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Andrew Sorrell Alabama News
State Auditor Sorrell defends fight against ESG, condemns criticism of anti-ESG bill proponent

State Auditor Andrew Sorrell defended the fight against government contracts with companies that discriminate using woke environmental, social governance (ESG) criteria in a letter to Troy University on Thursday.

Tabitha Isner Alabama News
Alabama Democrat vice chair Isner defends State Rep. Givan's racist comments — 'That is a word that can be used between black people'

Alabama Democratic Party Vice Chair Tabitha Isner has taken the stance that the confrontation between two State Reps., in which a Democratic lawmaker alluded to a GOP lawmaker as an N-word, would wisely be left unaddressed by white people.

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Pringle ends hold on 21 ALDOT contracts

House Pro-Tempore Chris Pringle (R-Mobile) said on Friday he’d dropped holds he’d placed on 21 transportation contracts on Thursday. 

Baldwin County Commission Annex Alabama News
Baldwin County commissioners not on board with State Sen. Elliott’s plan to add commission chair

Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine), who previously served as a Baldwin County Commissioner, hopes to add a fifth commissioner seat, in the shape of a full-time chairman who would be elected in 2024. But not everyone is in favor of that plan.

A close up of a pen filling in the yes option on a ballot. Alabama News
Bill designed to crack down on ballot harvesting passes House, despite lengthy Democratic protest

Controversial legislation designed to crack down on ballot harvesting passed the Alabama House of Representatives after vigorous Democratic protest.

Photo from Ted Nugents Facebook page Alabama News
Avondale Brewing cancels conservative guitarist Ted Nugent's farewell tour concert after social media backlash from leftists

Avondale Brewing Co. in Birmingham canceled rock artist Ted Nugent after a slew of left-wing complaints appeared in the comment section on the brewery’s social media post.

Mike Kilgore Alabama News
Centre Police arrest one of their own for ‘unlawful handing and planting of evidence’

A former officer with the Centre Police Department is charged with conspiracy to commit a controlled substance crime-distribution after investigators said he unlawfully handled and planted evidence.

Pringle Alabama News
House Pro-Tem Pringle: ALDOT director John Cooper is a ‘tyrant’

State Rep. Chris Pringle (R-Mobile) called Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) Director John Cooper a ‘tyrant’ and placed a hold on 21 transportation contracts on Thursday.

BBA Alabama News
Jefferson County commissioner Steve Ammons to resign from commission, named Birmingham Business Alliance CEO

Jefferson County commissioner Steve Ammons has been named the CEO of the Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) and will now be stepping down from the commission.

Jared Tarant Smith-Bracy Alabama News
Suspect in Daphne quadruple homicide to appear in court this month for preliminary hearing

The man accused in a quadruple homicide that happened on Feb. 22 in Daphne will have a preliminary hearing later this month.

Wayman Newton Alabama News
Tarrant mayor acquitted on assault, harassment charges; Bench trial set for councilman Tommy Bryant for punch caught on camera

Tarrant Mayor Wayman Newton has gotten some positive news from the courts after being acquitted of two criminal charges against him.

AL State House Lon Worley Alabama News
Education supplemental budget passes State Senate with $100 tax rebates

The Senate passed an amended supplemental education budget on Thursday that included a $100 tax rebate for Alabama taxpayers.

Birmingham-Southern College Alabama News
‘Distressed’ Birmingham-Southern college loan bill passes Senate

The Senate passed legislation on Thursday creating a “revolving loan” program for distressed colleges in Alabama.

Kenneth Paschal Alabama News
'I will never be bullied or insulted into apologizing for what I am': State Rep. Paschal addresses racist comments from Democrat State Rep. Givan

State Rep. Kenneth Paschal (R-Pelham) has addressed the exchange between him and State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham), in which she referred to Paschal as an N-word.

Juandalynn Givan Alabama News
State Rep. Givan says calls to apologize for racist comments directed at GOP lawmaker 'merely another alt-right Republican distraction'

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham), is resolutely “unapologetic” for her comments in which she referred to a GOP lawmaker as an "N-word."

Tucker Carlson in Oxford, Ala. 5/4/2023 Alabama News
Tucker Carlson praises Alabama, urges meaningful charitable giving in first appearance since his Fox News firing

Despite a drama-filled exit from his hosting duties from the highest-rated Fox News Channel program, Tucker Carlson said very little about his former employer during a speech given at a Rainbow Omega fundraiser on Thursday night.

John Wahl Alabama News
Alabama GOP calls for official apology from Rep. Juandalynn Givan after racist remarks given from House floor

The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) has called for an official apology from State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) after her Tuesday tirade in which she referred to a GOP lawmaker as an N-word.

Transgender athletics Alabama News
Transgender college athletics ban passes Senate

Legislation banning college athletes from participating in sports that do not correspond to their biological sex passed the Alabama Senate on Wednesday.

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Legislation adjusting 2017 Memorial Preservation Act to save I-65 Welcome Center Saturn 1B rocket stalls in Senate committee

The Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee delayed a bill on Wednesday that would’ve helped replace the Saturn 1B rocket at the Alabama rest stop off of Interstate 65 while making changes to the laws governing the removal of monuments. 

Baldwin County Bridge Alabama News
ALDOT director Cooper says bridge company plans 'useless as a screen door on a submarine'

The judge in the case of Baldwin County Bridge Company, LLC v. John R. Cooper, in his official capacity as director of the Alabama Department of Transportation extended a deadline for both parties to submit proposed orders.

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan Alabama News
State Rep. Givan doubles down on racist Tuesday Jay-Z tirade — Not the first time, 'may not be' the last time

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) is not backing down from her racist Tuesday tirade in which she referred to the only black Alabama GOP lawmaker as an "N-word."

Regions Alabama News
Regions Financial driving force behind pushback against anti-ESG legislation, sources say

Just as State Sen. Dan Roberts' (R-Mountain Brook) anti-ESG (environmental, social and governance) bill was gaining momentum in the Alabama Legislature, its hearing before the Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee, chaired by State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman), was delayed until at least next week.

Juandalynn Givan Alabama News
Watch: Democrat State Rep. Givan cites Jay-Z song to refer to Alabama's lone black GOP lawmaker as an 'N-word' — 'You gon’ always be one when you walk up in here'

While referencing a song by hip-hop artist Jay-Z, State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) indirectly referred to black GOP House member State Rep. Kenneth Paschal (R-Pelham) as an "N-word."

Montgomery Whitewater Alabama News
Amended education budget advances minus Montgomery Whitewater Park, World Games appropriations

Members of the Finance and Taxation Senate Committee passed an amended supplemental education budget that didn’t include some controversial projects in Gov. Kay Ivey’s budget proposal on Wednesday. 

SkyBar Cafe Alabama News
Auburn's Sky Bar owner sues city, claims it wrongfully issued sex offender notice

A bar owner in Auburn has filed a suit against the city for improperly notifying local residents of his registration status as a sex offender.

School classroom education children Alabama News
‘Divisive concepts’ legislation advances in State Senate

A bill banning the teaching of "divisive concepts" in Alabama schools and universities has passed a Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee on partisan lines on Wednesday.

Scott Harris (left) and Governor Kay Ivey Alabama News
Proposed bill would allow legislature to call special session, removing Governor's sole authority

A proposed constitutional amendment to remove the Alabama Governor's unilateral authority to call the state legislature into a special session has been filed in the House of Representatives.

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