Annual funding distributed through oil revenue-sharing model. The Department of the Interior recently distributed $252 million to Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas for coastal conservation projects. These four…
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Justice Department Challenges Alabama Transgender Youth Law
Asks court to block law from going into effect. The Justice Department has filed a formal complaint challenging a bill signed into law by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey.…
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Legislators Concerned Over Diminishing Military Arms
Sending missiles to Ukraine could leave U.S. vulnerable. Some members of Congress are calling for President Biden to invoke the Defense Production Act amid concerns that the diversion…
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Vice President’s Selma Speech Focuses on Voting Rights
Commemorates 57th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” On Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. Six hundred civil rights advocates…
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Interior Secretary Visits Alabama
Reflects on importance of people and events in that state during Civil Rights Movement. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to Alabama last week to recognize that…
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House Committee Debates Space Command Move
Relocating from Colorado to Alabama questioned by congressional panel. Members of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee are debating the planned relocation of the U.S. Space Command…
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Administration Sued by 13 States Over Relief Plan
They allege that spending restrictions are “overreaching.” Thirteen state attorneys general sued President Biden’s administration over an element of the recently enacted $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief law that…
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Tornado Outbreak in Southeastern U.S.
Alabama and Georgia hit with deadly supercell weather system. UPDATE: 7:00 PM EDT 3/26 Destruction from tornadoes has claimed the lives of six people in the Southern U.S.…
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Supreme Court Okays Pastor’s Presence for Death Row Inmate
Willie B. Smith III will be allowed a pastor for lethal injection. Willie B. Smith III was scheduled to be executed through lethal injection this past week, but…
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DOJ Files Suit Against Alabama Corrections Agency
Prison system objects to allegations, says suit ignores years of progress. The Justice Department issued a lawsuit against the Alabama prison system that was filed and signed by…
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