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Alabama Selected for NGA Medicaid Transformation Policy Academy
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MONTGOMERY –Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday announced Alabama and two other states have been selected by the National Governors Association to participate in a year-long policy a…
Governor Bentley Creates Alabama Small Business Commission
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MONTGOMERY– Governor Robert Bentley on Monday announced a statewide effort to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. Small businesses create three out of four jobs. Accor…
Governor Bentley Joins Republican Governors to Urge President to Promote Reliable, Affordable Energy Policy
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MONTGOMERY- Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday announced he has joined 14 Republican governors across the nation in writing a letter to President Obama concerning the Environmental Pr…
Governor Bentley Establishes Alabama Drone Task Force
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MONTGOMERY– Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced the creation of the Alabama Drone Task Force. The task force was created to review the necessary requirements to further Alab…
Alabama’s July Unemployment Rate is 7.0%
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MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted July unemployment rate is 7.0%. Wage and salary employment increased by 19,400 ov…
Governor Bentley Sends Senior Advisor to Testify at EPA’s Public Hearing on Clean Power Plan Regulations
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MONTGOMERY– Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday will send his Senior Advisor, Blaine Galliher, to the Environmental Protection Agency’s public hearing in Atlanta to testify about the…
Governor Bentley Announces $19.9 Million in Bond Refinancing Savings
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MONTGOMERY–The State Bond Commission on Thursday approved the successful refinancing of $199.9 million of its outstanding general obligation bonds, at a meeting today in the Finance D…
Governor Bentley Appoints Kelly Butler State Budget Officer
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MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced the appointment of Kelly Butler as the State Budget Officer. “Kelly has dedicated nearly three decades to the State of Alab…
Alabama’s June Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 6.8%
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MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley announced Friday that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted June unemployment rate is 6.8%, which is unchanged from May’s rate. June’…
GKN Aerospace Opens Composite Design Engineering Center in Alabama
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FARNBOROUGH –Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced GKN Aerospace has opened a new composite design engineering center at its Advanced Composite Structures (ACS) facility in Ala…