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Ivey appoints Marty Redden as secretary of OIT

Tuesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R)on announced that Marty Redden will serve as the Alabama Office of Information Technology Secretary. Redden has been serving as the acting secretary since July 2019. “Since Marty stepped in to OIT as the acting secretary, he has run the agency effectively and with great prudence, and the state will … Continued
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November 20, 2019
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A bipartisan solution to the net neutrality impasse could boost Telehealth

Telemedicine holds the potential to reshape health care delivery in rural America.  Advances in technology and broadband connectivity could open up a world in which farmers and factory workers in rural Black Belt counties have the same access to world-class medical specialists that residents of the world’s largest and wealthiest cities already take for granted. … Continued
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October 15, 2019

Whatley appointed to chair Joint Legislative Study Committee on Driverless Vehicles

Thursday, the Joint Legislative Study Committee on Driverless Vehicles chose State Senator Tom Whatley (R-Auburn) as its chairman. State Representative Barbara Drummond (D-Mobile) was elected Vice-Chairman. The two had worked together on last year’s study committee as well. Sen. Whatley said that he was old enough to remember when we didn’t have cell phones. “We … Continued
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September 27, 2019
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A hard lesson we never learn

I’m just finishing the first hectic week of classes at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I teach in the English Department. This semester I have two composition classes and an American literature. I also work with the University Honors Program. Our major study in American lit will be the novels Their Eyes Were Watching … Continued
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August 30, 2019
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Gov. Kay Ivey making us proud

Gov. Kay Ivey made us very proud by welcoming Vice President Mike Pence and the National Space Council to the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville this week. I watched the three -hour event through live streaming. It was awesome. I was happy to see our Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson on the … Continued
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March 29, 2019

Brooks accuses Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of economic ignorance

Tuesday, Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, accused socialist Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, with economic ignorance in response to her attacks on the free enterprise system. Congressman Mo Brooks delivered his comments in a forceful speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. “A prominent American Socialist politician recently proclaimed that “capitalism is irredeemable,” … Continued
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March 14, 2019
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Let’s stop unwanted telemarketing calls

“Sarah, can you get me Floyd at the barbershop?” Such a request was typical of phone service in the 1950’s and prior, not only for The Andy Griffith Show’s mythical Town of Mayberry, but in communities throughout America. That was when operators used to manually connect callers with wires and a switchboard. Now technology allows … Continued
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January 28, 2019