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						 <title>Ethics Reform Pt. I</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=23</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The following is part 1 of a 2 part post regarding ethics in Alabama...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>April 30, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Pre-K Pays? The Truth...</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=22</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In a current economic climate in which responsible spending is a necessity, a critical eye must be cast to discover wasteful and/or inefficient spending…(click title  for full post)
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						 <pubDate>April 28, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Alabama & California</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=20</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[At Sunday night's Miss USA pageant, Carrie Prejean was asked the one question she dreaded most, "Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage; do you think every state should follow suit?"...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>April 24, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Riley on Gambling</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=21</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In a Sunday Special to the Press-Register Gov. Bob Riley lays it on the line about illegal gambling in Alabama…(click title for full post)
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						 <pubDate>April 24, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Military Votes Count</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=19</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Soldiers and other Alabamians living abroad may finally have a real opportunity to participate in democracy back home...(click title for full post).]]></description>
						 <pubDate>April 22, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Education in Alabama (Part III)</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=18</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The following is part 3 of the 3 part series on Education in Alabama covering drop-out rates, alternative methods, and grades...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>April 16, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Education in Alabama (Part II)</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=17</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The following is part 2 of the 3 part series on Education in Alabama covering drop-out rates, alternative methods, and grades...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>April 15, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Education in Alabama</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=16</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The following is part 1 of the 3 part series on Education in Alabama covering drop-out rates, alternative methods, and grades...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>April 14, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Sticks and Carrots</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=14</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Raising taxes during a severe economic recession is a recipe for disaster. The last thing American citizens need is their already shrinking pay checks to be pushed to the breaking point not by a luxury, but by a necessity: Energy…(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>April 8, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>"F" for Failing</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=15</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[There are 556 registered lobbyists in Montgomery for only 140 state lawmakers.  Do the math and you see there are almost four lobbyists for every legislator; four well-funded individuals trying to influence the decisions of each lawmaker…(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>April 8, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Where's the Outrage?</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=13</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In 2006, more than 40 legislators had direct or indirect financial ties to the state’s two-year college system. The question we must ask ourselves is, “Is this right and fair to the state’s citizens?” Simply put…NO!...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>April 7, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>A New Focus</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=12</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[What if the Alabama legislator were to address issues that benefit Alabamians and not special interest?...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>April 3, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Lagging Behind</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=89</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[No one is doing a good job of getting students ready for college, but Mississippi and Alabama are at the bottom of the pack...(click title for full post)
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						 <pubDate>August 27, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Riley Speaks Out</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=90</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Ethics doesn't sound vague to the Governor. It sounds more like common sense...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 27, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>The Sweet Smell Of Skunk</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=91</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The unsavory alliance between ASEA and Nationwide certainly doesn't pass the smell test...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 27, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Transparency Rewrite</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=92</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Community service grants or "legislative pork"?...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 27, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Step Up To The Line</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=86</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Alabama legislator's toed the line when Paul Hubbert told them to reject stronger ethics rules for teachers and other school employees...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 18, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Clear As Muddy Water</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=87</link>
						 <description><![CDATA["That" happened at the "place" to that "someone"; Now that's vague...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 18, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Ethics? What Ethics?</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=88</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[What's the next excuse?...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 18, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Going The Distance</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=84</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Students in all 371 high schools in Alabama now have the opportunity to take courses not offered at their schools...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 13, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>The AEA Strikes Again</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=85</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Legislators sided with the Alabama Education Association Wednesday and voted down a teacher code of ethics that otherwise would have become law next week...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 13, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Ethics For Everyone (Except Some?)</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=82</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Alabama Education Association is asking legislators to block a teacher code of ethics approved by the state Board of Education from becoming law next week...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 12, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Giving Bite To A Bark</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=83</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Alabama Legislative Council may determine today whether Alabama's teachers have a tougher code of ethics...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 12, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Two Fistfulls of Cash</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=79</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[State lawmakers caught heat, and rightfully so, when The News reported some of them had multiple hands in taxpayers' till...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 11, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Crackdown</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=80</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Mobile County Commission voted Monday to create a policy penalizing companies that hire illegal workers on larger public works projects...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 11, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Tight Fit</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=81</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Alabama's overcrowded prisons may be building a deadly threat...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 11, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Up And Up It Goes</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=77</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Last week, the state released graduation rates for all public schools, boasting a statewide average of 85 percent...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 10, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Election Woes</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=78</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[If Democrats, who control the Legislature, don't pass stricter ethics laws in next year's session, top Republicans say they'll likely make it a campaign issue a few months later...(click title for full post)
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						 <pubDate>August 10, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>AP Growing</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=75</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Enrollment in Advanced Placement courses has almost tripled this school year in Birmingham, where, for the first time, every high school is offering the rigorous classes...(click title for full post)
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						 <pubDate>August 7, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>A Fork In The Road</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=76</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[School board's rule now in court; if upheld, lawmakers must choose...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 7, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>The Stomp Stops Here</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=74</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A few years ago, most Alabama residents who were returning home from other states assumed that when they reached the state line they could stomp the gas pedal...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 5, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Taking Back Our Highways</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=73</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[There was a 41% drop in highway deaths during a weeklong statewide highway blitz aimed at reducing the number of road fatalities...(click title for full post)
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						 <pubDate>August 4, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Better Budgeting</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=71</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[State Rep. Greg Canfield sounded positively thrilled Thursday to be asked about something, anything, besides the Jefferson County occupational tax catastrophe...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 3, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Testing Data Today</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=72</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[School accountability data is being released today during the Alabama Board of Education's monthly meeting...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>August 3, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Session Votes No</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=69</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Sen. Jeff Sessions vote on Sotomayor boiling down to three cases...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 31, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Money Back Guarantee?</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=70</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Thanks to a federal judge, Alabama taxpayers will get their money back from convicted felon Sue Schmitz...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 31, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Responsible Democracy</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=68</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Party politics are crumbling to logic and foresight...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 27, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Don't Bet On It</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=65</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Bessemer is the latest local government to pin its fiscal hopes on electronic bingo, and it really shouldn't have...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 24, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>The Dropout Crisis</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=66</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The dropout solution is far more complex than most think...(click title for full post)
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						 <pubDate>July 24, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Can't Win For Losing</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=67</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Less choice, less coverage and longer waits; sounds like a lose/lose/lose situation...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 24, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Fun For All...Except the Crooks</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=64</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Focus on ethics in special session could be fun...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 22, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Ethics State of Emergency</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=61</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Billions of dollars down; Billions more to go?...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 21, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>HyPACritical</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=62</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Promises are just like pie crusts; they’re made to be broken...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 21, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>And Bingo Was Its Name</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=63</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A judge ordered a Walker County bingo hall to shut down immediately after ruling Monday that its operation had not complied with county bingo laws...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 21, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>The AEA Strikes Again</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=58</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A Press-Register article addresses yet another problem plaguing Alabama's educational system, and it's an old friend...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 20, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Socialized Medicine Repackaged</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=59</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[API's Michael Ciamarra "A Government plan is still socialized medicine"...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 20, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Put Your Hands Where We Can See Them</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=60</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[It's no surprise that gubernatorial candidates in Alabama aren't willing to unilaterally disarm in the campaign finance wars...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 20, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Saving for a Rainy Day</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=56</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Governor Riley releases an extra $100 million from the State’s Rainy Day Fund...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 15, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Retirement Burden</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=57</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The cost of providing health insurance and retirement benefits for state government and public education employees in Alabama is expected to jump by about $230 million between fiscal 2010 to fiscal 2011...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 15, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>He Said She Said</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=51</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The health-care debate continues...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 8, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>A Union Divided</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=52</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In the wake of the General Motors and Chrysler’s bankruptcies, United Auto Workers finds itself in a complicated position...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 8, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Sweetner Anyone?</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=53</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[When House Democratic leaders were rounding up votes for the massive climate-change bill, they paid special attention to their colleagues from Ohio who remained stubbornly undecided...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 8, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>He Said What?</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=54</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Gubernatorial candidate Artur Davis doesn't consider gambling a fiscal cure for the state...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 8, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Bright & Shiny</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=55</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Alabama should disclose its contracts for legal services and limit the amount of money it pays to private attorneys, according to state Rep. Barry Mask, R-Wetumpka...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 8, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Mediocrity</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=49</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Disclosure: good, not great...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 2, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>For Sale?</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=50</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Don't expect a rapid demise in the amount of spending on judicial races here. We are one of the best examples of cash register justice in the Nation...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>July 2, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Cap-and-Tax</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=48</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The recently passed Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade bill passed by a narrow 219-212 margin; and split goes beyond party lines...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 30, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Cap-and-Trade: A Losing Proposition</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=47</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[With a potential vote right around the corner, Alabamian's need to know the dirty facts about Cap-and-Trade]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 25, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>A Stone's Throw</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=46</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A video produced by the Mississippi Center for Public Policy is relevant here in Alabama...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 23, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>The Bailout Merry-Go-Round</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=36</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Chrysler, GM and it goes round and round...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 16, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>A Second Opinion</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=45</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Today, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) released a report that identifies 100 "questionable" projects funded by the federal "stimulus" package...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 16, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Alabama Receives "Silver Shovel"</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=44</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Area Development awards Alabama "Silver Shovel" award for “attracting high-value investment projects that will create a significant number of new jobs.”

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						 <pubDate>June 16, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Veterans</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=42</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[News that the design of the new veterans nursing home in Pell City has been approved is certainly welcome. And an 18-24 month time frame for completion is encouraging...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 12, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Drill, Democrat, Drill?</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=43</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Gas prices are soaring again, and motorists are looking for relief. President Obama should listen to the now bipartisan chorus of "drill, baby, drill!"...click title for full post]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 12, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Economic Development</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=40</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[On Friday, Governor Riley will lead a delegation of Alabama business and government leaders on an economic development mission to bring jobs and business opportunities to the state.]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 11, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Business Delegation</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=41</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[On Friday, Governor Riley will lead a delegation of Alabama business and government leaders on an economic development mission to bring jobs and business opportunities to the state...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 11, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Open Books</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=35</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[New website to post state's "checkbook" online for first  time ever...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 5, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Grassroots</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=38</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[API ethics reform push highlighted in The Huntsville Times…(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 5, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Rare Company</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=39</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Alabama falls into the rarest of company when it comes to education; but that's not a good thing...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 5, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Down for the Count?</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=37</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Alabama Supreme Court has cast a strong blow in fighting against double-dipping and taxpayer fleecing…(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>June 3, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>States Must Lead on Responsible Budgeting</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=10</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Cato blogger Tad Dehaven remarked on the frighteningly high estimated national debt. Here in Alabama, it’s time to take the lead on responsible budgeting…(click title for full post)
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						 <pubDate>March 31, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>A Call for Accountability</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=11</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A recent study ranked Alabama fourth for public corruption convictions from years 1997–2006.   Consider this study in context and the results are even more disturbing; accusations, indictments, or cases as yet not brought forth were not considered in the results…(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>March 31, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Veterens Are Remembered</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=7</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Like most Americans, I am tremendously grateful for the service of our men and women in uniform. Their service to protect our freedoms, and those of others around the world, requires our veterans to spend months, if not years, away from their loved ones; many do not return...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>March 27, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Abracadabra and Hoax-us Pocus Pt. I</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=8</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[
Slight of hand and mind games along with elaborate and intricate plans are all in the arsenal of a truly good magician…but what makes a magician world-class is their ability to wholeheartedly convince the audience that what they saw was impressive and real enough to garner their hard earned money…(click title for full post).]]></description>
						 <pubDate>March 27, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Abracadabra and Hoax-us Pocus Pt. II</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=9</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The following is part two of the two part post entitled Abracadabra and Hoax-us Pocus which looks at gambling in Alabama as well as the Employee Free Choice Act…(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>March 27, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Gambling Sparks Renewed Debate</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=3</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Once again, gambling is at the forefront of the debate in Montgomery.  To date, 10 gambling related bills have been introduced during the regular session of 2009...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>March 18, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Barack Obama, Alabama and Education</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=5</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[As of Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 these 3 strange bedfellows may have more in common than first thought…(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>March 18, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Alabama’s Safe Road Initiative</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=6</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[According to a January 2009 press release by Governor Riley, 2008 was the safest year on Alabama’s highways since 1985 with…(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>March 18, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Alabama Legislators Standing Strong Against Internet Predators</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=4</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In a modern society where connectivity is at the forefront of business, family and friends the potential threat of internet predators has become a pressing issue on the local, state and even national level...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>March 16, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>The New API Stand & Deliver Blog</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=2</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the new Alabama Policy Institute blog devoted to allowing voters to determine whether promises made are promises kept...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>March 12, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>The New API Stand & Deliver Blog</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=1</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Welcome!]]></description>
						 <pubDate>March 10, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>State of the Union</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=34</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Click title for full post]]></description>
						 <pubDate>May 28, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Unsustainable Sustainability</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=32</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[With the Obama administration’s push on renewable energy and climate change, a large part of the population is missing out on some of the most crucial facts…(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>May 22, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>The Best From Us</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=33</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[While a lot didn't get done this session, here's one thing that did...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>May 22, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Fair Shot Long Shot</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=31</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[What could Alabama and Washington D.C. have in common? Would you guess a struggling education system that is in desperate need of change and innovation?...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>May 20, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Bipartisan School Choice?</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=30</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The following is a follow up to our March 18th 2009 post looking at education in Alabama...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>May 14, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Missed Opportunities</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=28</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[With the legislative session coming to a close, we take stock in progress made; or lack thereof...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>May 13, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Foresight</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=29</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A follow up to the May 7th post entitled "Missing the Forest for the Trees"...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>May 13, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Gambling Moot...For Now?</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=26</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Sweet Home Alabama thwarted for at least another year...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>May 7, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Missing the Forest for the Trees</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=27</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A bad case of “rush for the green” has begun to spread amongst legislators in Montgomery. Are higher taxes and greater federal government dependency really what we need right now?...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>May 7, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>The Debt Stranglehold</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=25</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[When the federal government is spending trillions of dollars without remorse it's more important than ever for the state to do the responsible thing...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>May 5, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Ethics Reform Pt. II</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=24</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The following is part 2 of a 2 part post regarding ethics in Alabama...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>May 1, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Part 1: Senate's Statements of Economic Interests</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=110</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[API releases the Alabama State Senate's Statements of Economic Interests via Interactive Map...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>November 10, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>No-Bid No-Go</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=108</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Eliminate no-bid contracts from Alabama state government? Open the door to Goat Hill transparency? Hey, that's a great idea. Let's do it...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>October 14, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Healthcare Wrecking Ball</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=109</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Bob Riley isn't the only governor who believes Washington's version of health care reform could wreck state budgets...(click title for full post)
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						 <pubDate>October 14, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Profitable Punishment</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=105</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[How would you feel if your tax dollars were being put in the pockets of Alabama educators convicted of sex abuse on students?...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>October 2, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>No Lady Luck Today</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=106</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A ruling by a federal judge this week likely heralds the end of bingo as it is played in Alabama today...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>October 2, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Excellent Idea, Meet Politics</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=107</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Sometimes politicians have excellent ideas, as was the case when State Treasurer Kay Ivey suggested that the state put information about legislators' pet projects on the Internet...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>October 2, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>A Step in the Right Direction</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=102</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The state's financial records will be searchable online beginning Oct. 1, Gov. Bob Riley announced Wednesday...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>September 25, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>A Step in the Wrong Direction</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=103</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Three members of the State Executive Commission on Community Service Grants blew a great opportunity Wednesday to impose greater accountability in allocating millions of dollars of public money...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>September 25, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Right to Know</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=104</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Continuing "a long history of openness"...click title for full post]]></description>
						 <pubDate>September 25, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Grant Transparency</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=101</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Ivey: Grants need more transparency...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>September 18, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>A Double Whammy</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=98</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Here's a sobering thought in the midst of a recession. What you don't know really can hurt you, especially in your pocketbook...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>September 11, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Loopholes</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=99</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Shame, shame; I know your name...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>September 11, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Safety First</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=100</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Leave more space for trucks...(click  title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>September 11, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Music To The Ear</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=93</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[An election-year battle over ethics? Sounds good...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>September 1, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>A Weak Tea</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=94</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The state Board of Education Thursday refused to amend a teacher code of ethics before it is sent to the Legislature, saying the suggested amendments would greatly weaken the code's restrictions on teachers' behavior...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>September 1, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Pork Barrel Purchase</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=95</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Given the scrutiny "pass-through pork" has received from federal prosecutors, state lawmakers ought to be ashamed of the way they handle these special projects...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>September 1, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>Let's Debate The Ethics Code</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=96</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Now Alabama legislators will have to stand up and be counted on the issue of ethics...(click title for full post)
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						 <pubDate>September 1, 2009</pubDate>
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						 <title>I'd Like A Double Dip Please</title>
						 <link>http://www.alabamapolicy.org/standanddeliver/article.php?IDArticle=97</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Double-dipping inherently problematic...(click title for full post)]]></description>
						 <pubDate>September 1, 2009</pubDate>
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