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Building new prisons is not the answer

Alabama should be building better schools, not better prisons. It’s as simple as that. And the truth is if we had done that from the beginning we probably wouldn’t have the overcrowded prisons we have today. It’s a statistical fact that if a child can’t read at a third-grade level by the time they graduate … Continued
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December 6, 2019

Byrne: Educating illegal immigrants harms Alabama students

Wednesday, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) said that forcing states to offer English as a Second Language program to undocumented immigrants and the children of undocumented immigrants harms states, local school systems and American citizen children. Byrne’s comments were made during an Education and Labor Committee hearing. House Democrats called the hearing to discuss how the … Continued
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December 5, 2019

Jones, Romney, and Casey introduce bipartisan Creating Early Childhood Leaders Act

Monday, U.S. Senators Doug Jones (D-Alabama), Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania), introduced the bipartisan Creating Early Childhood Leaders Act, which would ensure school leaders are able to effectively support early education teachers and provide children with high-quality early learning programs. “Alabama has a nationally recognized pre-k program that is hailed for its high … Continued
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November 7, 2019

Roby: 2.4 million STEM jobs went unfilled last year

U.S. Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, said Monday in an email to constituents that in “2018, nearly 2.4 million STEM jobs went unfilled, largely because STEM education is not readily available for many students.” STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. STEM is the fastest growing sector of the job market; but according to the … Continued
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September 24, 2019
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Kay Ivey has an opportunity to do some real good

Dressing up in blackface 50 years ago doesn’t make Gov. Kay Ivey a racist.  It just helps explain why she’s a racist today. Think of it sort of like those superhero origin stories that are popular now. The blackface incident at Auburn was just one early clue that Kay Ivey was going to be a … Continued
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August 30, 2019

Hindu statesman objects to Alabama’s yoga ban in schools

A noted Hindu statesman released a statement Monday continuing his objection to the continued “prohibition” of yoga in Alabama’s public schools. Hindu Statesman Rajan Zed said the prohibition of yoga was doing a “disservice” to the school children of Alabama and urged Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, Alabama Superintendent of Education Eric Mackey and Alabama State … Continued
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August 13, 2019
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A Washington success story

One of the first actions I took after being elected in 2013 was to visit all the hospitals in Southwest Alabama. Big and small, rural and urban, I visited them all. And I spoke directly with doctors and hospital leadership about issues they and their communities faced. I did this because the importance of hospitals … Continued
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August 13, 2019

Doug Jones talks healthcare at Hamilton town hall

Monday, U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D) was in Hamilton in Marion County for a town hall. The meeting was in the Old City Hall. Sixty people were in attendance. Jones said that the two most difficult things about being in the Senate is the schedule. The second is how difficult it has been to get … Continued
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August 6, 2019