The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved a plan to deepen and widen the shipping channel into the Port of Mobile.
Author: Mary Sell (Mary Sell)
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‘Dark store’ fight continuing in Alabama
The Alabama Department of Revenue is continuing to pay for legal help for Alabama communities in property tax disputes with big-box stores who want to pay less in property taxes under what’s called “dark store theory.”
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Former AG Troy King files to run for Congress
Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King is running for Congress.
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Medicaid moves to privatized managed care of recipients
The Alabama Medicaid agency now has contracts worth up to nearly $89 million with seven private entities to manage the care of most Medicaid recipients under a new system the agency says will result in better care.
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After cancer, water concerns, EPA to sample in Cleburne County
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will take soil and water samples in Fruithurst, Ala., a tiny town where locals for nearly three years have sounded an alarm about residents' well water and the number of cancer diagnoses.
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After Mobile bridge stalls, lawmakers could ‘line up’ for funds
By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News With the death of a proposed $2.1 billion toll bridge in Mobile, the Alabama Department of Transportation says some state money will now be freed up for projects for other projects. “It was always anticipated that some amount of future ALDOT funding would be allocated to bond financing associated...
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Ainsworth: Find Mobile bridge option without ‘extorting’ citizens
Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth came out strongly against a proposed toll on a planned $2.1 billion bridge in Mobile on Monday.
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Festival of Cranes factored into new hunting season, concerns remain
By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News Nearly 7,000 people attended the weekend-long Festival of Cranes this past January where the main attractions are about 20 whooping cranes and thousands of sandhill cranes at North Alabama’s Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. So, when talk of a winter hunting season on the sandhill cranes in Alabama reached festival...
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Former lawmaker, convicted principal shot
The Selma Police Department is investigating a shooting that injured former state Rep. James Thomas.
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Struggling Alabama hospitals to benefit from reimbursement change
The hospital industry is pleased with a recent rule change that will provide a wage index increases for four years to hospitals that have been on the low end of reimbursements. Sen. Richard Shelby, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the rule change earlier this month.
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Teacher recruitment, retirement will be legislative issue in 2020
Alabama education groups in 2020 will again push for the creation of better retirement benefits, blaming the current pension plan for at least part of the state’s teacher shortage.
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AG files motion to stop Hart deposition
Former state Rep. Ed Henry’s attorney won’t get to question this week the state’s former top prosecutor about what happened in a Lee County grand jury room in 2014.
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Henry lawsuit: Use of state’s grand jury secrecy laws unconstitutional
In a legal fight to publicly reveal his 2014 Lee County grand jury testimony, former state representative Ed Henry now wants to depose the state's former lead prosecutor.
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In letter, ADEM head defends agency, rips media
In an interview Monday, LeFleur told Alabama Daily News the very news media complaining about a lack of transparency from ADEM received the information for their reporting from the agency's website.
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To get 500,000 newly-credentialed workers, state looks to undereducated, underemployed
By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News The Alabama Industrial Development and Training agency, the department of commerce’s worker recruitment arm, is looking for about 27,000 employees for a variety of industries. About 75 to 80% of those jobs require education beyond high school and finding workers becomes more challenging as Alabama’s unemployment hits record lows,...