In the News
Alabama Sleeping-Bag Manufacturer Gains Victory in Tariff Decision
By Budd McLaughlin | The Huntsville Times | December 30, 2011
A decision by the White House to remove certain sleeping bags from U.S. tariff reductions for developing nations has been hailed as a victory for a Haleyville manufacturer.
The move announced Thursday by the U.S. Trade Representative's office came in the annual review of the reductions, known as the Generalized System of Preferences.
Balanced budget act key to U.S. security, sovereignty (op-ed by Congressman Robert Aderholt)
The Huntsville Times | November 20, 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama _ The $15 trillion national debt did not happen overnight.
Instead it is the accumulation of all budgets passed since for the last 50 years.
In fact, since 1934 there has only been 12 years when the federal government did not spend more money out of the national treasury than money taken in.
Thanksgiving Closings
The Gadsden Times | November 19, 2011
Etowah County: Gadsden, Rainbow City, Southside, Hokes Bluff, Glencoe, Sardis, Altoona, Walnut Grove, Attalla and Reece City offices will be closed Thursday and Friday.
Marshall County: Albertville and Douglas offices will be closed Thursday and Friday. Boaz offices will be closed Thursday.
St. Clair County: Ashville and Steele offices will be closed Thursday and Friday.
Obama Administration Retracts Christmas Tree Tax
By Brian Koenig | The New American | November 11, 2011
Industry, Ag tour stops in Cullman
By Trent Moore | The Cullman Times | November 10, 2011
Veterans honored in large turnout at park
By Benjamin Bullard | The Cullman Times | November 6, 2011
Positive response in Washington
The Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) | November 6, 2011
Congressman Robert Aderholt hopes for budget-cut deal, concerned for NASA
By Brian Lawson | The Huntsvill Times | November 10, 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- During a stop in Huntsville this morning U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt said the country's mood is pointing toward a balanced budget amendment for Congress, that Huntsville has a chance to take part in future cybersecurity work and that he remains concerned about the Obama Administration's commitment to NASA.
Aderholt, R-Haleyville, is a member of the House Appropriations Committee.
SPLC: H-2B abuses workers
Montgomery Advertiser | November 8, 2011
The U.S. Department of Labor's proposed wage increases to a federal guest worker program have some Alabama officials questioning its math. However, a Montgomery-based civil rights organization said the changes to H-2B are needed to protect vulnerable foreign workers and provide a living wage to U.S. workers doing the same jobs.
Veterans Day Events Across the Valley
WAAY-ABC | November 7, 2011