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In his column this week, the Birmingham News's John Archibald writes that the just concluded legislative session was a bit like high school. Also, we discuss the new intermodal transit hub for downtown building, to be constructed on the site of one built just 14 years ago.
The Alabama legislative session that wrapped up Monday saw heated debate on issues such as education and guns. But something we didn't hear much about this year is Jefferson County. The last few sessions Jefferson County issues made waves in the legislature. But this year most local bills quietly died. We talk a look with AL.com and The Birmingham News' Kyle Whitmire.
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.
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