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Surely there’s something better that can be done with Congresscritters’ time. Quoting the Wall Street Journal Washwire blog: A subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a bill that would prohibit the Bowl Championship Series, a collective arrangement of most Division I college football teams, from marketing any merchandise or game as a national [...] 
In my reading pile today, I was surprised to encounter a reasonably balanced column from the Anniston Star focusing on the challenges of coastal property insurance. I wouldn’t normally expect to see the subject receive even a neutral treatment in any mainstream newspaper, much less one in a coastal state. (Of course, Anniston is pretty [...] 
It’s a little late, but if you want a fun political science exercise (yes, I have odd ideas as to what “fun” is), you might want to check out a series of posts at Doc’s Political Parlor. Comments are being sought on a draft constitution prepared by a mock constitutional convention in Alabama. Alabama’s state constitution [...] 
Perhaps I’ve been oblivious to such events in the past, but there are certainly quite a few inauguration-related festivities here in Connecticut today. The Courant includes a partial listing including: Multiple public libraries with viewings 
It beats the “Stars Fell” motif used for the past half decade. Via the Alabama Governor’s office:
Insurance Journal Friday carried a short AP article discussing upcoming changes to the employee insurance program. The highlights of the revisions effective 1 January 2010 are reported to be: Employees must attend a free health screening, or pay a $25/month surcharge. 
Seen in the Dothan Eagle: With the Florida panhandle county of Washington deciding Monday to pass on a proposed toll road, organizers say they will continue with the project and are now focusing on their eastern neighbor, Jackson County. [...] Washington County held two public meetings about the proposed road, and commissioners faced overflow crowds full of [...]
There has been a bit of news over the past several months leaking out of the Wiregrass suggesting that work might finally be moving ahead to get Dothan’s I-10 connector built. However, judging by this article from the Birmingham News (which I apologize for not mentioning earlier), a few folks have grander plans: Developers and Wiregrass economic [...] 
As a former resident of the Wiregrass region of southeastern Alabama, it’s nice to see some (admittedly slow) progress being made on connecting Dothan to the interstate system. From the Dothan Eagle: ALDOT is currently soliciting residents’ opinions of three possible routes for the freeway, and no route will be chosen until the department [...] 
OK, maybe a better subject line would have been “can we make this go away so I can fight the bribery charge?” Quoting Insurance Journal: Attorneys for Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal contempt charges that he ignored a court order to turn over documents about insurance claims [...] |
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