The Alabama Department of Revenue (ALDOR) is warning residents of a new scam involving text messages looking to enforce penalties for “unpaid traffic tickets” from a fraudulent Alabama Department of…
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Opinion | Alabama’s prisons are awful…
Opinion | Alabama’s prisons are awful, expensive, ineffective, and counterproductive Alabama operates one of the worst prison systems in the world, for no apparent reason other than we just like…
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This Could Be The Worst One Yet
What is it with these Republicans that they ignore the Constitution and the laws of Alabama to do what they please? First of all, the Chairman of the Alabama Republican…
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Opinion | This isn’t backing the blue
If Alabama really wants to back the blue, it would help the good cops get rid of the bad ones. By Josh Moon In December 2023, Micah Washington and two…
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Opinion | The real economic killer in Alabama? Moral politics, not the market
If business stays silent, extremists will write the next chapter of Alabama’s economy — and it won’t be one of growth. By Bill Britt Alabama is on the edge of…
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CARVER HIGH SCHOOL: THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY
CARVER HIGH SCHOOL Gadsden, Alabama THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY This is the third of series to coincide with ‘THE TIES THAT BIND’. (NOTE: If you have not read…
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Southern Poverty Law Center releases 2024 “Year in Hate and Extremism” Report
The SPLC identifies 1,371 extremist organizations nationally in 2024, noting a 25 percent increase in Alabama and mainstream infiltration of far-right ideologies. By Alex Jobin On Thursday, the Southern Poverty…
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Etowah County Commission takes over EMA management from City of Gadsden
By Sumner Harrell GADSDEN, Ala. (WBMA) — The Gadsden-Etowah County EMA (GCEMA) Board voted unanimously to move management of the EMA from the City of Gadsden to the Etowah County Commission…
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Alabama formally recognizes Juneteenth as state holiday with new law
Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill making Juneteenth a permanent state holiday, closing state offices annually on June 19 to commemorate emancipation. Gov. Kay Ivey recently signed House Bill 165…
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What Are They Thinking?
What Are They Thinking? Maybe They Aren’t! Have you ever thought “what are they thinking?” when you see how people in Alabama vote? Maybe that is the problem. Maybe they…
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