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Bedsole, 93, was the first woman elected to the Alabama State Senate in 1982. During her tenure in office, she is credited with the founding of the Alabama School for Mathematics and Science. The school, based in Mobile, celebrates its 30th anniversary this week.
The Alabama Public Radio news team is examining the issue of keeping skilled and educated workers from leaving the Gulf coast. This on-going series of reports is called “Should I stay, or should I go.” Last month, APR Gulf coast correspondent Guy Busby looked efforts by Airbus and Novelis aluminum are working with local authorities to grow good paying jobs to keep local youngsters from leaving the area. Today, Guy continues his examination, by looking at similar efforts in the Mobile area that involve Governor Kay Ivey
Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson, who entered politics as a reformer after his...