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Arise Daily News Digest 12-30-2012

AL.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 first

ACPP 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.

Read principles here.

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