The following press release was issued on Tuesday by the Alabama Republican Party.
MONTGOMERY – A proposal to help returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans find work passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday, as lawmakers continued their commitment to making job growth legislation the top priority in the 2012 Regular Session. The House also passed enabling legislation for the Alabama Job Creation and Retention Act, which allows the Governor and economic developers to use incentives similar to ones used on the Mercedes project to lure industry to the state. (more…)