Politics – Page 39

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs bill to prohibit ‘vaccine passports’

May 27, 2021 Bouldin 0

BY MIKE CARSON Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law a bill to ban “vaccine passports,” which the legislation defines as any document issued by a state or local government to verify that a […]

Purple marker shows where Alabama women made history

May 27, 2021 Bouldin 0

BY LEE ROOP State and local leaders dedicated a new historic marker in downtown Huntsville Wednesday marking the complicated battle of Alabama women for the right to vote. The purple “Votes for Women” marker – […]

ROGUE REPUBLICANS WEAPONIZING RACISM AREN’T INVISIBLE

May 21, 2021 Bouldin 0

By John Johnson II, WESTSIDE GAZETTE (NNPA Newswire) Rogue Republicans are weaponizing racism in a brazen attempt to further divide the Nation and maintain a legacy of white supremacy. Their tactics aren’t new, and they’ve […]

OP-ED: HBCUS (HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES) WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF POLITICS

May 14, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Fanta Traore, Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, and Sandile Hlatshwayo | The Afro Shortly following the inauguration, Janelle Jones, former Managing Director of Groundwork Collaborative, announced that she would be appointed as Chief Economist at the […]

Former Huntsville Superintendent Casey Wardynski running for Congress

May 7, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com Casey Wardynski, a former superintendent of Huntsville City Schools, has launched a campaign to represent north Alabama in Congress. Wardynski made his announcement in a campaign video posted Thursday on a campaign Facebook […]

White House Throws Full Support Behind Washington D.C. Statehood

May 7, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The Biden Administration strongly supports H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and the President on Tuesday urged swift passage of the measure in Congress. “For […]

ALABAMA SENATE PASSES BILL TO PROHIBIT RACIAL PROFILING

April 29, 2021 Bouldin 0

Mike Carson The Alabama Secords of traffic stops intended to show whether profiling is happening. The bill is by Sen. Roger Smitherman, a Democrat from Birmingham, who has sponsored bills to prohibit racial profiling for […]

CITY NEWS COUNCILMAN BILL KLING: CITIZENS’ OPINIONS MATTER

April 23, 2021 Bouldin 0

Submitted by Phyllis Jones, SON Sr. Staff Writer Police brutality and the lack of empathy is a rising concern throughout our country. Racial tensions have increased significantly over the past several years, in regards to […]

Alabama’s AAPI caucus calls on Tuberville to apologize for vote on hate crime bill

April 23, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Ramsey Archibald The Asian American and Pacific Islander caucus of the Alabama Democratic Party called on U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville to apologize last week, after Tuberville was one of just six U.S. Senators to […]

OPPOSITION GROWS TO PUTTING SPACE COMMAND HQ IN ALABAMA

April 9, 2021 Bouldin 0

Senators from California, New Mexico and Nebraska have joined Colorado in putting pressure on the Pentagon’s decision to locate the permanent headquarters of the U.S. Space Command in Alabama, according to a report this week. […]