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Halimah Abdullah
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E-mail Halimah Abdullah at habdullah@mcclatchydc.com
Halimah Abdullah covers Washington for The Lexington Herald-Leader in Lexington, Ky., the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in Columbus, Ga., and the Macon Telegraph in Macon, Ga.
She previously was a political reporter-editor for the Memphis Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., and covered regional politics for the paper. Previous papers include Newsday in Long Island, NY and the Dallas Morning News in Dallas, TX. She's won awards for enterprise, education and features reporting and received artist-in-residence appointments to several writing colonies. She has taught at Brooklyn College and John Jay College in New York.
A graduate of the University of Alabama, she holds a master's degree from the City University of New York's Brooklyn College.
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Halimah Abdullah's Latest Story
McConnell helps push payroll tax cut compromise
By Halimah Abdullah | McClatchy Newspapers
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stepped into the fractious payroll tax cut extension standoff between the Republican-controlled House and Democrat-controlled Senate Thursday — a move that upped the ante in the high stakes debate and pushed House GOP leadership toward a tentative resolution. » read more
Posted on Thu, December 22, 2011
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