By GREG MARKLEY It was the first day of class at a public university, and the professor duly handed out copies of the syllabus, informally called...
Barely Read By Students, The Poor, Neglected Syllabus Deserves Better
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Politics Articles
Debbie Hamby Wood Qualifies for Rebuplican Primary, Seeks Second Term
CONTRIBUTED BY REP. DEBBIE WOOD District 38 Representative Debby Hamby Wood qualified Tuesday for the May 24 Republican primary. She is seeking...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ward 3 Candidates Make Final Pitch to Opelika
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Meet Tim Aja — one of Opelika’s four contenders for the empty Ward 3 City Council seat. Aja is a reserve...
Longtime Election Official Announces Candidacy for Secretary of State
CONTRIBUTED BY ED PACKARD Ed Packard, a 24-year employee of the Alabama Secretary of State’s office, has announced announced his candidacy for the...
We Lost Some Good Ones in 2021
By Steve Flowers As has been my custom for 18 years, I like for my yearend column to be a remembrance of Alabama political figures who have passed...