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The Phenix City story

There are very few Alabamians left who remember the 1950’s story of Phenix City, Alabama. After World War II, a good many of the military soldiers, enlisted men, stayed on for a while. A host of them were stationed at Ft. Benning in Columbus, Georgia. As many of you know, Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, … Continued
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August 7, 2019
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Alabama receives low score in American Cancer Society report

The American Cancer Society claimed that Alabama is “falling short” on implementing cancer-preventing policies in a recent statement analyzing their latest progress report. Their new report, titled “How do you measure up? A progress report on state legislative activity to reduce cancer incidence and mortality,” deemed that Alabama only passed one of eight evaluated areas. … Continued
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August 6, 2019

Pre-K program lowers discipline rates for students’ middle and high school years

New research suggests students who have participated in Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program, a voluntary, public early education program, are about half as likely to have disciplinary problems throughout their school careers than students who didn’t participate in the program.  The analysis was conducted by the First Class Pre-K Research Evaluation Team, a multi-disciplinary group … Continued
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July 29, 2019
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Commissioner Rick Pate offers his support of the USMCA

Alabama’s agricultural and forestry producers and related industries have been resilient in the face of hurricanes, tornados, floods, and droughts that devastated our state in the last few months. In addition to weathering these natural disasters, farmers and foresters now find themselves literally waiting on an Act of Congress to stabilize trading relationships with Canada … Continued
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July 29, 2019
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If unemployment in Alabama is low, why is poverty so high?

There is a problem in Alabama.  Well, actually, there are a lot of problems in Alabama, but this one problem is an encapsulation of almost all of the other problems.  Right now, we are at record-low unemployment — somewhere around 3.7 percent. And you know this is true because Gov. Kay Ivey has made a … Continued
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July 26, 2019

The Conversation: Impact of climate change in Alabama

Editor’s note: This is the second installment in APR’s yearlong series on climate change in Alabama. See our first story: Introduction: Impact of climate change in Alabama. Eddie Burkhalter is a staff writer at Alabama Political Reporter and a fellow at the Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship. The program is a partnership between the Poynter … Continued
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July 23, 2019

Spanish Fort resident Kiani Gardner announces Congress candidacy

New Democratic hopeful Kiani Gardner announced her candidacy for U.S. Congress in Alabama’s 1st Congressional District on Thursday. At a meeting for the Mobile County Democratic Party, she listed her top priorities as working for an economy that benefits all citizens, ensuring affordable healthcare for all Americans and fighting for environmental protection, specifically on Alabama’s … Continued
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July 19, 2019

New index shows rising prosperity in Alabama and the U.S.

A new U.S. Prosperity Index shows that Alabama is the fifth-lowest ranked state in the Union based on 11 “pillars of prosperity.”  Those pillars — defined by the Legatum Institute, which published the index — are used to quantify the overall prosperity of each state, the results of which are used to rank the 50 … Continued
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July 18, 2019

16 States, including Alabama, still have no anti-FGM laws

After Pennsylvania recently became the latest state to outlaw female genital mutilation last month, 16 states, including Alabama, remain the only states to have no legislation criminalizing the practice.  Female genital mutilation, which is defined as a procedure to “remove, cut, circumcise, excise, mutilate, infibulate or re-infibulate” any part of the genitals for non-medical purposes … Continued
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July 17, 2019