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Montgomery: Tourist spending in the state dropped 20% last year at the height of pandemic lockdowns and business closings, but Alabama fared better than most during the coronavirus crisis, state tourism officials said. A statement from the Alabama Tourism Department said a travel consulting firm found a nationwide decline of 42% in travel expenditures, but the state’s decrease wasn’t as bad because spending was robust in Baldwin County, where the beach towns of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are located. State beaches, historically Alabama’s top tourist draw, were shut down early in the pandemic but reopened as the summer travel season was beginning. “Baldwin County’s success is all the more remarkable when you factor in that the beaches were closed for six weeks in the spring and one week due to a hurricane in the fall,” said Judy Ryals, chair of the board that oversees the agency. Visitors spent more than $13 billion on ac
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San Diego officials wrongly withheld records and communications related to the city’s franchise agreement with San Diego Gas and Electric, a Superior Court judge ruled on Friday.
Judge John S. Meyer overruled legal objections put forward by the City Attorney’s Office and directed the city to comply with a California Public Records Act request for emails and other communications between the city, the utility and consultants.
“The city has not demonstrated that it is not in actual or constructive possession of communications between the city’s consultants and SDG&E’s representatives,” Judge Meyer wrote in his ruling.