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Authorities said they broke up a huge drug operation in the Tennessee Valley. Twenty people were arrested Thursday morning and two more are charged in what investigators called overlapping drug ringsMore >>
Authorities said they broke up a huge drug operation in the Tennessee Valley. Twenty people were arrested Thursday morning and two more are charged in what investigators called overlapping drug rings.More >>
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Authorities confirmed someone is calling posing as a member of the Madison Police Department and soliciting donations for Oklahoma tornado victims. More >>
Authorities confirmed someone is calling posing as a member of the Madison Police Department and soliciting donations for Oklahoma tornado victims. More >>
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WAFF-48 and the Red Cross are holding a donation drive on Thursday, May 23 for the Oklahoma tornado victims. More >>
WAFF-48 and the Red Cross are holding a donation drive on Thursday, May 23 for the Oklahoma tornado victims. More >>
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) -
Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle is going to Washington to sound the alarm over potentially crippling federal budget cuts. A wide range of automatic cuts, known as sequestration, is scheduled to kick in at the beginning of March.
Battle, as well as the mayors of Decatur and Enterprise, is planning the trip to Washington to explain to federal lawmakers that the cuts would kill jobs and devastate the economy of the Tennessee Valley.
The cuts were scheduled to hit at the end of last year and they've been delayed while Congress tries to make a new budget deal, but Battle said delay after delay doesn't help either.
"The Congress and administration's idea of fixing it at the very end is to push it off for two more months or push it off for three more months," said Battle. "That causes stagnation in your economy. That causes stagnation in your business community. That does not let anyone plan on growth and jobs. It does not let anyone plan on future projects they want to work on."
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama proposed an interim deal to cut some spending and raise taxes to put off the cuts by several more months.
Mayor Tommy Battle said delay after delay doesn't help.
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