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Eddie Burkhalter

Eddie Burkhalter is a reporter at the Alabama Political Reporter. You can email him at [email protected] or reach him via Twitter.

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Auburn awarded $3 million grant to fund climate change education

Auburn University has been awarded a $3 million grant to help fund climate change resilience education for graduate students.  Less than 10 percent of the applications to the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship get funded, said Karen McNeal, associate professor of geosciences at Auburn and the principal investigator on the project, speaking to APR on … Continued
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October 30, 2019

Terri Sewell works to cut prescription costs for seniors

Speaking at a recent U.S. House Ways and Means Committee meeting Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, told the story of a constituent in Tuscaloosa who can’t afford her life-saving insulin medication.  The single mother works full time as a nurse, Sewell said, and struggled for years to find an insulin that didn’t cause serious side effects. … Continued
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October 29, 2019

Alabama gets $34 million in energy revenue. Report finds oil companies using loophole to avoid paying billions

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday that Alabama received $34 million this fiscal year from energy revenues produce on federal and Native American lands, and in offshore oil and natural gas collection.  A recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, however, finds that the Department of the Interior has allowed oil companies … Continued
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October 28, 2019

Drought hitting Alabama cattle producers hard

Recent rains across parts of Alabama have helped some, but Alabama cattle producers are still reeling from “flash drought” conditions that is impacting grazing pastures, hay production and delaying planting of winter grasses used to feed cattle.  According to the U.S. Drought Monitor report released last week portions of 16 states across the south are … Continued
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October 22, 2019

Boeing contracted to build more rockets for NASA

NASA on Wednesday announced an initial contract to buy more Space Launch System rockets from Boeing, which are set to send astronauts back to the moon and beyond.  The Space Launch System (SLS) is NASA’s rocket that will launch astronauts in the Orion capsule and cargo to the moon, and eventually to Mars, according to … Continued
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October 17, 2019