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Commission on artificial Intelligence meets today

The Alabama Commission on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Associated Technologies will hold its inaugural meeting today at 10:00 a.m. at the State Capitol in the Old Archives Room. The commission was created during the 2019 regular session by the Alabama Legislature. Senator Jabo Waggoner’s (R-Vestavia Hills) introduced Senate Joint Resolution seven which passed unanimously. SJR7 … Continued
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September 12, 2019

Tommy Battle will be featured speaker at Constitution Day Dinner

Thursday, Chairman Phillip Green and the Colbert County Republican Executive Committee said in a statement that they are pleased to announce that their inaugural Constitution Day Dinner will be held at the Robert Trent Jones clubhouse in Muscle Shoals on September 17th. The featured speaker will be Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle. Tommy Battle is the … Continued
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September 6, 2019

Republicans resist Alabama NAACP call for Ivey to resign

On Thursday, Alabama NAACP President Bernard Simelton called on Gov. Kay Ivey to resign from office after it was revealed that Ivey had performed a skit in blackface and overalls making fun of poor Black sharecroppers crawling around on their knees for cigar butts while she was a college student at Auburn University during the … Continued
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September 4, 2019

Ivey announces Alabama Bicentennial Schools of Excellence

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced the twenty-one schools selected as Alabama Bicentennial Schools of Excellence. The announcement was made at the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH), where Governor Ivey was joined by superintendents, principals, and teachers from the selected schools, along with legislators and other dignitaries from across the state. Each school also … Continued
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September 4, 2019

State of the art sawmill opens in Henry County

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey attended the official opening of Abbeville Fiber LLC, a state-of-the-art sawmill that will employ 115 people in Henry County once the facility is fully staffed. The $40 million investment is the largest economic development project in the county’s history, with $40 million invested to date. “What I have seen here today … Continued
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September 3, 2019
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What can we do in the aftermath of blackface controversy?

In the immediate aftermath of the revelation that as a college student Gov. Kay Ivey had worn blackface over 50 years ago, she was called a racist by some and defended by others; as news outlets and social media pages offered a myriad of commentary right and left. Lately, it seems that there is a … Continued
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September 2, 2019

Ivey approves sending National Guard support to Florida as needed

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced that she has approved the Alabama National Guard sending up to 50 support personnel to Florida, should the need arise from the then approaching Hurricane Dorian. “Alabamians believe in neighbors helping neighbors, and we stand ready to support the Floridians however we can,” Governor Ivey said. “Alabama is familiar with … Continued
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September 2, 2019

Sewell reacts to Ivey’s blackface revelation

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey admitted Thursday that during her years as a student in college she did perform a comedy skit in blackface. Congresswoman Terri Sewell, D-Selma, the only black woman to represent Alabama in Congress in the two-hundred-year history of the state, called the governor’s conduct at the time “reprehensible.” “Racism – in any … Continued
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August 30, 2019

Governor admits to blackface incident, offers apology

An audio tape over 50 years ago shows that as an Auburn student Gov. Kay Ivey attended a party dressed in blackface. “I have now been made aware of a taped interview that my then-fiance, Ben LaRavia, and I gave to the Auburn student radio station back when I was SGA Vice President,” said Ivey in … Continued
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August 29, 2019