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Arise Daily News Digest 12-28-2012AL.COM - Gov. Bentley tours areas ravaged by tornado, promises assistance. AL.COM - Without cliff compromise, Alabama will automatically reinstate an estate tax. AL.COM - Poll shows most agree with raising taxes on incomes of $250,000 or more but would like to see entitlements cut, too. AL.COM - The best place for jobs in Alabama is... AL.COM - Projects aimed at helping ex-inmates underway in north Alabama. AL.COM - Alabama Supreme Court rules in favor of Vincent in controversial rock quarry actions. AL.COM - 24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Chris McCool switches to GOP. AL.COM - Contributor Pippa Abston, MD: Bill before Legislature sets a frightening precedent in medicine. AL.COM - Columnist Frances Coleman: Let's take better care of our country in 2013. AL.COM - The Birmingham News: Finally, Alabama's vehicle liability insurance law will be truly mandatory. AL.COM - Proposed bill would allow school administrators, teachers to carry guns. AL.COM - Gov. Robert Bentley asking Alabama lawmakers to delay voluntary retirement incentives program. AL.COM - Troy gives up on AEA challenge to ethics law, launches new fundraising campaign for PAC. AL.COM - State of Alabama purchases 11,364 acres on Jacobs Mountain in Jackson County. DECATUR DAILY – The Decatur Daily: Teenagers: the lost generation? GADSDEN TIMES - Alabama governor says state compiling storm losses. ANNISTON STAR – Editor Phillip Tutor: Words Alabama lived by in 2012. ANNISTON STAR – The Anniston Star: Fresher air: High prevalence of COPD gives smokers ample reason to quit. MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Federal budget ax still lingers: Maxwell AFB is not out of the woods yet. MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - The Montgomery Advertiser: New law to put brakes on uninsured drivers. MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Contributor Yanai Djamba: Economy affects marriage rates. OPELIKA-AUBURN NEWS - Strike by longshoremen could affect Alabama. WASHINGTON POST - Obama summons congressional leaders for ‘fiscal cliff’ talks. WASHINGTON POST - On Wall Street, realization is sinking in over the elusiveness of ‘fiscal cliff’ deal. WASHINGTON POST - The Washington Post: Avoid the ‘fiscal cliff.’ NEW YORK TIMES - Summoned Back to Work, Senators Chafe at Inaction NEW YORK TIMES - Stalemate in Washington Is Eroding Confidence of Consumers NEW YORK TIMES – Contributors Leonard Burman and Joel Slemrod: Closing Loopholes Isn’t Enough NEW YORK TIMES – Columnist Paul Krugman: Is Growth Over? NEW YORK TIMES – The New York Times: Time to Confront Climate Change LOS ANGELES TIMES - House returning to work on 'fiscal cliff' Sunday. Alabama's Medicaid reform should put patients firstACPP appreciates the opportunity to represent consumer interests on the Alabama Medicaid Advisory Commission. Toward that end, we have assembled a coalition of advocacy organizations to provide consumer input on the reform process. The coalition has identified eight core principles of consumer-centered Medicaid reform. |