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John Archibald: Montgomery and Life are like High School
Kyle Whitmire: No Traction for Jefferson County Bills
Don Dailey: Capitol Journal Update
Cindy Crawford: Magic City Marketplace
Carsen Talks "AAA" And More On Capitol Journal
Poverty on the Rise in Suburbia
Kyle Whitmire: Delay for Alabama Accountability Act?
Capitol Journal Update
Tanya Ott's final day at WBHM
John Archibald
Kyle Whitmire: How was the Collapsed Airport Display Designed?
John Archibald: Unrest at the Jefferson County Commission
Kyle Whitmire: Jefferson County Top Attorney Job Reopens
Healing the Hurt in Hurtsboro
Black School, White School: Teaching The Civil Rights Movement
The Postman's March
I Was Told I Couldn't Be a Feminist Because I'm Black
Hostess to the Civil Rights Movement
1963 Church Bombing Seeks Compensation
John Archibald: Why Jeffco Is Paying Attorney $393K To Do Nothing
Common Core, Part 3: More Writing May Be A Challenge
Common Core, Part 2: Implementation a Challenge
Commissioners Question Decision on County Attorney Jeff Sewell
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The economy again dominates news headlines this week. Nationally, Congress will vote on a massive bailout plan, and locally the Jefferson County Commission grapples with missing another bond payment deadline and filing for possible bankruptcy. The strain trickles down to a very personal level with high gas and food prices hitting everyone in the wallet and the mortgage meltdown leaving some people homeless. Tonight at 6:30 on WBHM we discuss all this and more during On The Line: The Alabama Economy.

Join the conversation by calling 1-800-444-9246 during the program or emailing your comment or question to news@wbhm.org.

Kai Ryssdal took the reins as host of Marketplace in August 2005. He previously hosted the Marketplace Morning Report and served as a reporter/host for The California Report. After graduating from Emory University in Atlanta, Ryssdal spent eight years in the United States Navy, first flying from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, and then as a Pentagon staff officer. Before his career in public radio, Kai was a member of the United States Foreign Service and served in Ottawa, Canada, and Beijing, China.

Elaine S. Jackson is President and CEO of the Birmingham Urban League, an affiliate of the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African-Americans and other underserved individuals. Jackson holds a B.S. degree from Alabama A & M University and a Masters of Public and Private Management from Birmingham Southern College, where her concentration was Public Sector Management. In addition to her work with the Urban League, Jackson serves on the board of the American Cancer Society, the Alabama Workforce Investment Board and as a leadership team co-chair of Yes We Can! Birmingham.

~September 29, 2008