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Celebrating Alabama’s Bicentennial

On December 14, 2019, Alabama celebrated its 200th year of statehood, and ALABAMA 200 would like to honor babies born on the state’s birthday with a special collection of bicentennial items. Bicentennial babies will receive a copy of “Alabama My Home Sweet Home,” a beautiful children’s book by beloved Alabama author Charles Ghigna, also known … Continued
February 28, 2020

Bloomberg making final Alabama push

The Michael Bloomberg campaign is making Alabama one of its top Super Tuesday priorities — hoping that state Democratic voters will help catapult the former New York City mayor into the running for the party’s presidential nomination.  Bloomberg has already spent more time in Alabama than most of the other candidates — including kicking off … Continued
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February 27, 2020
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Ethics are dying and you don’t care

Alabamians don’t care about ethics.  Just admit it. Or, actually, don’t even bother admitting it, because the evidence is quite clear.  You don’t really care that much.  Oh, sure, you say you do. Each election, when the pollsters start making calls asking you to rank what’s most important to you, you list ethics right up … Continued
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February 24, 2020
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How Alabama’s government stays broken

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist — or even any kind of scientist — to figure out that Alabama’s state government is broken.  I mean, really, just look around. At the poverty, the poor education, the racism, the arrested public officials, the in-your-face public corruption and the complete disregard for the welfare of the majority … Continued
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February 19, 2020

Merrill issues clarification on voting in Alabama related to STAR IDs

Following numerous constituency concerns related to the use of STAR IDs, Secretary of State John H. Merrill issued the following clarification on voting in Alabama: Recently, the Office of the Secretary of State has received numerous calls from misinformed citizens about the correct forms of photo identification accepted at the polls on Election Day. Acceptable … Continued
January 31, 2020

2020 Census efforts kick off at Alabama’s community colleges

On Monday, Alabama’s community colleges began their 2020 Census efforts with a kick off meeting and rally at the Alabama Community College System (ACCS) Office in Montgomery. Representatives from Alabama’s 24 community colleges, state officials, and U.S. Census Bureau staff joined together to launch the community college’s Alabama Counts effort and coordinate ideas to get … Continued
January 30, 2020

Marshall says “impeachment managers have no case”

Wednesday, 21 Republican attorneys generals, including Alabama AG Steve Marshall (R), filed the first-ever “friend of the Senate” letter outlining what they claim are the legal flaws of the perilous partisan move by the Democrats to use the impeachment of President Trump as a political weapon to destroy a cornerstone of the Constitution: the separation … Continued
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January 27, 2020

Sessions says that the people of Alabama expect their congress members to defend Alabama values

Saturday, U.S. Senate candidate former Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) said that the people of Alabama expect its Senator to defend Alabama values in the Senate. Sessions made those comments addressing the Mid-Alabama Republican Club in Vestavia Hills on Saturday. “A Senate seat is a very important thing,” Sessions told the MARC members. “The people … Continued
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January 15, 2020
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An open letter to Senator Del Marsh

Senator: While you and I could not disagree much more on what we need to do to help Alabama schools and educators, I have never questioned that you are a successful politician and businessman. You could have tremendous impact on education in this state–if you would listen to real educators and teachers instead of latching … Continued
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January 13, 2020