wbhm.org http://wbhm.org NPR News and Classical Music en-us Copyright 2003, wbhm.org info@wbhm.org info@wbhm.org daily 1 wbhm.org http://www.wbhm.org/pics/smalllogo.gif http://www.wbhm.org Legislature Mid-Session Progress Report http://wbhm.org/News/2010/xgr-springbreak.htm This week is spring break for school children and college students throughout Alabama. The state's lawmakers are taking a break, too. After dealing with the legality of electronic bingo, funding for road projects, and charter schools, legislators return to Montgomery next week for the second half of the 2010 session. John Archibald http://wbhm.org/News/2010/archibald.html Our weekly segment features The Birmingham News columnist John Archibald, discussing the city politic (and county and state politic too). Instead of being unplugged as he is in the newspaper, we offer him a bullhorn. Sort of. Faith & Fitness http://wbhm.org/News/2010/faithfitness.html Many churches teach that the body is a temple for the spirit. As a result, faith-based fitness programs have exploded over the last two decades. No one tracks religious fitness centers, but the magazine Faith and Fitness estimates that Southern Baptist churches alone operate more than 20,000 fitness centers nationwide. But this holy union of faith and fitness is raising some questions, as WBHM's Tanya Ott reports. Magic City Marketplace http://wbhm.org/News/2010/Magic_City_Marketplace.html The Birmingham marketplace is connected by people who have to grapple with numbers and projections and spin. We try and slice through the psychobabble that can be business news with our occasional segment featuring the editor of the Birmingham Business Journal. Legislative Review and Preview http://wbhm.org/News/2010/legislature.html The Alabama legislature begins its 2010 regular session tomorrow. Legislators will be meeting in the midst of a weak economy with lower tax receipts. It's also an election year. Birmingham-Southern Political Scientist Natalie Davis previews the session with WBHM's Andrew Yeager. Charter Schools: The Texas Example http://wbhm.org/News/2010/tx-charter.htm Alabama is one of only ten states that don't allow charter schools. Many states, including Texas, adopted charter schools in the 90s. Today, more than 113-thousand Texas children attend charter schools. OTL: Charter Schools http://wbhm.org/News/2010/charterschools.html This week on WBHM we're exploring Charter Schools: how they operate, whether they're effective, and what political forces shape the debate over legalizing charter schools in Alabama. Friday (3/12) at noon on WBHM we discuss all this and more during On The Line: Charter Schools.