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Small business optimism reaches lowest level since 2012
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Sewell honors retirement of Tennessee State’s first woman president
Alabama man charged with detonating explosive device outside Alabama AG’s Office
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Hoover schools block library app to find, remove “sexual content”
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Montgomery psychiatrist named president of Alabama Medical Association
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Medical center in Mobile resumes IVF services
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Opinion | Dobson v. Figures: Can the Democrats cash in?
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police brutality stories
Opinion
Showing disrespect to an officer can often lead to harm, yet police are notorious for demeaning and demonstrating disdain for the public.
Courts
Sheffield Police Chief Ricky Terry has filed paperwork to terminate Lt. Max Dotson, according to reports.
Public safety
Dallas’s family has demanded transparency and accountability from MPD, calling for the release of body cam footage.
Public safety
Jawan Dallas was a 36-year-old Black man who was killed after being tased by police July 2.
Public safety
Attorneys representing Jawan Dallas’s family also released a response to the remarks.
Public safety
An eye witness said that after Dallas was tased, he fell and called for help while grasping and complaining of chest pains.
Legislature
A bill by Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birimingham, would also allow the release of the recording to personal representatives of the video's subject.
Featured Opinion
Most of these incidents involve white officers and black citizens. Not this time. The victim is white.
Public safety
Mayor Johnny Hammock said in a letter to ALEA that the two incidents have troubled him considerably.