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ASU can finally see the light

Here’s something that hasn’t been said much the last few years: Things are going pretty well at Alabama State University. The troubled historically black university has experienced a solid run of decent news of late. Nothing earth shattering. Not setting the world on fire. Just solid, move-things-forward news that reflects positively on one of the … Continued
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May 4, 2018
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Inside the Statehouse: Races to watch

Our antiquated 1901 Constitution was designed to give inordinate power to the Legislature. During the Wallace years, the King of Alabama politics, George Wallace, usurped this power and controlled the Legislature from the Executive Branch of Government. Over the last couple of decades the Legislature has wrestled this power back and pretty much excluded the Governor from … Continued
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April 18, 2018
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The changing atmosphere at ASU

On Thursday, Alabama State University officials and administrators will travel to Concordia College in Selma to help. Concordia, the nearly-100-year-old historically black college that has served the western portion of Alabama, is closing its doors for good. It can no longer afford to stay open. ASU has long been a sister school to Concordia, and … Continued
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March 15, 2018

John Knight, David Burkette in runoff for State Senate seat

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter State Rep. John Knight, D-Montgomery, and Montgomery City Councilman David Burkette received the most votes in the special Democratic Primary in Montgomery County’s state Senate District 26 special election. The two will face off in a runoff to fill the District 26 seat vacated by Quinton Ross after he … Continued
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December 14, 2017

Knight complains about cuts to Alabama State University

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, state Rep. John Knight, D-Montgomery, issued a letter complaining about what he felt are excessive budget cuts to Montgomery’s Alabama State University. “Alabama State University has come too far to allow the chairman of the Senate Education Committee to destroy our university. He has proposed ten times more … Continued
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November 21, 2017
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The worst thing Robert Bentley did

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter A few weeks ago, the Alabama House Judiciary Committee dropped a report detailing a bunch of awful things former Gov. Robert Bentley did. There were tales of affairs, of intimidation, of misusing power, of misusing State resources, of acting above the law and of flaunting his overreach of power. … Continued
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May 3, 2017

Steve Harvey’s company had signed agreement to manage Magic City Classic

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Steve Harvey’s promotions company, HarCal, had a memorandum of understanding with both Alabama State University and Alabama A&M University to handle promotions and events management for the annual Magic City Classic matchup between the two schools in Birmingham, documents obtained by APR show. Those documents, which include a non-binding … Continued
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March 8, 2017

Two more ASU trustees rejected by Senate

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Two more people nominated to serve on Alabama State University’s Board of Trustees have been rejected by the Alabama Senate. Houston attorney Claudine James and Fred Frost, a vice president at LogiCore Corporation in Huntsville were nixed by the Senate last week. Both were supporters of former president Gwendolyn … Continued
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February 23, 2017

ASU Board votes to fire Boyd

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Gwendolyn Boyd tenure at Alabama State University is officially over. ASU’s Board of Trustees voted 8-6 on Friday, following a nearly six-hour meeting, to terminate her contract. Boyd was in her third year at the school and finishing up the first year of a three-year contract extension granted … Continued
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December 16, 2016