In the News
Gordo church keeps August all-day singing tradition alive
By Robert DeWitt | Tuscaloosa News | August 15, 2011
GORDO | Nobody seems real sure just how long the Elmore-Center United Methodist Church in Pickens County has held its all-day singing. But they are sure that it's been a long time.
“I'm 78, and it was going on when I was 4 or 5 years old, as long as I can remember,” said Henry Shirley of Gordo, a church member.
Congressman Aderholt tours tornado-stricken area
By Jason Morton | Tuscaloosa News | August 13, 2011
TUSCALOOSA | The day after an EF4 tornado laid waste to almost six miles of Tuscaloosa, U.S. Rep. Richard Aderholt was here to see the destruction first-hand.
He said he was shocked by the devastation, which was symbolized by the empty intersection of two of the city's busiest thoroughfares — McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street.
“It was overwhelming to be here,” he said.
Aderholt now knows the desperate need
Sand Mountain Reporter | August 12, 2011
We commend U.S. Congressman Robert Aderholt for his trip this week to Marshall County so he could see for himself the Double Bridges near Asbury.
Congressman Aderholt takes on dangerous bridges
By Stephen McLamb | WAFF | August 11, 2011
ALBERTVILLE, AL (WAFF) -
Today, Alabama Congressman Robert Aderholt got a firsthand look at a bridge that drivers say is an extreme danger.
A young woman died on this bridge 5 years ago.
People living near the double bridges in the Marshall County community of Asbury hope the Congressman's ride across the bridge today is the first step in getting something done to make this area safe.
Alabama GOP freshman oppose debt ceiling deal
By Mary Orndorff | The Birmingham News | August 1, 2011
Exxel Outdoors, the largest napping bag producer in the United States, is at chance of losing its Haleyville assembly lines since a loophole in the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) traffic laws, that were written in 1974 to gain American companies.
The GSP was shaped to publicize mercantile expansion by permitting more than 130 building countries duty-free access to about 4,800 products from the U.S., mentioned Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-AL. To safeguard American industries, textiles were not enclosed in the GSP.
Debt ceiling debate causes freshman to play activist role
By Marin Cogan | Politico | July 20, 2011
It was a study in contrasts: While Washington was abuzz Tuesday with news that the seemingly moribund Senate Gang of Six might be riding to the rescue with a bipartisan breakthrough on the debt limit, more than a dozen House Republican freshmen took an activist-style bus run down Pennsylvania Avenue to make demands on the president to show them his deficit-reduction plan.
Marshall County delegation addresses immigration, jobs, abortion
By Malarie Haven | Sand Mountain, The Reporter | July 20, 2011
Marshall County legislators addressed several issues and concerns stemming from the 2011 legislative session at a legislative breakfast on Tuesday morning.
The breakfast took place in the cafeteria at Snead State Community College and was sponsored by the college and the Boaz Area Chamber of Commerce.
Illegal immigration
United front by Birmingham, Jefferson County should pay off in post-tornado federal aid, officials say
By Barnett Wright| The Birmingham News | July 18, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Mayor William Bell and Jefferson County Commissioners Sandra Little Brown and Joe Knight said today that their unified trip to Washington, D.C., to discuss long term planning and tornado recovery efforts in Alabama sent a strong message to members of Congress.
Republican Leaders Embrace 'Cut, Cap, and Balance' plan; vote set for next week
By Molly K. Hooper and Russell Berman | The Hill | July 15, 2011
House Republican leaders have thrown their support behind the "Cut, Cap and Balance" plan that conservatives are demanding in return for an increase in the federal debt ceiling.