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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for 2026-08-29 ( 17 items )  
'Culture in Motion' roadshow coming to TROY's Rosa Parks Museum on Sept. 5 (10)
TROY, Alabama, Aug. 28 -- Troy University issued the following news: * * * 'Culture in Motion' roadshow coming to TROY's Rosa Parks Museum on Sept. 5 * Troy University's Rosa Parks Museum is partnering with Kwanza Jones, The Apollo Theater and the Jose Feliciano Foundation, and the Boost Bus to bring "Culture in Motion" Community Boost Block Party, a national roadshow uniting communities through arts and empowerment, to Montgomery on Sept. 5. The free event will take place at the Rosa Parks Museum, 252 Montgomery St., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m more PR

AG McCuskey asks Supreme Court to reverse EPA rule threatening West Virginia jobs, energy costs (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 28 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey posted the following news release: * * * AG McCuskey asks Supreme Court to reverse EPA rule threatening West Virginia jobs, energy costs * Attorney General JB McCuskey announced today he is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a devastating inflationary Biden-era EPA air quality regulation that has raised costs for West Viriginia manufacturers, utilities and farmers. Leading a 25-state coalition with Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, General M more PR

Birmingham Museum of Art to Repatriate Cultural Items to Chickasaw Nation (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSFR) -- The Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, will repatriate three unassociated funerary objects to the Chickasaw Nation, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The objects are one pipe bowl, one string of shell beads and one axe head. The items were removed on unknown dates from Lauderdale County, Alabama, by Samuel Fischer III of Birmingham. The pipe bowl and shell beads were collected in Florence, while the axe head was removed from Seven Mile Island on the Tenn more PR

Bradley Launches Retail, Digital Commerce & Consumer Brands Team (10)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Aug. 27 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Bradley, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Bradley Launches Retail, Digital Commerce & Consumer Brands Team * Bradley has launched a Retail, Digital Commerce & Consumer Brands team dedicated to serving world-class retailers, brands, and digital commerce companies across industries and helping create, protect, and elevate the brands that shape today's global retail markets. Partners Erin Jane Illman and Alexis M. Buese will co-lead the team, bringing complementary ex more PR

Cyber Fire Puzzles challenges students to think like cyber investigators (10)
AUBURN, Alabama, Aug. 28 -- Auburn University College of Engineering posted the following news: * * * Cyber Fire Puzzles challenges students to think like cyber investigators * How do cybersecurity analysts uncover what happened on a compromised computer system? How do they trace the digital clues left behind by an attacker? And how do students learn those skills before entering the workforce? The Department of Energy (DOE)'s Cyber Fire Puzzles competition. Hosted by the Auburn University Ethical Hacking Club (AUEHC) with support from the more PR

DCCC Chair Statement on the Anniversary of the March on Washington (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Chair Statement on the Anniversary of the March on Washington * DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the following statement on the anniversary of the March on Washington: "63 years ago, Americans marched on Washington in pursuit of an ideal that echoes through our founding documents but has yet to be fully realized: that democracy, liberty, and justice belong to everyone. "In America today, many of the rights those 250,000 b more PR

Gadsden State Community College: Alabama Power Company Endowed Scholarship to Expand Career Opportunities at Valley Street Campus (10)
GADSDEN, Alabama, Aug. 29 -- Gadsden State Community College issued the following news: * * * Alabama Power Company Endowed Scholarship to Expand Career Opportunities at Valley Street Campus A generous investment from Alabama Power Company is creating new opportunities for students at Gadsden State Community College's Valley Street Campus through the establishment of the Alabama Power Company Endowed Career Technical and Workforce Development Scholarship. The scholarship will directly support students pursuing career technical and workforce more PR

Gadsden State, Drake State Partner to Offer Entrepreneurship Fundamentals Course (10)
GADSDEN, Alabama, Aug. 29 -- Gadsden State Community College issued the following news: * * * Gadsden State, Drake State Partner to Offer Entrepreneurship Fundamentals Course Gadsden State Community College and Drake State Community and Technical College are partnering to offer Entrepreneurship Fundamentals, a six-week non-credit course designed to give aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners the practical skills and tools needed to start, manage and grow a successful business. The course begins Sept. 15 and will meet from 5:30 to  more PR

Georgia Expands Protections for More Than 100 Imperiled Animals, Plants (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Georgia Expands Protections for More Than 100 Imperiled Animals, Plants * ATLANTA-The Georgia Department of Natural Resources proposed to add more than 100 species to the state's protected species list, including the saltmarsh sparrow, Atlantic sturgeon, ornate chorus frog, Appalachian cottontail and patch-nosed salamander. The proposed list follows the agency's technical review of its 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan alon more PR

Hickenlooper Questions Trump's Space Academy Announcement (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper Questions Trump's Space Academy Announcement * Hickenlooper: "Trump's proposed plan is duplicative, costly, and unserious." OURAY - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper raised questions about President Trump's new plan to create a U.S. Space Academy. President Trump announced plans to establish the academy earlier today at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. "President Trump's proposed plan is duplicative, costly, and uns more PR

Jax State Receives FAA Air Agency Certificate as Aviation Program Takes Flight (10)
JACKSONVILLE, Alabama, Aug. 28 -- Jacksonville State University posted the following news: * * * Jax State Receives FAA Air Agency Certificate as Aviation Program Takes Flight * #Milestone comes as first Aviation students begin classes and applications open for Commercial Aviation program JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -Jacksonville State University's new Aviation program reached another major milestone Thursday as representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration presented the University with its Air Agency Certificate during a ceremony at Me more PR

Jesse Christopher James' Legacy Lives on Through UNA's ROAR Pantry (10)
FLORENCE, Alabama, Aug. 28 -- The University of North Alabama posted the following news release: * * * Jesse Christopher James' Legacy Lives on Through UNA's ROAR Pantry * Michelle R. Eubanks, UNA, at meubanks@una.edu, 256.765.4392 Just more than two years ago, 18-year-old Jesse Christopher James passed away as a result of injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident in Florence. The story of that time, and the months that have passed since, continue to be difficult for his family, and today, at the University of North Alabama, there is  more PR

McMaster Recruits Five Top Scholars From American Universities (10)
HAMILTON, Ontario, Aug. 28 -- McMaster University issued the following news: * * * McMaster recruits five top scholars from American universities Federal government invests $43 million to research at McMaster to advance economic, societal and health benefits for Canadians. - Five globally recognized researchers from the United States will join McMaster University as Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada. Each chairholder will be awarded $8 million over eight years to lead a high-impact research program at McMaster, while helping to  more PR

MGMA Urges CMS to Withdraw Proposed Modifier -25 Payment Reduction (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Medical Group Management Association issued the following letter on Aug. 27, 2026: * * * MGMA Urges CMS to Withdraw Proposed Modifier -25 Payment Reduction The Honorable Mehmet C. Oz, MD, MBA, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1848-P, Mail Stop C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD, 21244-1850 Re: File Code CMS-1848-P; Medicare Program; CY 2027 Payment Policies Under the Physician Payment Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Pa more PR

New Samford Business Faculty to Enhance Student Experience (10)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Aug. 27 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * New Samford Business Faculty to Enhance Student Experience * Samford University's Brock School of Business welcomes four new faculty members in the 2026-27 academic year, bringing professional expertise and a commitment to student success. Leff Bonney joins Brock School of Business as an associate professor of marketing. Currently an associate professor of marketing at Florida State University, Bonney teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in sa more PR

Troy University expands opportunities for educators with new scholarship (10)
TROY, Alabama, Aug. 28 -- Troy University issued the following news: * * * Troy University expands opportunities for educators with new scholarship * Troy University is expanding access to higher education for educators nationwide through its new Educators Scholarship, which provides a 10% tuition scholarship and waives application fees for active educators in the United States. Available to K-12 teachers and administrators, early childhood educators, support staff and paraprofessionals, the scholarship is designed to make pursuing a degree more PR

UAH College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences to Welcome NBA Sports Medicine Executive Casey R. Smith for Its Signature Speaker Series (10)
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Aug. 29 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: * * * UAH College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences to welcome NBA sports medicine executive Casey R. Smith for its Signature Speaker Series Celia Venable The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences will welcome Casey R. Smith, Vice President of Sports Medicine for the New York Knicks, as the featured guest for its Signature Speaker Series on Thursday, September 17, 2026. UAH is a part of The Universit more PR