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Samford sets school record with 10 Southern Conference athletic championships during 2022-23 school year

Samford won 10 SoCon titles thus far and could another one in the conference baseball tournament.

Greenetrack Alabama News
Greene County gambling constitutional amendment passes Senate

Local legislation proposing a constitutional amendment to legalize historical horse racing gambling machines in Greene County passed the Senate on Thursday.

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Lauren DeMoss Benson: Brittney Griner grows up and begins appreciating America

Perhaps “feeling older” means Griner is growing up to recognize that while our nation is far from perfect, it is still the best place on earth to live, and the lies she had been sold by the left were nothing more than seeds of hatred sown by slander.

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Amended legislation requiring random audits of Alabama elections passes House committee

A bill to require random audits of Alabama elections has cleared House Constitutions, Campaigns, and Elections Committee.

ESG Alabama News
Anti-ESG bill passes House committee as legislative session winds down

Legislation by State Sen. Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook) prohibiting state contracts with businesses that boycott certain sectors of the economy based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies passed the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday.

Lia Thomas Alabama News
Transgender collegiate sports ban receives final passage from legislature, heads to Ivey's desk for signature

On Wednesday, the Alabama Legislature approved a bill to prohibit transgender collegiate athletes from competing in sports designed for the opposite sex.

Marshall County Sheriff's Office Alabama News
Marshall County Sheriff's Office identifies body in 26-year-old murder case

On April 15, 1997, the body of a white male was discovered near a shallow creek bed in Union Grove, Marshall County. According to the sheriff’s office, the body had its head, hands and feet intentionally removed, making a positive identification nearly impossible beyond race and gender.

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Revised state budgets include doubled rebate checks, bailout for 2022 World Games

Both Education Trust Fund and General Fund budgets passed out of their respective House and Senate Committees on Wednesday.

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Bill formerly known as the 'Gang' Prevention Act passes Senate

Amended legislation adding enhanced penalties for offenders involved in “criminal enterprises” passed the Alabama Senate unanimously on Wednesday.

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Auburn falls to Vanderbilt 6-4 in second round of SEC Baseball Tournament

The fifth-seeded Auburn Tigers snapped a nine-game winning streak in a game that began Wednesday night and ended in the early hours of Thursday morning at the Hoover Met.

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Alabama blows three-run lead in extra innings to Florida in SEC Baseball Tournament

Alabama came into Wednesday night’s game against the No. 1 seed Florida Gators on a six game win streak, but couldn’t extend it to seven games, losing a heartbreaker in the 11th inning 7-6.

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Justin Bogie talks the tax legislation pending before the legislature on News Talk 93.1 'News & Views'

Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on "News & Views" with Joey Clark as they discuss the various tax bills pending before the legislature, while combined they don't come close to the $2 billion in recent Georgia tax cuts.

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Justin Bogie: Is the Alabama Senate letting tax relief efforts slowly die?

Alabama’s government had a more than $3 billion combined budget surplus entering 2023. Yet lawmakers still seem reluctant to give “too much” of that surplus back to its rightful owners.

Carfentanil Alabama News
Walker County Sheriff concerned about elephant tranquilizer showing up in Alabama

Carfentanil, also called Wildnil, has been identified in Walker County. The synthetic opioid is nothing new but hasn’t been a top concern for law enforcement until now.

Benard Simelton Alabama News
Alabama NAACP condemns state legislature's anti-CRT bill; Claims it would ban teaching of slavery, 'real history' — 'We know what's happening on Florida'

The president of the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, Bernard Simelton, compared Alabama to Florida as he openly condemned the Alabama Legislature for its efforts to pass a law banning Critical Race Theory and other "divisive concepts" from the classroom.

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Grocery tax cut legislation clears House committee

Members of the Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee passed legislation that would cut the state’s sales tax on groceries by 2% on Wednesday.

Tim James Alabama News
Tim James: ALDOT director should be held personally responsible for 'waste of taxpayer dollars' on Baldwin County bridge project

Former gubernatorial candidate Tim James has a unique perspective on the building of a new bridge over the Intercoastal Waterway in Baldwin County.

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'What is a Woman Act' clears House committee, will go to House floor for a vote

The controversial What is a Woman Act, which defines man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, male, female and sex in the Code of Alabama, passed the House Health Committee on Wednesday, moving it one more step to final passage as the session winds down.

Birmingham Water Works General Manager Michael Johnson Alabama News
Birmingham Water Works hiring more billing personnel, looking to implement automatic meter readers by 2024

The Birmingham Water Works announced a new billing initiative on Tuesday, which it claims will address the utility’s billing issues that customers experienced last year.

Steve Marshall Alabama News
AG Marshall disputes claim that ESG is 'free market' in WSJ oped

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday criticizing ESG agenda proponents who purport to be defenders of the free market.

Will Ainsworth Alabama News
Ainsworth: AEA is trying to kill the grocery tax reduction legislation

According to Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, the Alabama Education Association was working to kill an effort to reduce the state's share of the burden of the grocery tax on consumers.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. Photo: Erica Thomas. Alabama News
AG Marshall sues telemarketing company for making billions of robocalls

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed a lawsuit against the owner and vice president of a telemarketing company that is responsible for billions of robocalls across the nation.

Tuberville Alabama News
Tuberville: The Biden administration is right to be afraid of aggravating me by stripping SPACECOM from Huntsville

It should be obvious that Huntsville is the ideal spot for Space Command. But Democrats in Washington never let the facts get in the way of good politics.

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Contentious absentee ballot legislation clears Senate committee with amendment

The hotly debated bill designed to crack down on ballot harvesting has passed a Senate committee with amendments after holding a public hearing for critics to voice concerns.  

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Heavily amended Chinese land acquisition bill receives final passage in legislature

The Alabama House of Representatives voted to concur with the amended version of a bill that would prevent Chinese acquisition of Alabama land.

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Parents claim racism in Guntersville public schools, NAACP denounces legislature CRT ban at town hall — 'She sounds like she came out of the cotton field'

A group of concerned parents and community members gathered in Guntersville Tuesday evening to discuss concerns of racial discrimination within the Guntersville City School system.

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'School choice-lite' legislation passes Alabama Senate

The Alabama Senate passed an expansion of the Alabama Accountability Act tax credit program late Tuesday night after over five hours of filibusters from Democrats and Republicans. 

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