Special to the Opelika Observer Last week, Sens. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced that their legislation to repeal the...
Ending an 18-year battle, Senate passes Military Widow’s Tax Repeal
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Attorney General Steve Marshall announces 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals victory for state of Alabama in minimum-wage lawsuit
Special to the Opelika Observer Attorney General Steve Marshall announced last week that the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor...
Rogers hails house passage of NDAA
Special to the Opelika Observer Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement last week after the House passed the Conference Report for the...
Attorney General Steve Marshall announces Alabama 2019 Safe Schools winners
Special to the Opelika Observer Attorney General Steve Marshall announced winners of the 2019 Safe Schools Initiative Awards last week. This year,...
Alabama Republican Party blocks ballot access for Thomas Sick of DC Casson
Special to the Opelika Observer On Dec. 8, the Alabama Republican party decided to deny ballot access to Thomas Sick of DC Casson, seemingly ending...
Opelika opposes wireless small cell legislation
By Mayor Gary Fuller Special to the Opelika Observer 5G is the next generation of mobile broadband that will eventually replace or augment the...
Lee County Commission holds next-to-last meeting of 2019 on Monday
By Michelle Key Publisher The Lee County Commissioners voted to approve changes to the budget for the 2020 fiscal year that was approved at the end...
Opelika’s Ward 2 Councilwoman Tiffany Gibson-Pitts joins National League of Cities’ Board of Directors, becomes a member of Women in Municipal Government organization
By Morgan Bryce Editor Ward 2 Councilwoman Tiffany Gibson-Pitts made history last month, becoming the first-ever Opelika City Council member to be a...
Smiths Station City Council approves revised business license ordinance
By Morgan Bryce Editor Smiths Station City Council members passed an updated version of the city’s business ordinance during their meeting last...