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The Senate votes today on a surveillance bill that would protect telecommunications companies from lawsuits.. more ]]> Associated Press Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:27 +0000 15253 http://wkrg.com/news/article/super_showdown_set_for_super_tuesday/15234/
Mississippi hasn’t sent a Democrat to the Senate in 20 years, but Democrats think that could change in November. more ]]> , Media General News Service Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:27 +0000 15234 http://wkrg.com/news/article/baseball_legend_to_campaign_for_figures/14564/
Baseball legend Hank Aaron will be back in his home state later this month to do two fundraisers for Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Vivian Davis Figures. more ]]> Associated Press Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:27 +0000 14564 http://wkrg.com/news/article/sick_prisoners_could_be_released/14332/
Committees in both state houses have passed bills that woul all some terminally ill and mentally ill prisoners to be released. more ]]> Associated Press Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:27 +0000 14332 http://wkrg.com/news/article/lawmakers_hope_to_prevent_more_teacher_layoffs/14277/
Legislatorts on both sides of the aisle are hoping to pass a education budget quickly. Some teachers have been fired because of the uncertainty over funding for the upcoming school year. more ]]> Associated Press Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:27 +0000 14277 http://wkrg.com/news/article/us_senate_renews_natl_flood_insurance_program1/13888/
In a 92-6 vote, the US Senate passed a renewal of the National Flood Insurance Program until 2013. The Senate bill will also create a commission to study how available and affordable catastrophic insurance is in places prone to hurricanes and earthquakes. more ]]> Billy House, Media General News Service Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:27 +0000 13888 http://wkrg.com/news/article/senate_block_grocery_tax_ban/13696/
State lawmakers refuse to debate a bill that would remove state sales taxes on groceries. more ]]> The Associated Press Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:27 +0000 13696 http://wkrg.com/news/article/senate_rejects_changes_to_flood_insurance_bill/13660/
The Senate has rejected a bid by Gulf Coast lawmakers to allow homeowners the option of adding wind coverage to their flood insurance. more ]]> The Associated Press Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:27 +0000 13660 http://wkrg.com/news/article/hundreds_of_bills_die_in_alabama_legislature/13650/
The 2008 session has come to and end and hundreds of proposed bills have been killed because they were not passed. They dealt with everything from sex toys to school lunches. Take a look at some of the bills that couldn't be approved this year. more ]]> WKRG.com Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:27 +0000 13650 http://wkrg.com/news/article/immigration_bills_die_in_alabama_legislature/13642/
With two days remaining in the session, most bills to control illegal immigration have died. more ]]> The Associated Press Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:27 +0000 13642 http://wkrg.com/news/article/gulf_coast_lawmakers_want_changes_to_natl_flood_bill/13634/
A bill to renew the national flood insurance program is expected to reach a final vote this week, but not before lawmakers from Gulf Coast states try to rewrite it. As now drafted, the bill does not allow the option of buying wind coverage. more ]]> Billi House, Media General News Service, bhouse@tampatrib.com Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:27 +0000 13634 http://wkrg.com/news/article/al_senate_approves_school_budget_cuts/13598/
Senate committee approves Alabama education budget with cuts more ]]> The Associated Press Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:27 +0000 13598