Senator Orr’s budget appropriations help fund new Alabama Center for the Arts building Written on September 16, 2024. Source: https://www.decaturdaily.com/news/morgan_county/decatur/aca-music-movement-academy-slated-to-open-january-2026/article_620e5778-6ee7-11ef-860b-2b6e7111b9ee.html
Senator Orr helps secure funding for required study for third Tennessee River bridge Written on September 10, 2024. Source: https://www.decaturdaily.com/news/morgan_county/decatur/orr-decatur-will-get-4-million-for-additional-bridge-study-one-way-or-another/article_4a43eb1a-6c82-11ef-8da3-6f31217e87d5.html
Senator Orr helps secure funding for Alabama Center for Arts studio spaces and library Written on September 9, 2024. Sources: https://www.decaturdaily.com/news/morgan_county/decatur/aca-to-add-artist-workspaces-library-to-recently-purchased-downtown-decatur-building/article_3b34b3c6-6bb4-11ef-af93-73c45ef4ce88.html
Senator Orr praises Community College System for enrollment growth Written on September 3, 2024. Source: https://www.decaturdaily.com/news/other_news/state/accs-says-its-now-reaching-170k-alabamians-including-for-credit-and-workforce-training-courses/article_faa135dc-63cf-11ef-8792-6375af4ce00d.html
Senator Orr funds Morgan County Schools Career Tech initiative Written on September 3, 2024. Source: https://www.decaturdaily.com/news/morgan_county/early-career-tech-programs-come-to-middle-school-students-in-morgan-county-schools/article_afda39e2-64a9-11ef-9637-b30d895ca9d8.html
Senator Orr credited with raising majority of funds for new Arts Building Written on September 3, 2024. Source: https://www.decaturdaily.com/news/morgan_county/decatur/dance-and-music-studio-to-cost-15-million/article_9a226854-5a54-11ef-9810-a7afe42ce003.html
Senator Orr leads effort to help provide portable benefits for gig/app workers Written on August 30, 2024. Source: https://aldailynews.com/lawmakers-begin-discussions-on-portable-benefits-for-growing-number-of-gig-workers/ Source: https://alabamareflector.com/2024/08/28/alabama-considers-employment-benefits-for-gig-nontraditional-workers/
Senator Orr secures funding to support new Hartselle library Written on August 30, 2024. Source: https://www.hartselleenquirer.com/2024/08/28/hartselle-gets-20k-grant-new-library-bidding-begins-soon/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2024-08-30&utm_campaign=Your+Daily+News
Senator Orr leads discussion of future education funding formula Written on August 26, 2024. Source: https://aldailynews.com/legislative-panel-discusses-modernizing-education-funding-model/
Senator Orr presents grant funding for new Hartselle library Written on August 26, 2024. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/hartselle-gets-20-000-grant-124000690.html
