Mayors from several Alabama cities are planning for the future following a summit this week. The meeting in Huntsville focused on economic development and how they are bringing new jobs into the state. Mike Schmitz is the mayor of Dothan. He says the summit allows them to share ideas on how to improve their cities.
“It's really an opportunity for mayors to sit down and talk about issues that each one of us is facing and hopefully learn from each other so we can do better.
Schmitz says they also discussed possible budget cuts from the state and how they might handle those. The summit included mayors from Huntsville, Mobile, Dothan, Tuscaloosa and Montgomery.
Up to eighty veterans of World War two and the Korean War will be making a unique trip from Tuscaloosa today. The local Rotary Club is sponsoring what’s called an honor flight. It’s an eighty thousand dollar trip for veterans to visit Washington, D.C. and see their war memorials. The event is paid for by private donations to thank the veterans for their service. Once their plane arrives in Baltimore, the vets will be bused to the memorials for World War Two, Korea, and Vietnam. Jordan Plaster is with the Tuscaloosa Rotary Club. He says it’s great to see the public interact with the veterans…
“Cause you get to the veterans be greeted by tourists from all over the country, and they come up and thank the veterans for their service to our country. And, it’s so much fun to sit back and watch that.”
Previous Tuscaloosa honor flights have carried over four hundred veterans to Washington, D.C. Plaster hopes his group breaks five hundred with this trip…
The House health committee approved a series of abortion restrictions that opponents say would ban most abortions in the state.
The committee on Wednesday morning approved three separate pieces of legislation, including one that would prohibit abortion providers from performing an abortion if a fetal heartbeat is detected.
Bill sponsor Terri Collins says the end of a person's life is defined by the absence of a heartbeat.
A statement from the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama says the legislation would limit women's access to a constitutionally protected medical procedure.
