The Alabama State House of Representatives passed a measure yesterday that would allow voters to decide via referendum in November if they will pay state taxes on groceries. The bill would also take away the ability for some taxpayers to deduct their Federal income tax from their amount of state taxes due as a replacement [...]

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The New York Times has been calling attention to a lot of things recently in the state of Alabama. Now you can add the issue of pollution to that list, though it’s from a source that you wouldn’t necessarily expect…
The story in question (registration required) focuses on spills from an Alabama Biodisel plant that was [...]

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That’s a great question — that’s why we invited Free the Hops president Stuart Carter to be our guest blogger over on my Birmingham today to share the case for support of HB 196 and SB 116 & 355. The state house bill comes up for discussion tomorrow in Montgomery and could greatly affect not [...]

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It seems that some area bars, most notably The J. Clyde, have decided that they’re more than willing to participate in what’s being called the Birmingham Bud Boycott. It also appears that your notes, letters and phone calls to Anheuser-Busch has had an effect. The following is a message from Free The Hops president Stuart [...]

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Of the world’s Top 100 beers, only two are available here. Alabama has some of the most restrictive liquor laws in the nation still on the books years after Prohibition. Free the Hops (FTH) is a grassroots, citizen-driven organization trying to change that. For the second legislative session, the group will try to get state [...]

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Verizon Communications announced an their Alabama No Excuse campaign yesterday afternoon. It features three of the state’s football coaches: Tommy Tuberville of Auburn, Neil Callaway of UAB and Birmingham Southern’s Joey Jones in radio, print, outdoor and the above television pubic service announcement. It will run statewide throughout the month of October, which [...]

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The state’s tourism office has decided to finally make the 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd hit the official 2008 slogan and campaign. This after everyone else seems to have already adopted it unofficially. To your left is the logo for the new campaign, launched last week at a press conference hosted by Governor Riley. Click here to [...]

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