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The Alabama statehouse is quiet again after lawmakers closed out this year’s regular session late Monday night. The final day had some extra drama though due to an executive amendment Governor Robert Bentley made to the Alabama Accountability Act. Plus there was the usual haul bills of trying to make the midnight deadline. We have an end-of-the-session report from Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey.
Many people think of poverty as an urban issue, but a new analysis finds poor families are increasingly living in suburbs. In fact, in the last decade, poverty rose more than twice as fast in suburban communities as it did in urban centers. It’s a trend in Birmingham as well, although the metro area is not at the leading edge of the shift.
Our Southern Education Desk reporter Dan Carsen recently appeared as a guest journalist on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” a highly regarded program analyzing the week's significant stories. Among other things, Dan discusses the controversial Alabama Accountability Act, which will be a subject of debate in the final session of the state legislature today as lawmakers address Governor Bentley's call to delay establishing tax credits for families sending students to private schools.
The last couple of years have been rough for the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover. Vacancies were up. One of the mall’s owners went into bankruptcy. But now officials at Alabama’s largest indoor shopping center say things are looking up. We hear why in today’s Magic City Marketplace.
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