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Governor Bentley’s ESSA Committee Seeks Input from Experts
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MONTGOMERY (Governor’s Office) – The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Implementation Committee, established in March of 2016 by Governor Robert Bentley, brought in subject matt…
Governor Bentley Announces Reinstatement of Enhanced Payments to Primary Care Physicians
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MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday announced the Alabama Medicaid Agency will reinstate enhanced payments to primary care physicians, popularly known as “the bump. The…

Governor Bentley Sends Memo to County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Regarding Electronic Bingo
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MONTGOMERY – Governor Bentley on September 20, 2016, in conjunction with Attorney General Luther Strange, released the attached letters to 29 county sheriffs and district attorney…
Governor Bentley Announces Key Army Aviation Training Center to Open in Alabama
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MONTGOMERY (Governor’s Office) – Governor Robert Bentley announced on Thursday that CAE USA plans to begin offering comprehensive flight training to U.S. Army aviators at a new trai…
Governor Bentley Attends First Meeting of Consumer Protection Task Force
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MONTGOMERY (Governor’s Office) — Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday kicked off the inaugural meeting of the Alabama Consumer Protection Task Force. The Governor created the Task F…

Alabama One of Three States to Experience a Decline in its Unemployment Rate in August
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MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley and Alabama Secretary of Labor Fitzgerald Washington on Tuesday announced that Alabama was one of only three states nationally to experience a dec…
Governor Announces Grant Awarded to Department of Forensic Sciences for DNA Backlog Reduction Program
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MONTGOMERY (Governor’s Office) — Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced that the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences has been awarded more than a million dollars to fund t…

Governor Bentley Announces Alabama’s August Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.4%
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MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate is 5.4%, down from July’s rate of 5.7%, and below Aug…

Governor Bentley Releases Statement in Response to Judge’s Decision to Dismiss Lawsuit Against Gulf State Park Project
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MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday issued a statement regarding the judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit against the Gulf State Park project. The Governor’s Stateme…

EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 23
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WHEREAS, solid waste management facilities provide a vital service to the State of Alabama and its citizens; WHEREAS, many solid waste management facilities dispose of solid waste gener…