The Alabama Crimson Tide is setting its sights on the SEC Championship in Atlanta after the highest scoring Iron Bowl game ever. Alabama came from behind to beat Auburn after a lackluster first half where the Tigers led twenty six to twenty one at half time. Tide receiver Amari Cooper helped lead the team to victory with thirteen catches and over two hundred yards. Head coach Nick Saban says it was definitely a come from behind win…
“You can say in a lot of ways we didn’t play our best football, especially in the first half. But, you have to give their players a lot of credit for making a lot of good plays as well. I was really proud of our team, of the character they showed in the second half.”
Alabama faces Missouri for the SEC Championship in Atlanta this Saturday. The Tide appears assured of a playoff slot after Mississippi State lost to Ole Miss over the weekend. ?
After a weekend of trips to the shopping malls, many Alabamians will head to web today for what's known as Cyber Monday. Traditionally, today marks a number of special deals that retailers offer exclusively online. Nancy Dennis is Director of Public Relations for the Alabama Retail Association. She says a number of Alabama businesses have embraced online sales especially during the holidays but it does have a downside.
"Retailers don't really care what platform you buy from them, they just want you buy from them. And so that's fine with them so when that sale occurs somewhere where that retailer is not required to collect the sales tax then the local economy loses the benefit of that sale."
Not all states require companies to collect sales taxes from online sales. That requires customers to self report taxes owed. According to a study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham that practice could cost the state close to a billion dollars in the next five years. ?
Alabama’s Accountability Act goes under the microscope before the state supreme court on Wednesday. The high court will hear arguments Wednesday in a challenge to the law that gives tax credits to help low-income parents cover the cost of private school tuition. Critics say it takes money from public education and gives it to private schools A Montgomery Judge ruled the law unconstitutional in May since it uses providing public funds for private education. . ?
If you thought last week’s Thanksgiving traffic was heavy, triple-A Alabama says more is expected today. Traditionally the Sunday and Monday after the holiday puts a lot of motorists on the road. This Thanksgiving was projected to have the most traffic since 2007. The forty million motorists in the forecast was a two million car increase compared to last year. Traffic from the weekend Iron Bowl game in Tuscaloosa added to the headaches on the roads for central Alabama motorists. ?