Space with regular updates regarding the status of key bills

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Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Residents fight back against strip-mining

Birmingham News reporter Thomas Spencer had a great article in Sunday’s paper on the rise [...]

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Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Environmental groups request federal takeover of ADEM

Environmental groups request federal takeover of ADEM

Fourteen Alabama environmental groups took a step last Friday that ought to send a chill up the spine of polluters

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Posted on January 22nd, 2010 by Weekly Staff

Environment on defense during Alabama legislative session

Environment on defense during Alabama legislative session

Adam Snyder provide Green Space with updates regarding the status of key bills related to the environment during the current session of the Alabama legislature

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Posted on January 21st, 2010 by Weekly Staff

Share the road, save a life

Share the road, save a life

Bike riders have the same rights and responsibilities as other drivers

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Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Kyle Whitmire

Cooper loses second shot, Bell wins fourth

Cooper loses second shot, Bell wins fourth

Bell faces unprecedented challenges and another mayoral election two years away.

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Posted on January 16th, 2010 by Jesse Chambers

Forever Wild forever?

Forever Wild forever?

A coalition of Alabama business, conservation, and environmental leaders have stepped forward to protect the successful program

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Posted on January 15th, 2010 by Weekly Staff

How green is my legislature?

How green is my legislature?

Adam Snyder of Conservation Alabama updates Weekly readers on the status of current bills

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Posted on January 8th, 2010 by Kyle Whitmire

Collins calls it quits

Collins calls it quits

After more than 30 years in politics, Collins is bowing out before voters can put her head in a basket

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Posted on December 30th, 2009 by Kyle Whitmire

Do the dome … how?

Do the dome … how?

Forget Langford’s conviction. The most memorable moment of 2009 was breaking ground on the dome.

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Posted on December 29th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Artur Davis campaign fires off at Ron Sparks

After Ron Sparks announcement that he will not challenge Parker Griffith’s seat in Congress and [...]

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Posted on December 17th, 2009 by Kyle Whitmire

Birmingham leaders ignore financial crisis

Birmingham leaders ignore financial crisis

Evidently, your city’s money is someone else’s problem

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Posted on December 17th, 2009 by Courtney Haden

Obsessive Compulsive Christmas

Obsessive Compulsive Christmas

A holiday drive through the years with Chevy 6

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Posted on December 16th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Riverkeeper keeps coal clean

Riverkeeper keeps coal clean

The litigation of ADEM’s permit process

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Posted on December 8th, 2009 by Kyle Whitmire

Birmingham Election Night Live Blog

Birmingham Election Night Live Blog

Birmingham mayoral results live as they come in.

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Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

‘The city of perpetual promise.’ Does that mean incessant failure? Or rather, that Birmingham never gives up hope?

Upon Further Review

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Part two of the college football season recap.

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Ties that bind

Ties that bind

A four-in-hand is worth two in the bush

Film

Casualties of war

Casualties of war

“The reasons we go to war always matter,” says the soldier played by Matt Damon [...]

Small World Cartoons

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

In lieu of politics, I bring you talking roaches. Cartoonists are primary NPD sufferers.

Suburban Legends

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The world is designed to piss me off