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Governor Bentley Calls Special Election for House District 80
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MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Monday announced the timeline for a special election to fill the vacant District 80 seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. District 80 c…
Governor Bentley Places Responsibility of Anti-Gambling Laws With Locals
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MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday signed an Executive Order revoking, repealing and rescinding Executive Order 1, which he signed in 2011. Executive Order 1 disbanded t…
Governor Bentley Releases Statement on Planned Parenthood Southeast Ruling
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MONTGOMERY–Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday released a statement in response to the Court’s order of preliminary injunction in the Planned Parenthood Southeast lawsuit.…
GE Aviation to Build Unique Materials Factories in Huntsville, Create 300 New Jobs
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MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced GE Aviation is investing more than $200 million to create adjacent factories in Huntsville to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC…
Governor Bentley Announces $20 Million Transocean Settlement
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MONTGOMERY–Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday announced that Alabama has agreed to a settlement with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc., which owned the Deepwater Horiz…
Alabama’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 6.0%
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MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted September unemployment rate is 6.0%, down from August’s rate of 6.2%, and be…
Yorozu Corporation to Create 300 New Jobs and Invest Over $100 Million in Jasper
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MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced Yorozu Corporation, a global tier one automotive supplier, will create 300 new jobs and invest over $100 million to build and e…
Governor Bentley Announces New Manufacturing Facility to Invest $24 Million, Create 170 Jobs in Athens
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MONTGOMERY–Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced that Shape Corp. plans to build a $24 million manufacturing plant in Limestone County. This new facility will create 170 job…
Governor Bentley Releases Details on the Close of Fiscal Year 2015, Highlights Growth in Education Trust Fund
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MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday released Alabama’s 2015 fiscal year report for the Education Trust Fund (ETF). This report compiled by the Alabama Department of Finan…
Governor Bentley Writes Letter to Congresswoman Terri Sewell
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MONTGOMERY–In light of a recent editorial from Congresswoman Terri Sewell regarding the ALEA General Fund Budget cut which eliminated staff travel to 31 part-time, non-state owned…