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Average Turnout Expected for Primaries
By Huck Treadwell | TJ Times-Journal | March 6, 2012
When the polls open Tuesday, DeKalb County’s probate judge expects an average voter turnout.
Though the election is mostly billed as a Republican presidential primary, Probate Judge Ronnie Osborn said local races will attract the most voters. He said the race for DeKalb County Board of Education superintendent would draw most voters to the polls.
Birmingham Business Alliance Carrying Wish list to Washington, DC
By Michael Tomberlin | AL.com | March 06, 2012
Major transportation and health care initiatives are among the issues nearly 60 Birmingham Business Allianceinvestors and staff are taking with them to the nation's capital this week for the annual Washington, D.C., Fly-in.
Bollinger, Coast Guard Celebrate Fleet
By Cara Bayles | Houmat Today | March 3, 2012
A crowd of 500 gathered on Charlotte Bollinger’s front lawn in Lockport Friday to celebrate Bollinger Shipyards’ completion of the Bernard C. Webber, the first of a fleet of 154-foot patrol boats it will build for the Coast Guard.
Moran Stages Another Attempted Democratic Caper on House Floor
By Billy House and Kelsey Snell | National Journal | January 10, 2012
As House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and a group of other House members continued their trip through Latin America, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., took to the House floor on Tuesday in the second Democratic effort since Friday to embarrass House Republicans for not being in Washington working on the extension of the payroll-tax holiday and unemployment insurance.
Deadline draws near for 2012 qualifying
By Huck Treadwell | Sand Mountain Reporter | January 9, 2012
Any candidate planning on qualifying for 2012 elections has less than a week to get paperwork filed.
DeKalb County Probate Judge Ronnie Osborn said the qualifying deadline is Friday at 5 p.m. for the DeKalb County Primary Election. The primary will be March 13, with an April 24 runoff, if necessary. The General Election will be Nov. 6.
ACLJ: Nearly 30% of U.S. House & 100,000 Americans Urge Supreme Court to Reject ObamaCare
PR Newswire | January 8, 2012
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- On behalf of nearly 120 members of Congress and more than 100,000 Americans, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to conclude that a key provision of ObamaCare - the individual mandate - cannot be severed from the health care law and urged the high court to declare the entire law unconstitutional.
Former Boaz educator running for Congress
Huck Treadwell | Sand Mountain Reporter | January 6, 2012
FORT PAYNE - Rhonda Gore Dennis is hard at work raising funds to launch a campaign for a run at Ala bama's District 4 seat in Congress.
The Rainsville resident plans to run on the Democratic ticket against Republican incumbent Rep. Robert Aderholt. Dennis has until Jan. 13 to raise $3,000 to qualify for the 2012 elections.