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Auburn University names new president 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1981
Trump budget would eliminate federal agencies working to boost rural Alabama economies 4 yallerdawg Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1873
Trump budget derails Amtrak in Alabama, but advocates urge calm 1 yallerdawg Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 1647
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Nouriel Roubini, and the Chinese delegation coming to Monroeville 13 dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 Mar 2017 0 14169
Payday lending amendment would cap interest at 36% 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1920
Alabama constitution still calls for 'separate schools for white and colored children' 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1666
Alabama governor hospitalized with irregular heartbeat 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1795
5 reasons why Republicans are going to pot on March 8 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1817
Alabama Senate passes bill to eliminate marriage licenses 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 1878
Central Alabama Community College pays $100,000 in tax penalties 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1626
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox re-elected to fourth term 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1861
Former Alabama police chief reports to federal prison in Florida 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1527
Lawsuit filed over Bentley's Senate Special Election date 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1413
Bill introduced to suspend leadership in the Legislature if indicted 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1468
Alabama House Passes Bill Requiring Cell Phone Companies to Hand Over Data to Law Enforcement 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1512
Activists Appealing Minimum Wage Lawsuit Dismissal 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 1363
State Auditor Suing Governor Bentley Over Senate Appointment 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 1601
Impeachment Committee to Reopen Probe 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1760
Rep. Martha Roby (R) meets face to face with her constituents! 0 yallerdawg Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2452
Tommy Tuberville reportedly considering a run for Alabama governor in 2018 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2195
New Alabama program allows for disability savings 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1992
State waiving sales tax this weekend on severe weather supplies 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1820
Legal marijuana: Will Alabama be last? 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1933
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes stop in Tuscaloosa 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2426
Alabama lawmakers begin plan to redraw racially gerrymandered districts 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1680
Gov. Robert Bentley creates task force to study repeal of sales tax on groceries 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1536
Al Sharpton to speak at Birmingham high school's unity breakfast 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1534
Bill would shift county prisoners' mental health costs to federal government 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1677
Senate to prepare rules for possible Bentley impeachment trial 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1736
Former Alabama DA will go back on sex offender registry for fondling male defendants 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1673

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Alabama's failed redistricting plan could bring back preclearance 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 10 2179
Alabama Republicans tried to clean house and were one vote short 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2109
Bentley pushes for control over tech service laden with cash and immense trove of data 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1666
State Senate Delays Vote on Alabama Memorial Preservation Act 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2040
Report: Grumblings among Alabama's GOP lawmawkers 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2208
City council designates town Official Bigfoot Capital of Alabama 0 yallerdawg Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1629
re: Don Siegelman 2 elleng Feb 2017 Feb 2017 6 1842
Alabama High School Seniors May Have to Take Citizenship Test 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1666
A permanent wound: How the slave tax warped Alabama finances 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1738
Alabama Legislature 2017: The eye and the storm 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1737
Tensions spill over at Alabama Democratic Party meeting 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1772
Civics, abortion, Sunday alcohol priorities for local legislators 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1474
Battle of Selma canceled after city requests $22,000 for police, fire, public works services 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1532
Faux crisis, bad optics and more funding needed for Medicaid 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1409
Former House Speaker Tom Drake dies at 86 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1486
Bentley Lawyer Denies Governor's Campaign Fund Violated the Law 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1327
Auburn Planning $28M Stadium Addition 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1476
Gov. Bentley Exhausts Campaign Funds on Legal Fees 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1460
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging State Law Blocking Minimum Wage Increase 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1494
Taxpayers To Pay Over $300K for Legal Fees After Same-Sex Marriage Fight 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1409
Beware the Alabamafication of America! 2 yallerdawg Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2424
Corruption Feared as Alabama Governor Considers Jeff Sessions Replacement 1 notdeplorable Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2341
Federal Prosecutors Charge Birmingham CPA in $11 Million Embezzlement 0 nitpicker Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1766
Alabama lawmaker wants to repeal pistol permit requirement (al.com) 3 eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1944
Twitter users accuse Sen. Cam Ward of 'fake news' after he tweeted about protesters (SFW) 6 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2282
Alabama state comptroller dies following brief illness 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1721
Thousands parade through Birmingham streets for Alabama Women's March 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 5 1576
Montgomery School Board will support State takeover 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1602
Dateline looms in Bentley/Mason ethics investigation 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1599
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools wants Bentley removed from all college boards 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1590

Alabama Continued...

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House bill would allow up to 6 days of early voting in Alabama 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1518
Jefferson County District Attorney indicted, suspended 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1520
No Pardon for Former Gov. Siegelman 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1620
Federal Judges Strike Down 12 Alabama Legislative Districts 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1558
Bentley to Congress: Keep funding for Medicaid, hospitals; more state control over Medicaid 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1569
AG Luther Strange instructs City of Huntsville to allow guns at library (al.com) 2 eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1509
Lynneice Washington steps into history as new district attorney in Bessemer Cutoff (al.com) 0 eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1485
Defeat from the jaws of victory: How could AG Luther Strange be this dumb? (al.com/Whitmire) 0 eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1278
Terri Sewell boycotting Donald Trump inauguration, citing 'disrespect' of John Lewis 1 yallerdawg Jan 2017 Jan 2017 7 2054
200,000 Alabamians could lose healthcare as Obamacare repeal looms 0 yallerdawg Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2071
Former small-town Alabama police chief sentenced to federal prison 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2396
Univ. of Alabama - Birmingham employee sentenced to prison for $1.1 million theft 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1747
Insurer drops CVS from network 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2266
Talladega police officer fired over racist Facebook posts lays out his defense 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2066
Bill to do away with marriage licenses will be back 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2195
Governor renews immunity claims in former ALEA secretary's lawsuit 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2103
Mosses Mayor pleads guilty to ethics charges 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1633
Beckman urges Judiciary Committee to restart Bentley impeachment hearings 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1637
Follow-up: Spicer terminated from job at ABC 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1948
State Legislature to Consider Bathroom Bill 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1232
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