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When lawmakers returned to Montgomery for the beginning of the 2012 legislative session, they had a lot of meaty issues to deal with, from tweaks to the state’s immigration law to a potential $400 million budget shortfall. They’re also tackling several education reform initiatives, and as the Southern Education Desk’s Dan Carsen told WBHM’s Tanya Ott, this year looks to be a lot like last year, with plenty of controversial issues on the table.

 

What led the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to crash in India with 242 people aboard?

"It just appears to me that the airplane is unable to climb," former NTSB investigator Jeff Guzzetti tells NPR. Several explanations could account for that, the aviation expert says.

Trump’s efforts to defund NPR and PBS playing out in Congress and the courts

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The GOP’s massive bill would benefit the rich the most — while hitting the poor

The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.

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Former Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board members said the Trump administration usurped their authority by denying awards to "a substantial number" of the individuals it had selected for the program.

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