Alabama News
Easier Diploma On Track In State
Alabama's State Supt. of Education, Joe Morton, ought to be expelled. One week he proposes that all children be placed in an Advanced Diploma track, and the next week he says the children don't have tp pass science and social studies to get a diploma. In the same newspaper, high-tech firms are bemoaning the lack of skilled workers, particularly in computer science. Dumb, Dumb, Dumb!
Officials Consider Advanced Diploma
More double-speak on education in Alabama - raise the standards, but at the same time set up a way to get around the standards.
New Laws Needed to Restore Public Trust in Alabama
Dark clouds hang over the state of Alabama as the Legislature goes into the 2008 session. Unfortunately for this drought-stricken state, these are not rain clouds; they are clouds of allegations of corruption, conflicts-of-interest and mismanagement.
by Gary Palmer
Heritage to Hope Program Paid Ala, Sen E.B. McClain for Arranging Funding
Wakeup people of Alabama, you're being had.
Rep. Holmes Alleges AU Ticket Snub
An Alabama legislator, a Democrat, is complaining that he did not receive a free ticket to the Alabama-Auburn football game. Why are these clowns getting free tickets from the Universities that receive funding from the legislature?
Alabama Retirement System is at 'Code Orange'
The threat level in Alabama is “code orange,” at least according to tracking done by the AFL-CIO.
by Gary Palmer
New Jersey and Louisiana Are More Concerned about Public Trust than Alabama
A legislature recently passed a bill that bans the practice of dual office holding and stops double-dipping by legislators. Unfortunately for Alabama taxpayers, it was the New Jersey legislature.
by Gary
Siegelman, Scrushy Sentenced Almost 7 Years
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy got nearly seven years Thursday in a bribery and corruption case that the judge said damaged public trust in state government.
Family Structure Will Impact Our Economy
There really are two Americas … one which consists of intact families and the other which consists of an economic underclass made up of high school dropouts and women who bear children out-of-wedlock.
by Gary Palmer
Alabama Legislative Session Ends in Failure
To no one’s surprise, the politicians in the Alabama State Legislature have just concluded another legislative session without keeping some major campaign promises they made during the 2006 elections.
by Gary Palmer
Alabama Voices: Child Care is Not Education
The pre-K program is a costly, misguided attempt to replace responsible parenthood with government control of four-year-olds at the taxpayer's expense. Taxes for K, then pre-K and likely "pre-pre-K" or even "Hooked on Sonics" in the womb in the future doesn't fit the family values, community spirit and personal responsibility we need. More importantly, it isn't the right way to raise and teach kids. Governmental parenthood isn't the answer.
It is Time to End Double-Dipping
The long struggle for accountability and transparency in state government took a discouraging downturn recently when the Alabama State Board of Education failed to consider a proposal to ban politicians from holding jobs or contracts with state two-year colleges while also serving in the state Legislature.
by Gary Palmer
Dr. Corts' Resignation Disheartening
If Alabamians need an illustration of the abuse of public trust plaguing this state, they need look no further than Alabama’s two-year college system.
Who is the real Hero?
Needless to say, Saban has a lot to smile about. With an eight-year contract worth $32 million he has become the highest paid coach in college football.
by Martha McInnish
Alabama Should Privatize Their Prisons
Can the use of private prisons save money and relieve the overcrowding in Alabama’s jails? A new report from the Alabama Policy Institute finds that private prison contracting is a policy that can save money and relieve the persistent overcrowding of our state’s jails.
by Gary Palmer
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