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Attorney Gen. Steve Marshall Welcomes FCC Order Speeding Up Barriers to Illegal Robocalls

CONTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Attorney General Steve Marshall welcomed the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to speed up full implementation of caller ID authentication technology as mandated by law to help block...
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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Happy New Year.  It is election year in the good ole Heart of Dixie. Alabama, like a good many southern states, has our monumental political year in what the nation refers to as the off-year or midterm election year cycle. This reference is, of...
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Building Inspection Officials Honored at Opelika City Council

BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER During Tuesday night’s Opelika city council meeting, Mayor Gary Fuller honored Opelika’s Chief Building Inspector, Jeff Kappelman,  and Andy Bell, building inspector, with an “Atta Boy Awards.” These awards are given out to city employees...
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Auburn Purchases Equipment for Dinius Park; Postpones Redistricting

BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM The Auburn City Council voted to purchase playground equipment for Dinius Park Tuesday night. The council approved the contract with GameTime for over $59,700 for the equipment. Some playground equipment has already been...
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