News

• Sen. Orr continues pushing AL 67 four lane project - The Decatur Daily 9/7/09
• Sen. Orr voices concerns over gas depot projects in Decatur - The Decatur Daily 9/6/09
• Sen. Orr work with Hartselle leaders for elected school board vote - The Decatur Daily 9/6/09
• Sen. Orr pens op-ed piece regarding dropout rates - Hartselle Enquirer 8/27/09, Montgomery Advertiser 8/18/09, Madison Record 8/28/09
• Sen. Orr gives long time blood donor legislative resolution - The Decatur Daily 8/23/09
• Falkville High School thanks Sen. Orr for gym air conditioner funding - The Hartselle Enquirer 8/13/09
• Sen. Orr participates in annual Purple Heart ceremony - The Decatur Daily 8/2/09, The Hartselle Enquirer 8/13/09
• Brewer High School receives funding assistance for Wallace State duel enrollment program - Hartselle Enquirer 8/13/09
• Somerville Mayor thanks Sen. Orr for $25K funding for courthouse - The Somerville Newsletter 8/09
• Sen. Orr welcomes gubernatorial candidates to help dropout efforts - The Decatur Daily, The Times Daily 8/5/09
• Hartselle mayor thanks Sen. Orr for Senior Center funding - The Decatur Daily 7/3/09
• Senator Orr gives 15,000 in grants for Danville High School ballfields and gym air conditioner - Hartselle Enquirer 7/30/09
• Sen. Orr attends South Huntsville Civic Association meeting over public housing - Huntsville Times 7/29/09
• Sen. Orr convenes dropout commission - The Decatur Daily 7/26/09
• Decatur Dixie Debs get "good luck" in the world series visit from Sen. Orr - The Decatur Daily 7/26/09
• Dropout Commission begins work - The Huntsville Times, The Decatur Daily, The Birmingham News, The Gadsden Times 7/23/09
• Sen. Orr presents Senate Resolution to Josh Rath family - The Decatur Daily 7/20/09
• Sen. and Mrs. Orr sponsor several butterflies for cancer victims - The Times Daily 7/18/09
• Legislative delegation honors fallen firefighters - The Athens News Courier 7/10/09
• Sen. Orr participates in Somerville courthouse reopening celebration - The Somerville Newsletter 7/09
• Sen. Orr promises Alabama National Guard leadership for new brigade to be based in Decatur - The Decatur Daily 6/23/09
• Sen. Orr announces $25,000 appropriation for Somerville Courthouse restoration - The Decatur Daily 6/21/09
• Gov. Riley appoints Sen. Orr to head State Dropout Study Commission - Hartselle Enquirer 6/18/09
• Morgan Commission chairman follows Gov. Riley and Sen. Orr lead with county transparency - The Decatur Daily 6/17/09
• Editorial applauds Sen. Orr's transparency legislation - The Decatur Daily 6/17/09
• City of Decatur plans to put checkbook online after Sen. Orr state bill signing - The Decatur Daily 6/16/09
• Paper call Sen. Orr's dropout legislation a "significant accomplishment" - Mobile Press-Register 6/5/09
• Mobile Press-Register call Sen. Orr dropout bill a "significant accomplishment" - 6/5/09
• House speaker's chief credits several Orr sponsored bills as successes of legislative session - Mobile Press-Register 6/2/09
• Sen. Orr thanked for passage of free clinic legislation  - The Decatur Daily 6/2/09
• The Anniston Star calls Sen. Orr dropout bill "one of the few progressive moves" of the the legislature - 5/29/09
• Five bills sponsored by Sen. Orr become law - Hartselle Enquirer 5/29/09
• Gov. Riley visits Decatur to sign Sen. Orr sponsored transparency bill - Huntsville Times, The Decatur Daily 5/28/09
• Local school officials praise Sen. Orr dropout legislation - The Decatur Daily 5/26/09
• Sen. Orr and Rep. Ball to keep pushing ethics and transparency legislation - Huntsville Times 5/25/09
• Sen. Orr and Rep. Ball praise transparency bill passes during session - Madison Record 5/22/09
• Sen. Orr continues to give away payraise funds to charity - Montgomery Advertiser 5/21/09
• Legislature passes Sen. Orr sponsored transparency bills - The Times Daily 5/20/09
• Dropout legislation passes legislature - Alex City Outlook 5/20/09
• Sen. Orr's transparency bill await Gov. Riley's signature - The Decatur Daily 5/20/09
• Gov. Riley signs Sen. Orr's dropout legislation - The Decatur Daily 5/19/09
• Sen. Orr's free clinic insurance legislation passes legislature - The Decatur Daily 5/16/09
• Sen. Orr's dropout bill passes legislature - Montgomery Advertiser, Birmingham News, Huntsville Times 5/16/09
• Sen. Orr requests funds for downtown Decatur arts center from County Commission - The Decatur Daily 5/13/09
• Sen. Orr pitches downtown Decatur arts center to city council - The Decatur Daily 5/12/09
• Sen. Orr's dropout bill passes House of Representatives - The Decatur Daily 5/6/09
• Sen. Orr assists in Limestone quarry legislation - The Decatur Daily 5/6/09
• Sen. Orr continues to donate all payraise funds to charity - Huntsville Times 5/5/09
• Sen. Orr introduces TVA in-lieu-of-tax bill for simplification - The Decatur Daily 5/5/09
• Sen. Orr helps push downtown Decatur arts facility - The Decatur Daily 5/5/09
• Sen. Orr co-sponsored quarry legislation passes house committee - The Decatur Daily 5/1/09
• Sen. Orr visits with local cattlemen in Montgomery - Alabama Report 5/09

• Sen. and Mrs. Orr support Hartselle Fine Arts Center fundraiser - Hartselle Enquirer 4/30/09

• The Huntsville Times endorses Sen. Orr and Rep. Ball bill for curbing Huntsville Housing Authority's power and demanding accountability - 4/22/09
• Democrats again kill Sen. Orr's PAC to PAC transfer ban - Montgomery Advertiser 4/17/09, The Birmingham News 4/17/09, The Huntsville Times 4/18/09
• Falkville mayor Walker thanks Sen. Orr for sidewalk grant funds of $216,506 - The Decatur Daily 4/15/09
• Sen. Orr announces $707,000 grant for Phase III of Hartselle downtown development - The Decatur Daily 4/15/09
• Sen. Orr announces grant funding for 2nd Avenue in Decatur ($712,000) and depot purchase/renovation ($900,000) - The Decatur Daily 4/15/09
• Sen. Orr honored by Morgan County Volunteer Firefighters Association - The Decatur Daily 4/12/09
• Sen. Orr helps sponsor Better Business Bureau Shred Day - The Decatur Daily 4/12/09
• Sen. Orr's bill to require sheriff's to report/disclose profits made from jail food or other activities. Passes Senate committee - The Decatur Daily 4/8/09
• Sen. Orr's food tax elimination plan passes senate committee - Montgomery Advertiser 4/8/09, The Huntsville Times 4/8/09, The Decatur Daily 4/8/09
• Sen. Orr uses legislative pay raise funds to sponsor dropout prevention bus for Morgan county schools - Hartselle Enquirer 4/2/09
• Sen. Orr's dropout bill passes House committee - The Huntsville Times 4/2/09, AEA Journal 4/6/09
• Birmingham News editorial praises Sen. Orr for giving away all his legislative pay raise as promised - 4/3/09
• As promised, Sen. Orr continues giving all pay raise and Colas to nonprofit organizations - Associated Press 4/1/09, The Huntsville Times, 4/15/09, Opelika-Auburn News 4/1/09
• Sen. Orr maintains stand of keeping the death penalty - Montgomery Advertiser 4/9/09
• Sen. Orr hosts Madison scout as senate page for a week - The Huntsville Times 3/4/09, Madison Record 3/27/09
• Council president credits Sen. Orr for stimulus funds - The Decatur Daily 3/13/09
• Legislature approves important film incentive bill - The Decatur Daily 3/11/09
• Senate passes Sen. Orr's bill to require state checkbook online - The Decatur Daily 3/6/09
• Sen. Orr offers plan to remove food tax at local level - The Huntsville Times 3/5/09
• Sen. Orr insurance liability bill clears Senate committee - The Decatur Daily 2/27/09
• Sen. Orr's dropout bill passes Senate committee - The Huntsville Times 2/26/09, The Decatur Daily 2/26/09, The Birmingham News 2/26/09
• Sen. Orr secures grant for Decatur signage - The Decatur Daily 2/27/09, Tourism Matters 2/09
• Alabama Association of School Boards endorses Sen. Orr's dropout bill - AASB Legislative Alert 2/27/09
• Senate committee passes Sen. Orr illegal immigration bills - Montgomery Advertiser 2/25/09, The Birmingham News 2/25/09
• Sen. Orr legislative pay raise account funds visit of dropout prevention bus - The Decatur Daily 2/24/09
• Several newspapers endorse Sen. Orr's dropout bill - Opelika-Auburn News 2/13/09, Montgomery Advertiser 2/13/09, The Anniston Star 3/6/09, Mobile Press Register 2/12/09, Huntsville Time 2/12/09
• Sen. Orr free clinic bill for retired physicians passes Senate - The Decatur Daily 2/13/09
• Newspapers across state support ethics package proposed by Senators Orr and Ball - The Decatur Daily 2/2/09, The Huntsville Time 1/30/09, Montgomery Advertiser 2/2/09, Montgomery Press-Register 2/2/09
• Sen. Orr brings State Commissioners for Senior Services to investigate Neel Senior Center needs - The Decatur Daily 1/25/09
• Sen. Orr and Sen. Ball continue to push stronger ethics laws - The Decatur Daily 1/21/09, Montgomery Advertiser 2/2/09, Mobile Press Register 1/27/09, The Huntsville Time 1/30/09
• Priceville Town Council thanks Sen. Orr for $17,200 fire department grant - Priceville Update 1/09
• Sen. Orr continues state water plan despite end of drought - The Decatur Daily 12/28/08
• Falkville band receives donation from Sen. Orr - Harselle Enquirer 12/25/08
• Sen. Orr assists Hartselle's Talented and Gifted program with grant - Hartselle Enquirer 12/18/08

• Sen. Orr and Republican caucus announce food tax repeal plan - The Huntsville Times, The Decatur Daily 12/12/08
• Somerville mayor credits Sen. Orr for new police car - Somerville News 12/08
• Sen. Orr continues pledge of donating pay raise funds. Almost $27,000 donated through FY 2008 - Montgomery Advertiser 11/23/08
• Hartselle mayor thanks Sen. Orr and Gov. Riley for Senior Center grant - The Decatur Daily 10/29/08

• Sen. Orr expresses need for protecting Tennessee River and water resources - The Decatur Daily 10/5/08, Hartselle Enquirer 10/9/08
• Sen. Orr helps secure $17,000 grant for Priceville Fire and Police departments - The Decatur Daily 10/1/08
• Sen. Orr gets over $75,000 in state funds for Cain Stadium enhancements - Hartselle Enquirer 8/28/08
• Grant funds secured for Falkville High School - The Decatur Daily 8/21/08
• Sen. Orr gets $30,000 grant for Ogle Stadium - The Decatur Daily 8/20/08
• Sen. Orr obtains grant funds for NW Decatur park - The Decatur Daily 7/18/08
• Sen. Orr obtains grant funds for area projects - The Decatur Daily 6/24/08, Hartselle Enquirer 6/26/08
• Sen. Orr editorial praises regional cooperation in landing robotics facility - The Athens News Courier 6/17/08, The Decatur Daily 6/18/08, Hartselle Enquirer 6/19/08
• Sen. Orr secures grant for Trinity playground - The Decatur Daily 6/17/08
• Sen. Orr secures $50,000 in direction signage for Decatur - The Decatur Daily 6/11/08
• Sen. Orr sponsors first illegal immigration bill to pass Senate - The Birmingham News, The Decatur Daily 5/1/08
• Sen. Orr free clinic bill passes Senate - The Decatur Daily 5/1/08
• Sen. Orr presents $11,000 grant check for Hartselle High School ball field improvements - Hartselle Enquirer 4/17/08
• Sen. Orr sponsored bill for schools and fire departments passes legislature - The Decatur Daily 4/16/08
• Sen. Orr secures $20,000 in grant funds for Somerville courthouse - The Decatur Daily 4/15/08
• Sen. Orr gives grant funds for Danville Lions Club special needs playground at Danville Elementary - The Danville Messenger 4/11/08
• Sen. Orr gives $500 donation to Somerville courthouse fund from pay raise - The Somerville Newsletter 4/8/08
• Editorial in The Huntsville Times praises Sen. Orr for health insurance stand - 4/6/08
• Sen. Orr opposes health insurance for legislators - The Huntsville Times 4/3/08, The Decatur Daily 4/6/08
• Sen. Orr gains more state funds for Hamitt Street Bridge in Hartselle - Hartselle Enquirer 3/27/08, The Decatur Daily 3/30/08
• Sen. Orr receives prestigious International Award from Rotary - The Decatur Daily 3/11/08
• Sen. Orr secures funds for special needs playground  - The Decatur Daily 2/05/08
• Sen. Orr gets funds for community center in Union Hill - The Decatur Daily 1/25/08
• Sen. Orr secures $20,000 grant for Hartselle SNAP project - Hartselle Enquirer

• Editorials in The Birmingham News, Huntsville Times, Montgomery Advisor, Daily Home, Times Daily, Ledger-Enquirer and The Decatur Daily praise Sen. Orr and Rep. Ball for transparency package bills- 12/07, 1/08