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Previously, candidates for municipal office filed with their probate judge.

All proclamations by the Office of the Governor of Alabama are now available to the public on the Alabama secretary of state website. Secretary of State John Merrill has worked to digitize these documents in an effort to promote transparency within the state government. The governor has the power to issue proclamations on many things, … Continued

The AHSAA Central Board of Control and its president, Johnny Hardin, released a statement Monday addressing the suspension of Maori Davenport. The talented senior basketball player from Troy’s Charles Henderson High has been suspended for her senior year for accepting and cashing an $857.20 check from USA Basketball — a “lost wages” payment mistakenly sent … Continued

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones is trying to declassify a number of documents related to unsolved criminal civil rights cases that are nearly 50 years old. His bipartisan bill that would do just that passed through the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Wednesday. The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act, which he … Continued

The Etowah County Sheriff’s race seems fun. For the past several weeks, current Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin has dealt with national news stories over his spending of money allocated for jail food. Now his opponent in that race, Jonathan Horton, is facing his own bad news. On Tuesday, a website — www.exposethesnake.com — went live, and … Continued

By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—All the records related to the suspension of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy S. Moore are currently being held under seal. On Wednesday, The Alabama Political Reporter, through its attorneys Ed and Morgan Cunningham, filed to intervene in the case, seeking an order to unseal all of the … Continued