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06/17/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor The Tuscaloosa County Commission on Wednesdaytook a step toward stricter control of litter and rubbish in unincorporated parts of the county, even though some residents oppose the regulation and say its sweep is much broader than intended.
06/16/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor The Tuscaloosa County Commission took the next step toward enacting an ordinance the commissioners say would help them control litter and rubbish in unincorporated parts of the county.
05/06/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks, making his second campaign stop in Tuscaloosa County in two days, said one of his priorities, if elected, would be to legalize and tax electronic bingo and other types of gambling in the state.
05/06/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor TUSCALOOSA | Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks, making his second campaign stop in Tuscaloosa County in two days, said one of his priorities, if elected, would be to legalize and tax electronic bingo and other types of gambling in the state.
04/15/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor TUSCALOOSA | Local real estate executive Howard Garrison has dropped out of the June 1 Republican primary in Senate District 5, leaving the race for the GOP nomination between Greg Reed and Thad Turnipseed.
04/14/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor Local real estate executive Howard Garrison has dropped out of the June 1 Republican primary in Senate District 5, leaving the race for the GOP nomination between Greg Reed and Thad Turnipseed.
04/11/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor TUSCALOOSA | The crowded Republican primary on June 1 in Tuscaloosa will feature seven contested races for local and district offices, perhaps the most since Reconstruction, according to a veteran political analyst.
04/11/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor The Tuscaloosa Tea Party event held Saturday at Snow Hinton Park featured a few fiery words from the back of a flatbed truck that served as a stage.Roy Moore, one of several political candidates who spoke, sharply criticized President Barack Obama in the last speech of the four-hour event.
04/07/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor Attorney General Troy King fired back Tuesday at opponents who attacked him during a candidate forum last week on the University of Alabama campus.
04/03/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor Attorney Robert Spence qualified to run Friday against two-term incumbent Tuscaloosa District Attorney Tommy Smith, setting up a high-profile countywide Democratic primary on June 1.
01/31/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor The Tuscaloosa County Republican and Democratic parties are facing a big 2010 election year with new leadership at the helms of both parties.
01/27/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor State Rep. Alan Harper will seek a second term representing District 61 in the Alabama Legislature. Harper, a Democrat, announced his candidacy Tuesday in Montgomery, where the Legislature is in session.
01/13/10 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor Jasper businessman Greg Reed on Tuesday became the third Republican to enter the race for the Alabama Senate in District 5, which includes north-central Tuscaloosa County.
11/10/09 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor Long-time Tuscaloosa real estate executive Howard Garrison, 62, kicked off his first campaign for public office Monday with a 200-mile tour of sprawling Senate District 5, which includes western Jefferson County, northeast Tuscaloosa County, Walker County and southern Winston County.
11/05/09 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor TUSCALOOSA | Tuscaloosa attorney Bill Poole on Wednesday became the third candidate to toss his hat in the ring for the open seat in District 63 for the Alabama House of Representatives.
11/01/09 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor Gamble is trying to save is Cedarwood, built in 1818 by New Englander Joseph Blogett Stickney and now sitting deteriorating on land owned by Buck Whatley near his residence off Alabama Highway 69 South near Moundville in Hale County.
10/06/09 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor Even though the day was gloomy with intermittent rain showers, Moundville Archaeological Park was a bee hive of activity Tuesday in preparation for the 21st annual Moundville Native American Festival today through Saturday.
10/06/09 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor Patricia Evans Mokolo, a former radio journalist and Alabama campaign worker for President Barack Obama, announced Monday she will join the crowded Democratic primary field in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Artur Davis in Alabama's 7th Congressional District next year.
09/08/09 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor Some fishing enthusiasts are uneasy about the fate of the only public pier they can access in the city, although they won a battle over parking limits last month.
08/23/09 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor TUSCALOOSA | The Tuscaloosa City Council and Board of Education elections Tuesday are just a taste of the feast of elections coming next year.
08/20/09 By Tommy Stevenson Associate Editor TUSCALOOSA | Signs limiting parking to one hour in a section of a popular riverfront park went up last week and came down this week. | 
