Laws

Grant Awarded for Pilot Program on School Bus Seat Belts

MONTGOMERY – Some Alabama children who take the bus to school will be buckled-up during the trip for the first time next year thanks to a grant awarded by a special panel Governor Bob Riley appointed.

Property owners balk at new tax appraisals

DAUPHIN ISLAND — More than 200 property owners here have filed appeals with Mobile County this week, claiming that tax officials overestimated their homes’ values and overcharged them on property taxes, according to officials with the county and with the town’s property owners group.