AP: Ala. Statehouse rally held for higher ed funding
MONTGOMERY, ALA.
A throng of college students and administrators waved signs and shouted slogans as bands played fight songs Thursday during a rally to push for more state funds for higher education in Alabama.
Students also joined higher education officials in urging legislators to reach a fair solution to the crisis facing the state’s prepaid college tuition program, known as PACT, without putting caps on tuition for PACT participants.
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Birmingham News: SEC says Alabama two-year college officials used public money for plays, dinners, sporting events on New York trips
Alabama two-year college officials used public money to pay for relatives and friends to attend Broadway shows and sporting events and to dine at upscale restaurants in New York City during bond rating trips from 2003 to 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday.
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