Tennessee Valley lawmakers and educators are trying to figure out the possible effects of the feds looking into the already-controversial Alabama Accountability Act.More >>
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A Marshall County woman was jailed after her newborn baby tested positive for drugs.More >>
A Marshall County woman was jailed after her newborn baby tested positive for drugs.More >>
It took $78 million dollars to build a sugar mill in Lacassine that only operated for 90 days.
Now, Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain is borrowing $7 million dollars to take control of the defunct mill, which is teetering on default of its debt payments.
Strain says if the state doesn't buy out the mill, a bank would take over the property and the Department of Agriculture wouldn't be able to sell it or lease it to recoup some of its investment.
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