The road gang

By Matthew Lewis

Roadbuilding lobby wary as livability advocates gain momentum

Excerpts from this story referencing "Alabama":

"… ight to complain.”The entire industry is certainly active in Washington. Alabama-basedVulcan Materials Co., which was hit particularly hard in Florida by t …"

Republicans must choose panel chief tough enough to stand up to Barney

By Peter H. Stone

Two experienced Republican lawmakers are vying for the chairmanship of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee and the chance to try to

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"… ent rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is challenging Spencer Bachus of Alabama for the committee gavel.“This is a critical time for our capital markets …"

"… ficult votes.Bachus, who represents a deeply conservative swath of central Alabama, has had a hot-and-cold relationship with Republican leaders. Profiled by …"

Senator Richard Shelby goes to bat for major financial benefactor

By Josh Israel and Nick Schwellenbach

The unusual “blanket hold” placed on Obama administration nominees by Senator Richard Shelby, represents an effort to support a firm that ha

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"… an effort to support a firm that has contributed more than $100,000 to the Alabama Republican over the course of his long political career, according to a Ce …"

"… errorist Explosives Devices Analytical Center, a facility to be located in Alabama.A spokesman for Northrop Grumman told the Center that the company “is ve …"

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A few bad years for America’s mayors

By Josh Israel

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon’s indictment by a grand jury for theft, perjury, and misconduct adds her to a long list of big-city mayors who

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"… tions of and convictions for mayoral misconduct:December 2008: Birmingham, Alabama, Mayor Larry Langford and two associates indicted on 101 counts, including …"

Lame duck Congress may consider bill to toughen OSHA

By Jim Morris

For an agency so widely feared and demonized by American business, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a relative pushover.

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"… rosecutors won convictions against five McWane plants in New Jersey, Utah, Alabama and Texas. Four officials from the New Jersey plant, including the plant m …"

Work underway on Dodd-Frank exec pay rules

By Jeremy Borden

New federal rules are on track to oversee bank executives’ pay packages and discourage them from taking unnecessary risks for short-term pay

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"… ployees in many countries. The panel’s top Republican, Spencer Bachus of Alabama, said he agrees that regulators should ensure that employee compensation d …"

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Will Washington pull the plug on HAMP?

By Michael Hudson

The future of the Obama administration’s troubled $30 billion initiative to bail out beleaguered homeowners is on the line. ...

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"… uestion boils down to this: Fix it or kill it?Republican Spencer Bachus of Alabama, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, wants to kill the Home …"

Car dealers take victory lap, but will face tougher FTC

By Michael Hudson

Car dealers are close to winning their battle to avoid oversight by a new federal consumer financial protection bureau but elation over the

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"… language giving the FTC expedited rule-making authority.Spencer Bachus of Alabama, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, said any fo …"

Delay in coal ash regulation prompts protest from Ohio group

By Kristen Lombardi

An agitated citizen’s group met with White House officials on Monday to press for long-delayed action on the dangers of coal ash — an envi

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"… B yesterday afternoon.One of those citizens is John Walthen, of Uniontown, Alabama, where the coal ash from the spill in Tennessee, is being dumped. Every da …"

Top ten coal ash states

By Kristen Lombardi

Coal ash — the often toxic solid waste generated by burning coal for electricity, and the focus of a recent Center investigation — has large

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"… New Mexico — 3.2 million tons.8. North Carolina — 3.1 million tons.9. Alabama — 2.5 million tons.10. Georgia — 2.5 million tons.Data Editor David Do …"

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