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Jessa Reid Bolling

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Jessa Reid Bolling

Jessa Reid Bolling is a reporter at the Alabama Political Reporter and graduate of The University of Alabama with a B.A. in journalism and political science.

Bren Riley reelected as Alabama AFL-CIO president

Bren Riley has been reelected as the president of the Alabama American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).  The Alabama AFL-CIO is a federation of unions that represents over 50,000 union members and is made up of 37 international unions from across the state. The Alabama AFL-CIO serves as part of the … Continued
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October 28, 2019

Interior Department supports $1.6 billion in economic activity, 10,000 jobs in Alabama

Activities in Alabama on Interior-managed lands supported $1.6 billion and over 10,000 jobs in Alabama in 2018, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of the Interior. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Economic Report for Fiscal Year 2018 highlights Interior activities covering conventional and renewable energy, recreation, non-fuel minerals, irrigation and conservation … Continued
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October 17, 2019

Senate votes unanimously for Jones’ Military Widow’s Tax Elimination Act in final defense bill

The U.S. Senate moved closer yesterday to finally ending the Military Widow’s Tax that taxes military widows and widowers’ survivor benefits. The Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday to urge House-Senate National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference committee members to include the Military Widow’s Tax Elimination Act of 2019 in the NDAA, which authorizes funding to … Continued
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September 26, 2019

2018 Alabama high school graduation rates released early

According to an early report, Alabama’s high school graduation rate for 2018 has increased.  The State Department of Education had planned to the public release of the 2018 graduation rates in October but the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, a nonpartisan research group based at Samford University, released the 2017-18 high school graduation rates … Continued
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September 25, 2019

Governor awards grant to criminal justice professionals to better serve domestic violence victims

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded an $80,000 grant to provide increased services to domestic violence victims across Alabama.  The grant, provided to the Alabama Office of Prosecution Services, will make training programs available to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, staff at domestic violence shelters and other criminal justice personnel who work with domestic violence cases. A … Continued
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September 18, 2019

Biden attends commemoration of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

State and national politicians commemorated the 56th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden attended the memorial service at the church on Sunday. Late in the service, Biden spoke to the congregation, speaking the names of the victims, Addie Mae Collins, 14, Carol Denise McNair, 11, Carole Robertson, 14, … Continued
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September 16, 2019

Elliott suggests his removal from transportation committee by Ivey was act of retaliation

State Sen. Chris Elliott, R-Fairhope, suggested that Gov. Kay Ivey’s decision to remove him from the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II committee yesterday was an act of retaliation against him for opposing the Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project.  Ivey’s office confirmed yesterday that State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, D-Mobile, will take … Continued
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September 10, 2019