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NASA: OSIRIS-Rex has discovered water on Asteroid Bennu

NASA announced Monday that its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft has already discovered water locked inside the clays that make up its scientific target, the asteroid Bennu. During the mission’s approach phase, between mid-August and early December, the spacecraft traveled 1.4 million miles on its journey from Earth to arrive at … Continued
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December 12, 2018

NASA to retire Kepler Space Telescope

Tuesday, October 30 NASA announced in a statement that after nine years in deep space discovering thousands of alien planets NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has run out of fuel and will be retired from further science operations. Kepler’s nine-year mission collected data that indicates that our sky is filled with billions of hidden planets, more … Continued
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November 5, 2018
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Setting our funding priorities

I know this may be hard for you to believe, but there was a major, bipartisan victory in Congress last week that failed to gain any of the attention it deserved. I want to highlight some of the progress we made last week and explain why it should matter to those of us back in … Continued
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September 18, 2018

Court rules against Birmingham Water Works Board

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, December 19, 2016, Jefferson County Circuit Judges Robert Vance Jr. ruled that legislation sponsored by State Senator Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia) , SB89 to expand the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) was passed legally and can now be implemented. Former State Representative Paul DeMarco (R-Homewood) said, “Great news for … Continued
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December 21, 2016

Alabama Drought is a Growing Disaster

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter As of October 20, 2016, 32 counties in Alabama have been designated as primary natural disaster areas and 15 additional counties are classified as contiguous counties by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) because of the ongoing drought. The terrible drought conditions have led the US Department of Agriculture … Continued
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October 25, 2016

State Recovering from Week of Severe Weather

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday brought more rain to the State of Alabama and more locally heavy flash flooding. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) said on Monday afternoon that 32 counties still had roads closed. The Governor said that in, “Situations like these we, as elected officials, have to work together to provide … Continued
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December 29, 2015