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Stephanie Holden Smith: Parents are not the enemy

Administrators, teachers and elected officials, I’d like to let you in on a little something that you should already know: parents...

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Lawmakers considering capping ticket revenue for police; Police chiefs react

Police chiefs in Alabama, like Moody Police Chief Thomas Hunt, are watching the 2022 Alabama Regular Legislative Session as some bills...

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State Sen. Jones seeks to end 'regressive' municipal occupational taxes

State Sen. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) is seeking to eliminate occupational taxes that exist in more than two dozen Alabama cities. According...

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Scott Stantis: Casino Gambling

Scott Stantis lives in Birmingham and is currently the editorial cartoonist for The Chicago Tribune. He previously was the staff cartoonist...

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Woodall objects to surplus utility tax dollars going to the general fund

Public Service Commission (PSC) candidate Brent Woodall (R) was in Winston County Saturday night. There he campaigned for Republican...

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Eagle Forum's Gerritson: $92M Numeracy Act promotes Common Core math: 'This bill needs to die'

Eagle Forum of Alabama executive director Becky Gerritson warns the $92 million Numeracy Act is not what it is perceived by some to...

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Joey Clark: We in the West cannot afford to forget the story of our own struggle for liberty

Where the old rhyme “sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me” draws a true and useful distinction, it misses...

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Ed Packard calls on Legislature to pass election legislation

Ed Packard, Republican Party candidate for Secretary of State, announced his support on Monday for House Bill 204 (HB204) and Senate...

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Q&A: New gambling legislation in the shoe

A gambling bill package was introduced Thursday to the Alabama legislature. SB294, by Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore), is nearly 77...

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Ivey campaigns in Winston County

Incumbent Republican Gov. Kay Ivey (R) was the keynote speaker at the Winston County Republican Party annual Ronald Reagan Dinner on...

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Phil Williams: Montgomery's priorities are clearly out of order

Priorities of work. That’s a military term used in the Infantry to denote those things that have to take place in a certain order because,...

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Justin Bogie: Bigger doesn’t mean better for state fiscal policy

Last week the Alabama Senate passed a $2.7 billion State General Fund budget, the largest in Alabama history. The budget passed by...

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Fred Joly kicks off State House campaign in HD3

Retired Air Force officer and former Colbert County Republican Party Chairman Fred Joly recently kicked off his campaign for Alabama...

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House Committee advances bill to codify the requirement of a paper ballot

The House Constitution, Campaigns, and Elections Committee voted last week to advance legislation that would require a paper ballot...

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Education budget to be considered on House floor this week

The Alabama House of Representatives will consider the Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget when it goes into session on Tuesday. The...

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Will Sellers: God Save the Queen (Happy Birthday, Aretha)

Had she lived, the Queen of Soul would have been 80-years-old this month. For at least 60 of her 76 years, Aretha Franklin shared her...

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7 Alabama companies recognized for export success

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) recognized seven Alabama companies last week with the Governor’s Trade Excellence Award for their export...

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Legislation would prohibit prescribing medical cannabis to pregnant women

Last year, the Alabama Legislature passed legislation that would set events in motion to make so-called medical cannabis legal in Alabama....

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Common Sense Campaign endorses Zeigler

The Jim Zeigler for Secretary of State campaign announced on Sunday it received an endorsement from the Common Sense Campaign (CSC)....

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State Senate Pro-Tem Reed backs proposal to eliminate Alabama's business privilege tax

With less than half the 2022 legislative session days remaining, there are still some bills on the docket under consideration, including...

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"Gamechanger' bills pass House; Could improve rural broadband in Alabama

The Alabama House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Friday designed to expand broadband connectivity in the state....

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Alabama Republican Caucus passes resolution urging Feds to increase US energy, defense

The Alabama State House Republican Caucus passed a resolution “urging the federal government to increase American strength through...

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Live From Pollard, It's Friday Morning!

For students in Escambia County schools, the morning announcements just got a lot more interesting. That’s because each school now...

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Richard Simmons: Hope in a modern world

I was talking with a professional counselor recently and he confirmed something I had heard. Modern psychology believes in the inherent...

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Tim James opposes gambling bill

Alabama Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim James announced on Friday that he opposes the expansion of gambling in Alabama, following...

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Randy Tatano: Watching TV with Mom

I was raised by a single mom. I know, that’s not unusual today, but back in the day, in a Catholic neighborhood where no one got divorced,...

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Sean of the South: Aisle Five

The young woman in the supermarket was pushing the buggy lazily through Aisle Five. She was wearing extremely short shorts, flip flops,...

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