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Shelby on Immigration, SEC Primaries

One of the Alabama’s U.S. senators is leading the charge against the president’s request to pay to legal help for unaccompanied immigrant children. A-P-R’s Stan Ingold reports...

Senator Richard Shelby is the chief author of a spending bill funding the Justice Department. And he's the one saying no to President Obama's funding request.

The fifty million dollars would have been used to pay for legal aid for immigrant children fleeing violence in Latin America.

The measure won initial approval but still has a long way to go before becoming law.

The number of children fleeing gangs and other dangers in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and making their way to the U.S. is down significantly from last year.

Without legal representation, these children are much more likely to be sent back to their home countries.

Governor Robert Bentley is calling an audible in the game of presidential primaries.

He is expected to sign a bill today to move up the state’s voting date of the primary to March 1st, 2016.  Alabama is joining Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia to vote the first Tuesday in March. Mississippi could join what some are calling the “SEC Primaries.”

State lawmakers say it will help draw more presidential candidates to Alabama along with the economic bump that comes with them.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle worked together on the issue deciding it was a win-win for the Yellowhammer State.

High school cowboys and cowgirls will be competing in the 2015 High School Rodeo Association state finals today. Participants will compete in several events such as bareback racing, barrel racing, and bull riding.

Association spokeswoman Dawn Hoagland says timing is everything when it comes to most of the events.
“It’s a good family environment for the kids to be in. They make long lasting friendships. For most of them, the main goal is to end up being in the top four. The top four in each event goes on to national finals.”

Judges will be able to decide which four riders will go to Wyoming for the National finals in July.

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