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By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — The first bill Gov. Kay Ivey signed after becoming Governor Monday evening was a bill that...
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Chip Brown pre-files bill to provide tax cuts to Gulf Coast commercial fishermen
Alabama House minority leader: No support for new prisons without other reforms
Ivey tells lawmakers she’ll set special session for prison construction
Chris Elliott named 2021 Legislator of the Year by the Alabama Forestry Association
League of Women Voters oppose dividing counties in redistricting
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Opinion | COVID: Doublespeak and gobbledygook
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Katie Britt slams Mo Brooks for voting against America’s security, Alabama jobs
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Biden removes Lee Greenwood from National Endowment for the Arts
Sewell votes to extend government funding, suspend debt limit
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Alabama A&M to announce president selection within a week
New MAPs program creates training pathways from adult education to high-demand careers
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COVID booster shots available for some Alabamians beginning Friday
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Ivey, Tuberville, Alabama House minority leader encourage COVID vaccinations
Alabama leads nation in recent COVID deaths per capita
Alabama’s COVID deaths increasing, state ICU beds at 98 percent capacity
All posts tagged "judicial override"
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By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s death penalty sentencing system, which allows judges to override a jury’s recommendation for life in...
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By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Most readers know that I oppose the death penalty. I don’t believe the State should ever take something...
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By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s House of Representatives, on its first day back from spring break, is expected to take up...
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By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Let me tell you about politics. Early Tuesday afternoon, as the Alabama Legislature was about to start up...
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By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — A bill that would end Alabama’s judicial override sentencing system, which allows judges to override juries and...
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By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter There was a rare show of bipartisanship during Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee meeting, and even rarer step taken...
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By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The Alabama Medicaid Agency isn’t the only part of the State government with funding issues, and uncertainty over...
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By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a challenge to Alabama’s system of judicial override for...
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By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter During my years as an editorial writer for The Birmingham News, I spent much of that time opposed...
