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Multiple polls show Ivey with commanding lead in gubernatorial …
WEBMar 16, 2022 · Three recent polls of the Alabama governor’s race show Gov. Kay Ivey with a commanding lead, and apparently cruising towards a runoff-free nomination. The three polls, taken by three different groups over the last month, all show essentially the same numbers: Ivey at 60 percent, Tim James and Lindy …
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission meets for the first time
WEBUpdated on August 13 at 5:37 pm. STOCK. The members of the newly formed Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission on Thursday met in a formal session for the first time for an organizational meeting in Alabama’s historic 1859 Capitol Building. “You truly have a lot of work cut out for you,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey told the commission members.
11th Circuit blocks Title IX final rule from taking effect in Alabama
WEBAug 2, 2024 · The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request for an administrative injunction on behalf of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina states looking to pause the enforcement of the Biden administration’s final rule for Title IX, originally slated to take place Thursday. Attorney General Steve Marshall signed on to the multi-state ...
Alabama’s COVID deaths increasing, state ICU beds at 98 percent …
WEBSep 22, 2021 · During those 19 days, 766 Alabamians died of COVID, with the state’s COVID hospitalizations dropping by 303 during that time period. Alabama’s ICU beds were at 98 percent capacity on Monday, with 44 percent of those beds filled with COVID patients. The state for several weeks had a net negative number of …
UA receives $4 million to establish a National Center on Forensics
WEBPublished on December 9, 2021 at 7:30 am CST. STOCK. Alabama Senator Richard Shelby, the vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, this week announced that the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice agency has awarded $4,000,000 to the University of Alabama. In partnership with …
Port of Mobile announces $104 million container terminal expansion
WEBMay 23, 2022 · These improvements mark the fourth time the Alabama Port Authority and APM Terminals have expanded the container terminal since its opening in October 2008. The new $104 million Phase IV expansion program adds a new sheet pile wall on the north side of the terminal to facilitate the filling of approximately 13 acres …
Breaking down the six amendments on Alabama’s November ballot
WEBPublished on October 1, 2020 at 7:31 am CDT. The Alabama Constitution. Alabama voters in the Nov. 3 election will have to decide on whether to add six constitutional amendments to what is already believed to be the longest constitution in the world. If approved, three of the amendments won’t actually make substantive changes to state law ...
Alabama state school board passes resolution banning Critical …
WEBAug 16, 2021 · The Alabama State Board of Education met on Aug. 12, 2021. The Alabama State School Board on Thursday passed a resolution that would ban some concepts or tenets that promote the controversial Critical Race Theory. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey voted for the resolution. She was joined by fellow school board members Jackie Zeigler, Tracey West, Cynthia ...
Primary season ends: Guide to Alabama’s major candidates and …
WEBMay 25, 2022 · Tim James. This primary marks the third attempt by James to reach the office his father, former Alabama Gov. Fob James, was elected to in 1995. A staunchly conservative and Christan candidate, James has spent a considerable amount of time campaigning defending “Judeo-Christian values” and has attacked the …