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Arise Daily News Digest 1-27-2012

HUNTSVILLE TIMES - NRC offers tough assessment of Browns Ferry nuclear plant maintenance programs.

BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Father of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing victim shares his path to anti-death penalty advocate.

(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - Copper theft bill softened after scrap dealers lobby.

(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - The Press-Register: Latest signs of improving economy are worth noting.

AL.COM - EPA closing its lead- and PCB-cleanup outreach office in Anniston.

AL.COM - Study: Liberal arts skills give graduates advantage in poor job market.

BIRMINGHAM NEWS - Legislative leaders: 'Pro-growth' policies are pushing down Alabama jobless rate.

AL.COM - Sen. Arthur Orr proposing bills to end state pensions for those convicted of corruption.

(FLORENCE) TIMES DAILY - Cracks in TVA safety culture.

(FLORENCE) TIMES DAILY = - The Times Daily: Stop the fighting.

TUSCALOOSA NEWS - Ethics law proposal allows gifts to teachers.

GADSDEN TIMES - Legislator: State immigration law hurting jobs.

TUSCALOOSA NEWS - Bentley backs off his unified budget proposal.

GADSDEN TIMES - Jobs recruiter says new law may be hurting Alabama.

GADSDEN TIMES - Brazilian company to expand plant in Alabama.

ANNISTON STAR – The Anniston Star: An ‘industry’ to oppose.

(TALLADEGA) DAILY HOME – The Daily Home: Driving down unemployment numbers.

MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Prattville plant expansion to add 100 jobs.

MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Medicaid proposal draws criticism.

MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER – The Montgomery Advertiser: No pensions for convicted officials.

OPELIKA-AUBURN NEWS - Graddick touts time as AG in chief justice pitch.

OPELIKA-AUBURN NEWS - The Opelika-Auburn News: Federal intrusions pushing the limits of freedom.

DOTHAN EAGLE - Vantage Sourcing to add 200 jobs.

WASHINGTON POST - Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich square off in Republican debate.

WASHINGTON POST - Is Newt Gingrich’s space plan science fiction?

WASHINGTON POST - Columnist Eugene Robinson:  Greed is good? The GOP seems to be okay with that.

WASHINGTON POST - Chesapeake Bay, Ala. coast among environmental group’s most endangered places in the Southeast.

NEW YORK TIMES - Obama College Aid Proposal Puts a Focus on Affordability

NEW YORK TIMES – The New York Times: Voting and Racial History

NEW YORK TIMES – Contributor Andrew Kohut:  Don’t Mind the Gap

NEW YORK TIMES – Columnist Paul Krugman:  Jobs, Jobs and Cars
 
Alabama gets high marks for children's health coverage
Alabama's aggressive efforts to cover uninsured children have garnered national recognition in a new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Secrets to Success: An Analysis of Four States at the Forefront of the Nation's Gains in Children's Health Coverage singles out Alabama, Iowa, Massachusetts and Oregon for their innovations in making health insurance available and accessible for children in low-income families. One breakthrough that helped Alabama set new records for enrollment is a streamlined eligibility process called "Express Lane," for which ACPP provided technical assistance.
 
"Immigrants, Go Home!": Alabama's 2011 Immigration Law

Alabama has had its share of unflattering national spotlights. But it's been a while since the glare has been as widespread and piercing as it has been in the wake of HB 56, the state's new anti-immigrant law. Critics and supporters alike consider the new law to be the harshest among recent anti-immigrant measures across the country.

This fact sheet by ACPP policy analyst Stephen Stetson examines the socioeconomic and political factors that gave rise to the law and its far-reaching major provision.
 
Alabama lags in job subsidy requirements, gas tax adequacy

Alabama fared poorly in two national studies released today on economic development subsidies and transportation funding, respectively. To find out more about Alabama's ratings in the Good Jobs First and Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports, read our news release.
 
Alabama workers to feel recession's fallout for years, new ACPP report finds

Many of the pathways Alabamians traditionally have used to get ahead have become more difficult to travel in the wake of the Great Recession, according to The State of Working Alabama 2011, a new ACPP report released today. Falling median household income, stagnating wages and soaring college costs have made it tougher to climb the economic ladder through hard work or education, the report finds.

Read news release here.

Read full report here.
 
Immigration law failing to reduce unemployment

Analysis of recent jobs numbers disproves the claims of those asserting that Alabama's new anti-immigration law is responsible for putting Alabamians to work. Althought the state's unemployment rate did improve by half a percentage point from September to October -- from 9.8 percent to 9.3 percent -- that bit of good news is tempered by the fact that it was primarily a result of fewer people looking for work.

Read news release here.
 
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