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Arise Daily News Digest 12-8-2012 8 Dec 2012 | 05:15 pm
AL.COM - Nearly 5,000 Alabama college students lost Pell grants due to new federal regulations, study says. AL.COM - Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts: Professional licensing boa...
ACPP Annual Report 2012 5 Dec 2012 | 10:37 pm
If you've ever been to an ACPP annual meeting, you know "the dots" are more than a metaphor for scattered elements of the Big Picture. They're a tool we use to make our policy concerns visible. Are yo...
For richer, for poorer: Alabama's damaging income gap is bad for all in the state 20 Nov 2012 | 08:32 pm
The gap between Alabama's poor and Alabama's rich resembles the Grand Canyon: deep, wide, imposing. Time has changed little for the positive. In fact, a new report this week shows that Alabama's gap i...
Alabama among states with fastest-growing income gap, study shows 15 Nov 2012 | 10:20 pm
The large income gaps between Alabama's richest households and its low- and middle-income households grew even wider between the late 1990s and mid-2000s, according to Pulling Apart: A State-by-State ...
Alabama won't create health insurance exchange or expand Medicaid, Bentley says 14 Nov 2012 | 09:43 pm
Gov. Robert Bentley said Tuesday he would not set up a state-run health insurance exchange and would not opt into an expansion of Medicaid that could cover hundreds of thousands of uninsured Alabamian...
Alabama doesn't want to control its health care fate -- or help its poor people 14 Nov 2012 | 09:10 pm
Birmingham News columnist Joe Kennedy pulls no punches in his assessment of Governor Bentley's decision to minimize Alabama's role in implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). "Shame on Alabama's el...
Arise Daily News Digest 10-10-2012 11 Oct 2012 | 02:19 am
AL.COM - Chuck Norris backs Roy Moore in bid for Alabama Supreme Court. AL.COM - Non-profit spay/neuter clinics say proposed rule change would shut them down. AL.COM - Hyundai aims to produce nearly...
Arise Daily News Digest 10-9-2012 10 Oct 2012 | 02:34 am
AL.COM - Mass Honda recalls involve some Alabama-built models. AL.COM - American Apparel protesting loss of contract for military uniforms. AL.COM - Congressman Spencer Bachus calls on VA Secretary ...
Arise Daily News Digest 10-8-2012 9 Oct 2012 | 02:36 am
AL.COM - Alabama industry report: New jobs on the way to Bessemer, Auburn; Volkswagen's sales rise. BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Editor Joey Kennedy: Judge Roy Moore panders to our hate and fear, and it'll pro...
Anniston Islamic Center opening free medical clinic for uninsured 6 Oct 2012 | 08:00 am
Dr. Abdul Kazi does not have to be convinced there is a significant number of uninsured residents in the Calhoun County area. He sees them through his practice all the time. As the Annistan Islamic C...
