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Auburn Council Adds to Spring Lake

BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — The Auburn City Council granted conditional use approval for several new uses for the Spring Lake District during Tuesday night's meeting. The Spring Lake District is located at 2560 and 2600 E. Glenn Ave. The...
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Alabama Arise Action Members Urge Support for Plan to Untax Groceries, Protect Funding For Public Schools

CONTRIBUTED BYALABAMA ARISE ACTION ALABAMA — Alabama should embrace the opportunity this year to remove the state sales tax on groceries in a sustainable and meaningful way, Alabama Arise Action members told lawmakers Tuesday. More than 100 Arise supporters gathered...
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Inside the Statehouse: Democrats Give Trump a Lifeline

OPINION — As mentioned last week, the presidential race has begun. The first bomb or salvo dropped last week with the political indictment of Donald Trump by a Democratic New York Manhattan borough prosecutor. It used to be off limits to use the courts to indict a...
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District 5 County Commissioner Appointed by Gov. Kay Ivey

BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — Richard LaGrand was sworn in as Lee County District 5 commissioner Monday night during the regular meeting of the Lee County Commission. In a last-minute addition to the county commission agenda, LaGrand was...
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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Apr 21, 2021

State Supreme Court often forgotten in Alabama By Steve Flowers Our 1901 Alabama Constitution replicates the United States Constitution in designing...

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