112th Congress
20 years later, officials finally break ground on Duck River Dam
By Trent Moore | Cullman Times | July 17, 2012
Southside bridge faces possible funding issues
by Andy Powell | The Gadsden Times | July 16, 2012
Funding for a new bridge over the Coosa River at Southside was not included in the recently passed federal highway bill, the Gadsden Etowah Metropolitan Planning Organization learned Thursday. The project now will have to compete with other Alabama bridge products for funding.
ICE Director Says ‘287(g)’ Decision in Arizona was Apolitical, Crackdown on ‘Sanctuary’ County Coming
by Rob Margetta | CQ Homeland Security | July 10, 2012
Farmers say Department of Labor was Misguided in Attempt to Revise Child Safety Regulations
by Chris Pow | AL.com | July 10, 2012
New chairman elected to OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
MilAz.info | July 7, 2012
OUR VIEW: Updating detention center standards a proactive move
The Gadsden Times | July 5, 2012
Many Etowah County residents probably didn’t appreciate the true significance of the county’s agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house federal detainees at its jail until 19 months ago, when it looked like that deal was going away.
Hanceville Gains People, Money in Revised Census Count
by Benjamin Bullard | Cullman Times | July 5, 2012
Exactly one year ago, Hanceville mayor Kenneth Nail was scratching his head, perplexed at the final tally he’d just been given numbering his city’s population growth — or lack of it — in the 2010 Census.
“I wasn’t real happy with it,” he’d said last July, pledging to get in touch with Congressman Robert Aderholt (R—Haleyville) to see if, maybe, the count had been a little light.
Turns out, it was.