ACPP/Arise annual meeting, St. John's A.M.E. Church, 807 Madison Ave., Montgomery

Member groups and associate members: We need your voice as we choose our legislative priorities for 2011. Please plan to attend!

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Alabama could get a $100 million boost for unemployed workers simply by making some common-sense changes to the way we calculate unemployment benefits. Yet, for two years running, Alabama policymakers have declined the offer.

This fact sheet examines how our current unemployment system works and what's at stake in the proposed changes.

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(MOBILE) PRESS-REGISTER - “The Political Skinny,” a weekly roundup of news from Mobile, Montgomery and Washington for the readers of The Press-Register.

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ANNISTON STAR - A Teachable Moment: No labor union for Alabama teachers?

WASHINGTON POST - Republicans making gains against Democrats ahead of midterm elections.

WASHINGTON POST - Midterms 2010: What you need to know.

WASHINGTON POST - Columnist Eugene Robinson:  Gov. Barbour's civil rights fairy tale.

NEW YORK TIMES - Obama to propose tax write-off for capital investments.

NEW YORK TIMES - Obama offers a transit plan to create jobs.

BIRMINGHAM NEWS - The Birmingham News: A plan to increase the size of the Cahaba National Wildlife Refuge is good for the creatures which call the river home and for the people who call Alabama home.

WSFA - Alabama GOP leaders to name Preuitt replacement.

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