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Arise Daily News Digest 12-30-2012AL.COM - State Homeland Security releases "Run Hide Fight" to show what to do if there is a shooting. DECATUR DAILY – The Decatur Daily: A price tag on gun rights. DECATUR DAILY – Columnist Eric Fleischauer’s Capital Considerations: Alabama is grappling with Jesus. TUSCALOOSA NEWS - Notable Alabama deaths of 2012. TUSCALOOSA NEWS - Study’s authors say voters ‘irrational.’ TUSCALOOSA NEWS – The Tuscaloosa News: Americans may get tax increase they voted for. GADSDEN TIMES - Proof of insurance required to get car tag. GADSDEN TIMES - The Gadsden Times: Texting-while-driving penalties not tough enough. GADSDEN TIMES - Alabama lawmaker proposes gun rights state amendment. ANNISTON STAR - Home rule for Alabama counties is more complicated than it sounds. ANNISTON STAR – The Anniston Star: Alabamian of the Year: Carolyn Akers, CEO of the Mobile Area Education Foundation. ANNISTON STAR – Editor Bob Davis: Needed — A hefty dose of reality. MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Lawmakers propose recall elections, term limits; voters must OK constitutional amendments. MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - TVA making progress cleaning coal ash spill. MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Alabama Power's parent, Southern Co., takes big risk on Miss. power plant; has already invested $2.8b. MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - The Montgomery Advertiser: Education Investment Council makes sense. MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER - Contributor Larry Lee: Teachers perform heroic acts every day. WASHINGTON POST - Senators trade proposals into night to avoid ‘fiscal cliff.’ WASHINGTON POST - With no ‘fiscal cliff’ deal in sight, sequestration seems all but certain. WASHINGTON POST - Outgoing Congress proves to be unproductive to the end. WASHINGTON POST - House speaker’s easygoing style proves a weakness during ‘fiscal cliff’ crisis. NEW YORK TIMES - Senate Seeks Bipartisan Formula to Reach Tax Deal NEW YORK TIMES - Biden Is Back for a 2nd Run at Gun Limits NEW YORK TIMES – Economic View: Wishful Thinking and Middle-Class Taxes NEW YORK TIMES – The New York Times: Why the Economy Needs Tax Reform NEW YORK TIMES – Columnist Paul Krugman: On the Economics and Politics of Deficits LOS ANGELES TIMES - Immigration reform could get overshadowed in Congress. LOS ANGELES TIMES – Columnist Michael Hilzik: The middle class languishes as the super-rich thrive. LOS ANGELES TIMES - FCC proposes changes to lower pay-phone rates for prisoners. 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. |