🌱 Space Academy + SGA Results + Legislative Session

Good Morning, Tuscaloosa! Let's get this Thursday started with everything happening around town today.

In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...

• School system news.
• UA SGA unofficial race results.
• Legislative session updates.

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First, today's weather: Mostly cloudy and milder. High: 69 | Low: 44.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Thursday morning goes to Paul W. Bryant High School senior India Franklin (seated), who was the only student in the Tuscaloosa City Schools named as a state winner for the National Center for Women & Information Technology Aspirations Award program this month. Her teacher, Destiny Langford, was also recognized by the as one of only three educators in Alabama receiving an award after named as the recipient of the NCWTI Aspirations Honorable Mention award for computer science education.

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Here's a look at unofficial results from Wednesday's Student Government Association elections at the University of Alabama. The final results will be certified after Spring Break. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. A Tuscaloosa man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for being a felon in illegal possession of a semi-automatic rifle. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Think you have the "right stuff?" Two lucky students from every legislative district in Alabama will soon be selected to participate in Space Academy for Leading Students in Alabama (SALSA) at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. More than 1,600 pounds of ready-to-eat jerky products across Alabama and seven other states have been recalled because of Listeria concerns, the Department of Agriculture announced last week. (Patch.com)
5. Alabama baseball (9-5) dropped a coincidental 9-5 loss to North Alabama Wednesday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. (More)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Tim Higgins @ The Lookout Rooftop Bar (More)
• Live Trivia Weekly Game Nights @ Decades Pub & Grub (More)
• STRETCH Fitness @ Lewis and Faye Manderson Cancer Center (More)

👀 Check it out! 👀

Tuscaloosa County School System spokeswoman and veteran television journalist Terri Brewer sat in with Meredith Lett's fourth grade class at Huntington Place Elementary on Wednesday for their morning meeting.

👨‍💻 Other stories I'm reading today 👨‍💻

- Plan for 5 new Alabama casinos, lottery, sports betting, clears 1st hurdle (Mike Cason, AL.com)

- Habitat for Humanity partners with local students (A'Leeyah Ponder, WVUA 23)

- New Company Mailing Water Bills in Tuscaloosa After Contractor "Abandons" Obligations (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)

- SGA judiciary delays confirmation of new president due to ongoing appeal process (Crimson White)

- Advocates score funding for expanded Medicaid postpartum care (Heather Gann, Alabama Daily News)

- Alabama State Rep. David Wheeler dies at 72 (Phil Pinarski, CBS 42)

- Alabama Senate committee approves "divisive concepts" bill (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)

- Protective Stadium competing for Stadium of the Year 2021 (Stephanie Rebman, Birmingham Business Journal)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today! I'll see you soon.

— RP