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Despite rumors, the Governor's Office says Bentley has no plans to resign 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2050
Lawsuit compelling US Senate Special Election before 2018 may assure that date sticks 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 2510
Auburn University names new president 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1984
Trump budget would eliminate federal agencies working to boost rural Alabama economies 4 yallerdawg Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1879
Trump budget derails Amtrak in Alabama, but advocates urge calm 1 yallerdawg Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 1655
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Nouriel Roubini, and the Chinese delegation coming to Monroeville 13 dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 Mar 2017 0 14191
Payday lending amendment would cap interest at 36% 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1924
Alabama constitution still calls for 'separate schools for white and colored children' 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1671
Alabama governor hospitalized with irregular heartbeat 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1797
5 reasons why Republicans are going to pot on March 8 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1825
Alabama Senate passes bill to eliminate marriage licenses 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 1882
Central Alabama Community College pays $100,000 in tax penalties 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1638
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox re-elected to fourth term 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1870
Former Alabama police chief reports to federal prison in Florida 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1539
Lawsuit filed over Bentley's Senate Special Election date 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1417
Bill introduced to suspend leadership in the Legislature if indicted 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1472
Alabama House Passes Bill Requiring Cell Phone Companies to Hand Over Data to Law Enforcement 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1518
Activists Appealing Minimum Wage Lawsuit Dismissal 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 1367
State Auditor Suing Governor Bentley Over Senate Appointment 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 1607
Impeachment Committee to Reopen Probe 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1764
Rep. Martha Roby (R) meets face to face with her constituents! 0 yallerdawg Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2457
Tommy Tuberville reportedly considering a run for Alabama governor in 2018 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2207
New Alabama program allows for disability savings 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2004
State waiving sales tax this weekend on severe weather supplies 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1826
Legal marijuana: Will Alabama be last? 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1938
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes stop in Tuscaloosa 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2429
Alabama lawmakers begin plan to redraw racially gerrymandered districts 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1683
Gov. Robert Bentley creates task force to study repeal of sales tax on groceries 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1542
Al Sharpton to speak at Birmingham high school's unity breakfast 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1539
Bill would shift county prisoners' mental health costs to federal government 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1685

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Senate to prepare rules for possible Bentley impeachment trial 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1740
Former Alabama DA will go back on sex offender registry for fondling male defendants 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1675
Alabama's failed redistricting plan could bring back preclearance 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 10 2185
Alabama Republicans tried to clean house and were one vote short 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2112
Bentley pushes for control over tech service laden with cash and immense trove of data 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1670
State Senate Delays Vote on Alabama Memorial Preservation Act 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2046
Report: Grumblings among Alabama's GOP lawmawkers 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2213
City council designates town Official Bigfoot Capital of Alabama 0 yallerdawg Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1638
re: Don Siegelman 2 elleng Feb 2017 Feb 2017 6 1849
Alabama High School Seniors May Have to Take Citizenship Test 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1671
A permanent wound: How the slave tax warped Alabama finances 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1743
Alabama Legislature 2017: The eye and the storm 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1741
Tensions spill over at Alabama Democratic Party meeting 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1777
Civics, abortion, Sunday alcohol priorities for local legislators 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1480
Battle of Selma canceled after city requests $22,000 for police, fire, public works services 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1539
Faux crisis, bad optics and more funding needed for Medicaid 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1411
Former House Speaker Tom Drake dies at 86 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1494
Bentley Lawyer Denies Governor's Campaign Fund Violated the Law 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1331
Auburn Planning $28M Stadium Addition 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1485
Gov. Bentley Exhausts Campaign Funds on Legal Fees 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1462
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging State Law Blocking Minimum Wage Increase 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1497
Taxpayers To Pay Over $300K for Legal Fees After Same-Sex Marriage Fight 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1412
Beware the Alabamafication of America! 2 yallerdawg Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2429
Corruption Feared as Alabama Governor Considers Jeff Sessions Replacement 1 notdeplorable Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2351
Federal Prosecutors Charge Birmingham CPA in $11 Million Embezzlement 0 nitpicker Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1767
Alabama lawmaker wants to repeal pistol permit requirement (al.com) 3 eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1950
Twitter users accuse Sen. Cam Ward of 'fake news' after he tweeted about protesters (SFW) 6 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2299
Alabama state comptroller dies following brief illness 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1726
Thousands parade through Birmingham streets for Alabama Women's March 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 5 1580
Montgomery School Board will support State takeover 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1605

Alabama Continued...

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Dateline looms in Bentley/Mason ethics investigation 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1600
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools wants Bentley removed from all college boards 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1593
House bill would allow up to 6 days of early voting in Alabama 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1525
Jefferson County District Attorney indicted, suspended 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1532
No Pardon for Former Gov. Siegelman 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1630
Federal Judges Strike Down 12 Alabama Legislative Districts 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1560
Bentley to Congress: Keep funding for Medicaid, hospitals; more state control over Medicaid 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1570
AG Luther Strange instructs City of Huntsville to allow guns at library (al.com) 2 eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1513
Lynneice Washington steps into history as new district attorney in Bessemer Cutoff (al.com) 0 eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1488
Defeat from the jaws of victory: How could AG Luther Strange be this dumb? (al.com/Whitmire) 0 eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1283
Terri Sewell boycotting Donald Trump inauguration, citing 'disrespect' of John Lewis 1 yallerdawg Jan 2017 Jan 2017 7 2064
200,000 Alabamians could lose healthcare as Obamacare repeal looms 0 yallerdawg Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2074
Former small-town Alabama police chief sentenced to federal prison 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2399
Univ. of Alabama - Birmingham employee sentenced to prison for $1.1 million theft 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1754
Insurer drops CVS from network 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2272
Talladega police officer fired over racist Facebook posts lays out his defense 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2069
Bill to do away with marriage licenses will be back 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2200
Governor renews immunity claims in former ALEA secretary's lawsuit 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2109
Mosses Mayor pleads guilty to ethics charges 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1637
Beckman urges Judiciary Committee to restart Bentley impeachment hearings 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1641
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