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Birmingham-Southern to close at end of May

Bud McLaughlin - March 26, 2024

BIRMINGHAM -- School's out May 31 for Birmingham-Southern College - permanently. The college's Board of Trustees announced it is closing after attempts failed to obtain...

Rep. Rigsby: A serious conversation about the future of pharmacies in Alabama is needed

Rep. Phillip Rigsby - March 26, 2024

If your pharmacy closed tomorrow, where would you go for your prescription and pharmacy needs? That question is one that Alabamians may have to...

Special election to decide Alabama House District 10 seat

Mike Easterling - March 25, 2024

HUNTSVILLE – The general election of 2024 is months away, but local voters can wade into the season Tuesday. A special election is set to...

DEI, ‘divisive concepts’ banned from being taught, promoted in public schools, state agencies

Bud McLaughlin - March 21, 2024

MONTGOMERY -- A law that would ban "divisive concepts" from being taught or promoted has caused division around the state. Gov. Kay Ivey signed the...

Ivey signs bill to prohibit so-called ‘ballot harvesting’

Bud McLaughlin - March 21, 2024

MONTGOMERY -- Collecting absentee ballots is now a felony in Alabama, after Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation outlawing "ballot harvesting." State lawmakers gave final approval...

Fighting words: Britt vows to battle for Alabama in Washington

Mike Easterling - March 20, 2024

HUNTSVILLE – Republican Katie Britt, the junior senator from Alabama and a native of the Wiregrass, made one thing clear to the crowd gathered...

Strong bringing the bacon home to North Alabama in form of $18.5 million

Mike Easterling - March 12, 2024

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Dale Strong represented North Alabama to the tune of millions of dollars for Fiscal Year 2024, securing the funding in an...

Britt making rescheduled visit for Washington Update

Mike Easterling - March 11, 2024

HUNTSVILLE -- U.S. Sen. Katie Britt was slated to speak at the annual Washington Update breakfast on the first day of March, but duties...

Ivey to sign ‘historic’ school choice legislation

Bud McLaughlin - March 7, 2024

MONTGOMERY – What is being hailed as landmark school choice legislation by state officials, the CHOOSE Act will become law today. The Alabama Senate voted...

Ivey signs stop-gap measure to allow IVF treatments to resume

Bud McLaughlin - March 6, 2024

MONTGOMERY -- Two weeks after a state Supreme Court ruling caused in vitro fertilization to come to a halt in the state, Gov. Kay...

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