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Christy Hamrick and Matthew Monson are among a growing number of Alabama parents fighting Medicaid over sudden Elderly and Disabled waiver denials. Families claim state agency employees are altering medical documents and reinterpreting eligibility rules in an effort to push families out of eligibility.

>"... less regulations, less rules to make things happen .... we have to have that, especially here in Mobile, especially here, because things got to happen faster."

The disposal of Mobile Bay dredging spoils has pitted local environmental advocates and economic development interests against one another, but the issue is also creating separation among Alabama’s elected delegation in Washington, D.C.

Doug Jones promised to release his tax returns if Tommy Tuberville released his. However, more than two months after the former Auburn coach produced years of his Alabama tax records, Jones has yet to follow through.

Doug Jones is calling for the excavation and safe relocation of 21 million tons of toxic coal ash at Plant Barry, at the expense of Alabama Power and its shareholders. Tommy Tuberville did not offer his campaign's stance on the issue.

The co-founder of a Mobile-based medical device company has turned herself in on felony charges for allegedly defrauding investors out of millions.

Carla Williams surrendered herself Thursday morning, Aug. 6, on the same eight securities fraud counts filed against her ex-husband, Peter Falkner, who also turned himself in last month.

Alabama families allege Medicaid altered waiver forms and reinterpreted eligibility criteria to deny benefits for disabled children. The issues come as the state's attorney general has joined litigation that could weaken family protections after a denial.

As the state’s gubernatorial race trudges on towards the November election, efforts to ban “mud dumping” in Mobile Bay may become another issue that divides Democratic nominee Doug Jones and Republican nominee U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

Tommy Tuberville called Social Security a “government-approved Ponzi scheme” on the Senate floor Wednesday. Income tax records show he received nearly $100,000 from the program over three years in addition to his Senate salary and other retirement benefits.