Virtual Alabama is a powerful tool in the state department of homeland security’s arsenal. It was the first concept of its kind in the United States built on Google Earth’s enterprise solution. Tonight, school officials will learn more about the program & how it may help craft a safety system. But what is it anyway?
Time’s running out for folks who feel like texting (or emailing or sending tweets) while driving anywhere in Alabama. Beginning August 1, 2012, Alabama joins the District of Columbia and 37 other states in banning texting while driving.
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The state is now the recipient of a gift courtesy of a Huntsville-based technology firm. Baron Services announced during a 1 p.m. news conference that it would be making its premium Saf-T-Net weather alert system available to all Alabama residents for free.
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Supporters of the Birmingham, AL-based, grassroots non-profit organization Free the Hops are being called into action by the group in advance of the Gourmet Bottle Bill being up for vote in the Alabama State Senate on February 21, 2012 via the special order calendar.
You’ve seen your friends change their profile pictures to help promote it and you’ve most likely heard your favorite area nonprofit talk about it. We’ve got a few links that tell you a little more and a video showing what some organizations are willing to do to help raise their profile (and that of others in the state of Alabama).
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With everyone talking about the status of the Beer Modernization ACt, it makes sense to talk to the folks who’ll be most affected by the decision – the owners of Alabama’s craft breweries.
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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 [...]
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