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House swears in two new members on first day of legislative session

Tuesday, the Alabama legislature started the 2020 legislative session. The first order of business was to swear in two new members who had won special elections since the 2019 legislative session ended. Republican Charlotte Meadows was elected by Montgomery voters to fill the vacancy created by the sudden death of Dimitri Polizos (R-Montgomery). Republican Van … Continued
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February 5, 2020
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North Carolina mother sheds light on Alabama Charter School mess

Editor’s note:  Alyson Ford is a mother in the Charlotte, NC area.  It wasn’t long after she enrolled one of her sons in a charter school that she began to feel something was amiss.  Soon she was attending board meetings of the school and digging into financial records.  What she found was disturbing and even … Continued
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January 27, 2020

Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg visits Alabama

Former New York City Mayor, billionaire, and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg made a campaign stop in Montgomery on Monday. Bloomberg met with healthcare experts and providers to discuss his plans to lower infant mortality. Alabama has one of the highest infant mortality and maternal mortality rates in the country, especially among Black women. … Continued
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January 22, 2020

Sewell announces grants to help the homeless

Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Selma) announced that the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has recently awarded $11,445,018 to local “Continuums of Care” (CoCs) across Alabama’s 7th Congressional District. HUD’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Program works with local non-profit providers and state and local governments (CoCs) to end homelessness, providing rapid … Continued
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January 22, 2020

Today is Martin Luther King Day

Today, Monday, January 20, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This holiday is set aside to remember the life and work of Civil Rights movement legend and pastor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today is a federal and state holiday so government offices, post offices, banks, courthouses, and most schools will be closed. King, along … Continued
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January 20, 2020

CAIR-Alabama calls for action after Mobile officers posted “homeless quilt” on social media

Tuesday, the Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR-Alabama, called for corrective action after Mobile Police officers posted on social media a “homeless quilt” that ridiculed homeless people. CAIR-Alabama said that action was needed to insure no member of the department engages in similar activity in the future. The Facebook post showed two … Continued
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January 2, 2020

John Lewis has pancreatic cancer

Sunday, Georgia Congressman and Alabama native John Lewis (D) announced that he has pancreatic cancer. The 79-year-old Lewis is a civil rights movement legend who worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on both the 1963 March on Washington and the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march. Lewis has received the Presidential Medal of … Continued
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December 30, 2019