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Thousands of small businesses in Alabama won’t have to pay monthly estimated sales taxes starting Sunday

Thousands of small businesses in the state will no longer have to pay monthly estimated sales taxes to the Alabama Department of Revenue effective Sunday. 

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Homewood City Council moves forward with referendum for new city government model inspired by Vestavia Hills

The Homewood City Council moved forward in the process of creating a referendum to change the city’s model of government during its meeting on Monday night.

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Residents of ‘The Preserve’ in Hoover attempting to stop rental units, hotel from altering development

A group of Hoover residents are attempting to stop a new development proposed for their neighborhood. 

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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Alabama State University football player punches security guard in face after away loss, receives suspension from school

A video circulating on Twitter over the weekend shows Alabama State University wide receiver Jacob Freeman punching a security guard in the face after the team lost to Florida A&M on the road on Saturday.

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Calhoun County Schools cancels football game against Anniston on behalf of White Plains after recent shooting

After Anniston High School canceled its community pep rally and homecoming parade on Thursday following a recent shooting, White Plains High School canceled its matchup against Anniston on Friday. 

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Anniston High School cancels homecoming parade and pep rally after Tuesday shooting that police say involved teen girls

The Anniston High School Bulldogs will take on the White Plains Wildcats in its annual homecoming football game on Friday night. But, unlike previous years, Anniston residents didn’t get to encourage the team the night before.

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Barry Moore: Illegal immigrants under Biden more than the population of over half of states

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) took a jab at President Joe Biden on Friday morning, suggesting that the number of illegal immigrants that have entered through the southern border exceeds the populations of a majority of U.S. states.

A picture of a crane at the Elmore construction site presented at the Joint Prison Oversight Committee Meeting on September 20 2023 Photo by Will Blakely Alabama News
ADOC's Hamm blames rising construction prices for significant Elmore prison cost overrun

MONTGOMERY - Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Commissioner John Hamm delivered an update on prison construction during Wednesday’s Join Prison Oversight Committee meeting, insinuating that just one of the two new mega-prisons could cost the state over $1 billion.

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Homewood committee recommends city council move forward with referendum considering city manager model

This week, the Homewood City Council’s Finance Committee officially recommended that the council change how the city government operates.

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ADOC's Hamm refuses to answer questions about potential August hostage situation, prisoner with gun: 'It wasn’t pretty, but we’re getting to the bottom of it'

MONTGOMERY - Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm refused to go into detail about an incident at Donaldson Correctional Facility in August, which involved a prisoner with a gun who may have taken guards hostage.

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Activists protest Samford University for not recognizing LGBTQ law student organization

Student and local LGBTQ activists crowded in front of the Wright Center at Samford University in Birmingham on Thursday to pressure the private Christian college into removing what they call anti-LGBTQ policies.

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Former Crimson Tide basketball player Darius Miles asks judge to drop information that his attorneys say was obtained illegally

Attorneys for former University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles filed a motion on Sunday asking a judge to throw out information he told investigators after a deadly shooting on the Tuscaloosa Strip in January.

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University of Alabama touts increase in number of in-state students, but majority of students are still out-of-state

Last year, the University of Alabama reported a record-breaking freshman class, but only 37% of first-year students were from Alabama. This year, UA broke records again, not just for the number of students but for the overall number of students from Alabama.

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Birmingham butts heads with Jefferson County on jailing misdemeanor inmates: ‘This would strain our facilities, our deputies and our prosecutors’

Negotiations between the City of Birmingham and Jefferson County over who will take in jail inmates with misdemeanor charges have been a source of tension between the two government entities.

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Auburn ranks in top 50 public schools nationwide, outranks University of Alabama, UAB

U.S. News & World Report released its annual Best Colleges rankings on Sunday, listing Auburn University as the 47th-best public school in the country.

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How does Alabama’s new ‘anti-ESG’ bill actually work, and who does it apply to?

Last spring, the Alabama Legislature passed what some Republicans called the strongest piece of legislation battling controversial environmental, social, governance investing in the country. Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill into law in June.

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‘Trying to turn Auburn into California’ — Some upset about mixed-use development replacing Bourbon St. Bar on North College

Some Auburn fans are upset about a mixed-use development across from Toomer’s Corner, including residential condos beginning at $2 million.

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Birmingham Mayor Woodfin to 16th Street Baptist Church bombing commemoration attendees: 'Citizens of this country are still disenfranchised from their constitutional right to vote'

Before U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson spoke to commemorate the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church on Friday, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin claimed some laws still violate certain citizens' right to vote.

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U.S. Rep. Sewell accuses certain Americans of attempting to 'whitewash' history, ban books on anniversary of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) used the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on Friday to accuse her political opponents of attempting to "whitewash" history and ban books.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson marks 60th anniversary of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson spoke in Birmingham on Friday to commemorate the anniversary of the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four young black girls.

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Jefferson County Commission ‘very smoothly’ passes record $1 billion operating and capital budget for 2023-2024

The Jefferson County Commission unanimously passed a record $1 billion balanced operating and capital budget for fiscal year 2023-2024 during Thursday morning’s commission meeting.

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Auburn University’s Turning Point USA chapter welcoming conservative commentator, radio show host Dan Bongino on Friday

Auburn’s chapter of Turning Point USA is hosting an event by conservative commentator and radio show host Dan Bongino on Friday.

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‘Was he hurting anyone?’: Father of Jefferson County elementary school student suspended for making a finger gun defends his son

A parent of a Jefferson County student who was suspended earlier this month for pretending his finger was a gun in a game of cops and robbers spoke out on Alabama Unfiltered on NewsTalk 93.1 on Tuesday.

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Indian Ford Fire District residents in Jefferson County vote to join Helena after contentious annexation battle with Hoover

Unofficial election results show the City of Helena victorious in an annexation referendum in the Indian Ford Fire District that was the subject of a battle between it and the City of Hoover this summer.

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Crimson Tide walk-on wide receiver arrested, charged with sodomy

A football player for the University of Alabama was arrested on Monday and charged with sexual assault in his home county.

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Indoor soccer team coming to Pelham as potential loss of Oak Mountain Amphitheatre looms

Entertainment management company Live Nation might be leaving Pelham’s Oak Mountain Amphitheatre for a new venue in downtown Birmingham, but it’s gaining a professional indoor soccer team. 

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Two vacant Homewood office buildings adjacent to Magic City Acceptance Academy could become living community for disabled and LGBTQ seniors

Two vacant office buildings in Homewood may soon become living communities for disabled and LGBTQ seniors.

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