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    Federal cancellation leaves thousands without health coverage

    Federal officials canceled Marketplace policies covering approximately 760,000 people, prompting Alabama families to verify their insurance status before visiting a doctor, hospital, or pharmacy. (Speakin’ Out News ILlustration) Hundreds of thousands of Americans may discover [...]
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    HUNTSVILLE’S WESTERN GROWTH PLAN TAKES SHAPE

    The City of Huntsville has approved a $1.5 million agreement to purchase approximately 30 acres near County Line Road and Old Highway 20 for future governmental functions. The purchase comes as the city plans broader [...]
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    ALABAMA’S DESEGREGATION ORDERS FACE A NEW TEST

    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Nearly 70 years after the U.S. Supreme Court declared segregated public schools unconstitutional, Alabama remains home to more active school-desegregation cases than any other state—renewing debate over educational equality, local authority and [...]
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    DOUG JONES VISITS

    SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS FAMILY (L-R): Jemeana Smothers-Roberson, Associate Publisher and Managing Editor; Zoie D. Roberson, community liaison and founder of The Human Ledger, a foreign affairs agency based in Washington, D.C. and Huntsville, Alabama; Doug [...]