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Richard Shelby Coming Home  OPINION — Our iconic senior United States senator, Richard Shelby, will walk out of the Senate chambers in Washington, D.C., next week and come home to retirement in Tuscaloosa. History will reveal Shelby as Alabama’s greatest U.S....
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Smiths Station Appoints New City Officials, Approves Annexations

BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM SMITHS STATION — Smiths Station City Council had a busy month. The mayor and council members appointed two new city officials, approved annexations and rezones and commemorated the anniversary of the nearby 1 On 1...
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Leadership Alabama Announces the 2022 – 23 Alabama Leadership Initiative Class

CONTRIBUTED BY REP. JEREMY GRAY BIRMINGHAM — Leadership Alabama, a statewide program of Alabama leaders engaged in creating a network for positive change, recently announced the 2022 - 23 class of the Alabama Leadership Initiative (ALI). The program, which was...
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Tuberville Celebrates Wins for Alabama as 117th Congress Concludes

CONTRIBUTED BYHANNAH EDDINS DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY FOR SEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R–AL) released the following update on his work for Alabamians as his second year in office comes to a close. “By building on the foundation we...
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Rogers Signs Police Pledge

Rogers Signs Police Pledge

Sep 9, 2020

Courtesy of Rep.Mike Rogers Representative Mike Rogers (AL-03) signed Heritage Action’s Police Pledge, a pledge committing to voting against all...

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1960 Presidential Race Marked beginning of Television as Premier Political Medium

Inside the Statehouse

Sep 5, 2020

Labor Day Labor Day is Monday, and in bygone days it was the benchmark day for campaign season to start. Historically, Labor Day barbecues were...

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