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Day Four highlights of the AHSAA Basketball Championship

Central-Phenix City and Spain Park battled down to the final play. Spain Park had an open 3-pointer in the final seconds but was unable to knock it down, and the Red Devils escaped with a 61-58 win.

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State Board of Education to vote on K-3 English language arts textbooks next week; List kept confidential

The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) is slated to vote on the K-3 English language arts (ELA) textbooks on March 9, though specific books are currently kept confidential by state law.

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State Rep. Yarbrough backs bill to prohibit vaccine mandates

State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) announced his intent to file the Alabama Health Freedom Act, which will prohibit all forms of discrimination based on vaccine status.

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Sun Belt Conference Tournament; Troy and South Alabama men's basketball teams advance to the quarterfinals

Troy uses a late rally to advance while South Alabama makes the plays in the second half.

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Antoine Davis finishes four points short of breaking Pete Mararvich's NCAA career scoring record

Antoine Davis, the son of former UAB men's basketball coach Mike Davis, finishes his college career as the second all-time leading scorer in NCAA history.

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Justin Bogie talks Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey's request for an additional $1 billion on FM Talk 1065

Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on "Midday Mobile" with Sean Sullivan as they discuss State Superintendent Eric Mackey's request for an additional $1 billion in addition to the 40% increase education has received over the past 4-5 years with no test score improvement over the past 25 years.

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Robin Stone: New Alliance of Alabama Healthcare Consumers group 'doesn’t have a position' on Medicaid expansion

The Alliance of Alabama Healthcare Consumers “does not have a position on Medicaid expansion,” according to Robin Stone, the group’s new executive director.

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Alabama middle of the pack in region for capital project arrivals in 2022

Alabama finished in the middle of the pack of its region for the number of substantial business projects started in 2022.

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The journey continues for Brad Kitchens and his Arab High girls basketball team

Arab High girls basketball coach Brad Kitchens has his team in the state championship game.

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Justin Bogie: It’s time to end occupational taxes

Occupational taxes are levied on workers living outside of a city’s tax jurisdiction who come inside city limits to work. Removing them would incentivize citizens to work and give the state a competitive advantage in attracting new businesses.

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$7 million verdict reached in civil lawsuit against AltaPointe Health Systems in rape case

A Mobile County Circuit Court jury reached a $7 million verdict in a civil case concerning the rape of a patient at BayPointe Children's Psychiatric Hospital in Mobile.

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Stalking charges against Dothan meteorologist dropped

Misdemeanor stalking charges against Andrew Clarke, a Dothan meteorologist for WDHN, were dropped on Thursday morning.

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Bruce Pearl rips officiating after overtime loss to Alabama — 'Joke!'

Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl voiced his frustration with the officiating following his team's overtime loss to No. 2 Alabama on Wednesday night.

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Lauren DeMoss Benson: Social media and a life well lived

“Owning the libs” and winning arguments online is a poor substitute for a life well lived, and winning on social media cannot replace winning in real life.

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Huntsville Police teaching people how to interact with officers for 'safety and well-being'

The Huntsville Police Department, along with the Huntsville Police Citizens Advisory Council (HPCAC) will host a community forum this month to teach citizens how to interact with officers in case they are stopped or see an officer in the community.

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Reports claim declining graduation rate for Class of 2022 in Alabama high schools actually preliminary data for Class of 2023; Department of Education blames COVID

Earlier this week, several media outlets reported on graduation statistics from the Alabama Department of Education, which showed graduation rates falling below 90% in the state for the first time since 2018.

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Ivey expected to call special session to allocate $1 billion in ARPA funds at the beginning of 2023 regular session

Much like the legislative tactic used to pass the 2019 Rebuild Alabama Act that included a controversial gasoline tax increase, a special session is being planned to start at the beginning of the 2023 regular session on March 7 to allocate more than $1 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money.

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Ivey seeking $50,000 in taxpayer money to hire Maynard Cooper & Gale outside counsel to conceal texts, emails in bridge lawsuit

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey plans to request $50,000 to pay an attorney to assist her office with protecting texts and emails sent from state officials concerning the plans to build a new bridge in Baldwin County.

Charleshendersonbaskets Alabama News
Round two of big stage matchups between Charles Henderson and Ramsay goes to the Trojans

Charles Henderson High gets a measure a revenge on the basketball court against Ramsay High. The Rams beat Charles Henderson in the Class 5A football state championship game.

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Day 3 highlights of the AHSAA Basketball Final Four

Plenty of close games and fantastic finishes in the third day of AHSAA Basketball Final Four action in Birmingham.

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Alabama erases 17-point deficit against Auburn to claim regular season SEC title

No. 2 Alabama clinched the SEC regular season championship Wednesday defeating Auburn 90-85 in overtime, overcoming a 17-point deficit with just 10 minutes left to play in the game.

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KD Johnson scores 21 in Auburn loss to Alabama

Auburn surrendered its 17-point lead, lost Johni Broome to foul trouble and Dylan Cardwell to an injury, and still, the Tigers had a chance to win in regulation.

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Troy University closes Confucius Institute after years of pressure from DOD over program's ties to the Chinese Communist Party

Troy University has closed its Confucius Institute, a controversial educational institution with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). 

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Sean of the South: Phone call

“Hello?” said a girl’s voice. “Someone told me your husband worked on old cars?”

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Mobile Councilman Scott Jones: Demographics should not be the focus of annexation talks

Mobile City Councilman for District 6 Scott Jones is in favor of annexing to the west of the city, but he says the conversation shouldn’t be about demographics as much as it should be about the importance of attempting to annex as much territory as possible.

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Mayors Woodfin, Reed urge high court to approve student loan forgiveness — Claim opposition 'effort to score political points' at expense of people of color

Two Democrat mayors of Alabama cities co-authored an article in Times Magazine on Monday urging the Supreme Court to approve President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for billions of borrowers across the United States, which federal officials estimate would cost the country a total of $300 billion over the next 10 years.

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Autopsy reveals Jefferson County man killed by pack of dogs

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and Jefferson County Animal Control are investigating the death of a man after an autopsy revealed he was killed by a pack of dogs.

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