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A permanent wound: How the slave tax warped Alabama finances 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1626
Alabama Legislature 2017: The eye and the storm 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1644
Tensions spill over at Alabama Democratic Party meeting 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1703
Civics, abortion, Sunday alcohol priorities for local legislators 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1405
Battle of Selma canceled after city requests $22,000 for police, fire, public works services 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1467
Faux crisis, bad optics and more funding needed for Medicaid 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1338
Former House Speaker Tom Drake dies at 86 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1424
Bentley Lawyer Denies Governor's Campaign Fund Violated the Law 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1247
Auburn Planning $28M Stadium Addition 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1387
Gov. Bentley Exhausts Campaign Funds on Legal Fees 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1386
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging State Law Blocking Minimum Wage Increase 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1411
Taxpayers To Pay Over $300K for Legal Fees After Same-Sex Marriage Fight 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1326
Beware the Alabamafication of America! 2 yallerdawg Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2329
Corruption Feared as Alabama Governor Considers Jeff Sessions Replacement 1 notdeplorable Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2252
Federal Prosecutors Charge Birmingham CPA in $11 Million Embezzlement 0 nitpicker Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1696
Alabama lawmaker wants to repeal pistol permit requirement (al.com) 3 eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1801
Twitter users accuse Sen. Cam Ward of 'fake news' after he tweeted about protesters (SFW) 6 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2131
Alabama state comptroller dies following brief illness 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1647
Thousands parade through Birmingham streets for Alabama Women's March 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 5 1481
Montgomery School Board will support State takeover 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1522
Dateline looms in Bentley/Mason ethics investigation 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1531
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools wants Bentley removed from all college boards 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1520
House bill would allow up to 6 days of early voting in Alabama 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1441
Jefferson County District Attorney indicted, suspended 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1431
No Pardon for Former Gov. Siegelman 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1543
Federal Judges Strike Down 12 Alabama Legislative Districts 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1486
Bentley to Congress: Keep funding for Medicaid, hospitals; more state control over Medicaid 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1505
AG Luther Strange instructs City of Huntsville to allow guns at library (al.com) 2 eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1386
Lynneice Washington steps into history as new district attorney in Bessemer Cutoff (al.com) 0 eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1423
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 1214

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Terri Sewell boycotting Donald Trump inauguration, citing 'disrespect' of John Lewis 1 yallerdawg Jan 2017 Jan 2017 7 1979
200,000 Alabamians could lose healthcare as Obamacare repeal looms 0 yallerdawg Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1982
Former small-town Alabama police chief sentenced to federal prison 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2332
Univ. of Alabama - Birmingham employee sentenced to prison for $1.1 million theft 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1664
Insurer drops CVS from network 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2200
Talladega police officer fired over racist Facebook posts lays out his defense 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2005
Bill to do away with marriage licenses will be back 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2120
Governor renews immunity claims in former ALEA secretary's lawsuit 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2030
Mosses Mayor pleads guilty to ethics charges 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1573
Beckman urges Judiciary Committee to restart Bentley impeachment hearings 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1556
Follow-up: Spicer terminated from job at ABC 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1878
State Legislature to Consider Bathroom Bill 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1153
Hostages 'fine,' suspect arrested near University of Alabama 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1319
Talladega College Band to march at Trump's inauguration, igniting controversy 6 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 11 3722
Former Alabama Gov. Albert Brewer has died 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1413
Former Alabama legislator Terry Spicer works at ABC store after bribery conviction 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 4 1766
Lawmakers still want more access to driver's license offices in rural areas 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2604
Mike Hubbard appeal probably not coming before February 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2400
Alabama governor's former aide Rebekah Mason asks to stay civil lawsuit amid probes 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1768
Judge schedules hearing in security chief's lawsuit against Bentley 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1232
Common law marriage in Alabama ending Jan. 1, 2017 0 yallerdawg Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2867
Out-of-state company could do most of states Medicaid managed care 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1485
Bentley plans special session for prisons 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1219
State inmate kills self after mental health testimony 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1077
University of Alabama grad lands 'Star Trek' lead role 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1332
Convicted Alabama House Speaker Hubbard had a Hillary Clinton-style private server 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1207
Bentley administration seeking legislation for $21 million state parking deck 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1086
Alabama Ethics: How a broken reporting system hides who wines and dines your elected officials 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1139
Aint Alabama politics fun? 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1159
21 busted on felony drug charges 10 days after 22 heroin overdoses in Walker County 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1466

Alabama Continued...

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Anti-Trump, pro-progressive rally scheduled Saturday in Mobile 0 yallerdawg Dec 2016 Dec 2016 4 2223
Investments for teachers' pension fund earn 10% for year 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1567
Alabama removes 22 boys from religious boarding school amid allegations of abuse 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1791
Lawmakers: Hold school districts accountable if they falsified graduation numbers 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1433
Alabama Supreme Court demands JIC provide reason for keeping Moore case sealed 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 1492
Bibb County sheriff's death confirmed as suicide 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1249
More lewd details about affair emerge in new bombshell lawsuit against Gov. Robert Bentley 7 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Dec 2016 1 1907
Charles Barkley pledges 1 million to Alabama college, but it's not Auburn 3 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 11 2125
Browns Ferry nuke plant fined 140K for safety violations 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1258
Governors office uncertain if staff salaries paid by federal anti-terror money 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1253
11,000 more Alabamians need to be employed in order for Gov. Robert Bentley to get a paycheck. 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1335
Former Chief Justice Roy Moores son arrested for the 8th time 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 2455
Prison mental health lawsuit moves forward as class action 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1167
Regions employee 'no longer with the company' after comments about Obama, family (al.com) 5 eppur_se_muova Nov 2016 Nov 2016 6 2752
Gov. Robert Bentley: Interim senator must support Trump 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1092
Bentley considering Special Session on prison construction 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1016
More bailing on failed software 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1125
Lawmakers asking Bentley to delay Medicaid transformation contracts 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1357
House stops impeachment probe of Bentley as AG investigates 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1107
Seven Judges Appointed to Hear Judge Roy Moore’s Appeal 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1315
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