The Yellowhammer Local Leader 20 is a collection of 20 of Alabama’s brightest local leaders. The criteria for making this list was fairly broad. Some members of the LL20 are up-and-coming elected officials who will likely go on to higher office in the future. Othe...

A version of this article appeared April 14, 2012, on page A13 in some U.S. editions of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Tornado Recovery: How Joplin Is Beating Tuscaloosa. By DAVID T. BEITO AND DANIEL J. SMITH Last April 27, one of the worst tornadoes in Ame...