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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

Moore: False accusations are “latest tool of political left to steal elections”

Sunday 2020 Democratic candidates Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Beto O’Rourke, Cory Booker and Julian Castro all called for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh be impeached after new accusations of inappropriate sexual contact by Kavanaugh at drinking parties in college during the 1980s surfaced. Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore alleged the accusations … Continued
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September 16, 2019

Mooney addresses Mid-Alabama Republicans

Senate candidate Arnold Mooney was in Vestavia Hills on Saturday to address the Mid-Alabama Republican Club. Mooney is a state representative in Indian Springs and a commercial real estate broker. “I am running because of our children and grandchildren,” Rep. Mooney said. “The legacy we leave our children and grandchildren is not good if we … Continued
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September 16, 2019

New absentee ballot option available for permanently disabled

As of Sept. 1, permanently disabled Alabamians can apply to be placed on a permanent absentee voter list, which will automatically mail them absentee ballots for future elections.  The state Legislature during the 2019 regular session approved the new law, which requires the applications to be signed and notarized by the disabled voter’s primary doctor.  … Continued
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September 13, 2019
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There’s only one way to save the Alabama Democratic party: Start over

Another week, another strongly worded letter from the Democratic National Committee about the Alabama Democratic Party.  On Monday, DNC chairman Tom Perez — the big dog among Democrats — sent a letter to the chairman of the Jefferson County Democratic Party outlining the current situation regarding Alabama’s pathetic state party and its recent troubles following … Continued
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September 10, 2019

Doug Jones launches “One-Alabama” re-election campaign

Sunday, U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, launched his re-election campaign at a campaign rally in Birmingham. The theme of the Jones campaign is: “One-Alabama.” Jones released a video that highlighting the Senator’s vision of unity and his history of standing up for all Alabamians Jones was joined by the Birmingham community, his family, elected officials … Continued
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September 10, 2019
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Montgomery mayor’s race should be about real problems, solutions. Instead it’s about racism.

As it turns out, there wasn’t any funny business with the Montgomery municipal elections last week.  Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill held a press conference on Thursday to say as much. There were some oddities. Some things didn’t go exactly right. There were a few individual cases of alleged fraud witnessed — all of … Continued
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September 6, 2019

Merrill says there were irregularities in Montgomery elections

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill met Thursday with the Alabama Political Reporter and the rest of the capitol press corps about the August 27 Montgomery municipal election. Merrill said that the Secretary of State’s office has received twelve credible complaints of alleged irregularities in the August elections for Mayor and City Council. Reporters asked … Continued
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September 6, 2019

Senate candidates warn of growing national debt

Wednesday, the Alabama Political Reporter asked Republican Senate candidates about how they intend to deal with the national debt. The debt grew during the Global War on Terror, grew during the TARP bank bailout, grew during those slow painful years of economic recovery following the Great Recession. Now the economy is booming; but the deficit … Continued
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September 6, 2019