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[ November 11, 2026 ] Title games and more on tap Sports
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Alabama administrator found guilty in $10 million virtual school fraud

March 23, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Trisha Powell Crain An Athens City public school administrator was convicted Friday on federal charges in a scheme that defrauded Alabama public schools of approximately $10 million according to prosecutors. “Today’s action shows that this […]

Devil gains a foothold in Alabama as schools prepare to teach evolution, climate change

March 23, 2022 Bouldin 0

The Southern state joins the 20th century. A mere 90 years after John Scopes and the ACLU challenged Tennessee’s ban on teaching evolution in schools, another Southern state has joined the 20th century. The Alabama state […]

Inside one of Alabama’s only Black history high school classes: What is taught?

March 15, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Rebecca Griesbach In Mary Gaston’s classroom, Tuscaloosa high schoolers spent a Wednesday afternoon preparing a list of questions for the sister of a late local activist. “Did you ever not want to be Black?” […]

Alabama Constitution of 2022 will be on ballot for voters in November

March 15, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason Voters can have their voices heard on a proposed Alabama Constitution of 2022 in November. Gov. Kay Ivey has signed the resolution passed by the Legislature to send the recompiled constitution to the […]

Alabama House passes bill on police jurisdictions in response to Brookside abuses

March 15, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill tonight to make it a crime to misrepresent the boundaries of a municipality’s police jurisdiction, such as by moving signs or markers. Rep. Juandalynn Givan, […]

Anonymous donor to pay Montgomery’s $25K fine for violating Confederate monument law

March 15, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Howard Koplowitz | hkoplowitz@al.com An anonymous donor has agreed to pay the city of Montgomery’s $25,000 fine for violating state law when it renamed Jefferson Davis Avenue in honor of civil rights attorney Fred Gray. […]

Alabama losing millions in federal rental assistance due to delays

March 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek Barbara Bailey is a landlord who rents a house in Birmingham to a man whose wife collapsed and died in April of 2020, likely to COVID. Since then, Bailey’s tenant has been unable […]

House to consider record Alabama education budget, teacher raises

March 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Trisha Powell Crain Alabama lawmakers have proposed a record $8.1 billion investment in education, with the House committee sending the budget package to the floor of the House. A vote is expected Tuesday. The budget proposal […]

Guest opinion: Everything Bloody Sunday marchers sacrificed for is under attack and we must fight back

March 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Sheila Tyson | Member Jefferson County Commission District 2 When I was 12 years old, I raced my mother on my bike, not to the park or to school, but to the next door […]

Guest opinion: We need hair justice

March 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Monica Edwards | Federal Policy manager at URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity “Despite the great strides in American society and the laws made to reverse the racist ideology that Black traits are […]