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19, May 2012 - Court upholds key provision of voting law - St. Petersburg Times
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county's challenge to the landmark civil rights law. The provision requires state, county and local governments with a history of discrimination to ...
18, May 2012 - Alabama Gets Strict Immigration Law as Governor Relents - New York Times
Only a day after calling a special session and urging the Alabama Legislature to make more changes ... the name of every illegal immigrant who appears in court for a violation of state law. After that bill was passed, Governor Bentley added ...
18, May 2012 - Alabama Immigration Law Amended with New Requirement: The Scarlet Letter 'I' for 'Il
Both Alabama's House and Senate passed amendments to the State immigration law yesterday to include a requirement to publish the names of undocumented immigrants that appear in court for violations of Alabama State law, even if criminal charges ...
18, May 2012 - Voting Rights Act upheld by appeals court - Shelby Reporter
The federal appeals court in Washington D.C. upheld Section 5 of the Voting ... The American Civil Liberties Union intervened in the case on behalf of the Alabama State Conference of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored people ...
18, May 2012 - Bloggings on Deportation And Removal
Both Alabama's House and Senate passed amendments to the State immigration law yesterday to include a requirement to publish the names of undocumented immigrants that appear in court for violations of Alabama State law, even if criminal charges are ultimately dismissed.
18, May 2012 - Okla. court favors state in tax collection lawsuit - YAHOO!
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the state can require cities to use the Oklahoma ... Tulsa contracted with Alabama-based Revenue Discovery Systems to collect its taxes. Officials estimated the city would save about ...
18, May 2012 - Alabama fan indicted on battery, obscenity charges - YAHOO!
A University of Alabama fan was indicted on sexual battery and obscenity charges by a Louisiana state grand jury on Thursday for allegedly ... Downing is scheduled to appear in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court for arraignment Monday.
18, May 2012 - Bill to raise court fees goes to Bentley - Montgomery Advertiser
The Alabama House voted 61-37 moments before the session ... The House gallery was full with court officials from across the state who had been in and out of Montgomery for more than a week saying the bill was needed to keep courtrooms open.
18, May 2012 - Bay Minette, AL Baldwin drafts letter objecting to $462,600 fee in state BP case - Everything Alabama Blog
BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Baldwin County commissioners plan to fight a state court’s order to pay 4 percent of their BP settlement to a fund set aside for the plaintiffs’ steering committee legal fees, according to a draft letter in county records.
18, May 2012 - Alabama Governor Urges Changes to Latest Immigration Law - New York Times
Robert Bentley of Alabama called a special legislative session ... about every case in which an illegal immigrant appeared in court for any violation of state law. Mr. Bentley, a Republican, did not sign it, however, and instead called the ...
18, May 2012 - Alabama Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal by condemned pipe bomber Walter Leroy Moody - Everythi
On Friday, the Alabama Supreme Court denied Moody's request for the state high court to hear the appeal. Vance was killed Dec. 16, 1989, and his wife, Helen, was seriously injured after the judge opened a package that had been sent to his home ...
18, May 2012 - Supreme Court to Examine AZ Immigration Law - MyFox Houston
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices strongly suggested Wednesday that they are ready to allow Arizona to enforce part of a controversial state law requiring police ... law in federal court. Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and ...
18, May 2012 - Ala. Supreme Court declines to hear Moody's appeal - WDEF
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has declined to hear the latest appeal from a man sentenced to die for killing a federal judge in Alabama. The Supreme Court Friday turned down the request from Walter Leroy Moody, from Rex, Ga.,
18, May 2012 - Alabama Governor Stands Clear as Jefferson County’s Cash Drains - Bloomberg
The Alabama Legislature’s annual session ended on May ... after a wage tax that had generated 25 percent of its general fund was struck down by the state Supreme Court. Bentley’s administration tried to help Jefferson avoid bankruptcy ...
18, May 2012 - Alabama lawmakers added a year to Jeffco bankruptcy-lawyer - Reuters
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. May 17 (Reuters) - Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson County and creditors owed $4.23 billion will spend a t least an extra year battling in court, the county's lead bankruptcy lawyer said, because state lawmakers killed a bill ...
17, May 2012 - Alabama legislators vote to raise cost of court cost as a way to fund the courts - Republic
The Alabama House voted 61-37 moments before the session's ... Mike Hill of Columbiana said it would be impossible to fund the state courts without the increase. Lawmakers said $2 of the increase for a traffic ticket will go to the police ...
17, May 2012 - Alabama Senate approves bill to raise court costs, bail bond fees - Birmingham News
MONTGOMERY, Alabama --- The Alabama Senate late tonight voted to raise court costs and bail bond fees to generate money for the state's cash-strapped court system. Senators voted 26-7 for the bill. The measure must go back to the House of ...
17, May 2012 - Alabama lawmakers spurn jobs tax for bankrupt county - Reuters
May 16(Reuters) - Alabama state lawmakers on Wednesday spurned a bid by bankrupt ... a small tax on the salary of workers in the county. A court struck down the tax as unconstitutional in 2011. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley has said he would ...
17, May 2012 - Lawmakers approve tweaks to Alabama immigration law - msnbc.com
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama lawmakers passed a new ... publish on a quarterly basis the names of illegal immigrants who appear in court on charges of violating state law whether they have been convicted or not. Proponents of the changes said ...
17, May 2012 - Alabama GOP is seeking candidates for Madison County judgeship, will choose a candidate in June - E
The Alabama Supreme Court has said a filing on an election date is a "failure ... Because there is no Democrat running for the seat, the state party is effectively selecting the next judge, who will serve a six-year term. The party's ...
17, May 2012 - Alabama Legislature approves increase in court fees - Everything Alabama Blog
MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Alabama lawmakers late Wednesday night voted to raise court costs and bail bond fees to generate money for the state's cash-strapped court system. Senators voted 26-7 for the bill and tacked on an amendment to make the ...
17, May 2012 - Tax for Bankrupt Alabama County Fails in State House - Bloomberg
The Alabama House refused to consider allowing bankrupt ... sought permission to reinstate a wage tax struck down by the state Supreme Court last year. The tax had generated about 25 percent of the county’s general fund, and cannot be replaced ...
17, May 2012 - Alabama Senate Doubles Down On Law That Drove Hispanic Students From Public Schools - Think Progres
The Alabama State Senate voted 20-7 today on changes to HB 56 ... “to post a quarterly list of the names of any undocumented alien who appears in court for a violation of state law, regardless of whether they were convicted.”
17, May 2012 - Ala. Legislature to consider raising court fees - WKRN
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Hanging in limbo as Alabama legislators head into the last day of the 2012 session Wednesday is a bill aimed at keeping Alabama courts running in the midst of a brutal financial crisis. Court clerks from all over the state have been ...
17, May 2012 - Former Ala. Supreme Court Justice Almon dies - WKRN
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Reneau Almon has died. He was 74. Long-time friend Bob Martin said Almon died Monday night at Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham from complications from Alzheimer's disease and other health problems.
17, May 2012 - Alabama Legislature votes to raise court costs - Erie Times-News
The Alabama House voted 61-37 moments before the session's ... Mike Hill of Columbiana said it would be impossible to fund the state courts without the increase.
17, May 2012 - Wilson's defense locked down state title - The Ledger
"He affects play on both ends of the court," Bartow coach Terrence McGriff said ... He does have a couple of Division II schools (Tuskegee in Alabama and Clayton State in Georgia) interested, as well as several NAIA and junior colleges.
17, May 2012 - Alabama Legislature Votes to Raise Court Costs - msnbc.com
The Alabama House voted 61-37 moments before the session's end ... Mike Hill of Columbiana said it would be impossible to fund the state courts without the increase. (Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be ...
16, May 2012 - Changes to Alabama immigration law may be in doubt - Tuscaloosa News
Even some senators who support the state immigration law say they would rather wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Arizona’s immigration law before the Legislature alters the Alabama law. State Sens. Gerald Allen, R-Cottondale ...
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