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Alabama Sen. Katie Britt cites friendship with Democrats in calling for more respectful discourse | National | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Katie Britt says she counts some Democratic colleagues among her best friends in the Senate and says such cross-party relationships are essential to governing. But she says it’s become increasingly difficult amid a widening political divide fueled by social media. The Alabama Republican made the comments Tuesday during a […]

Alabama

Former Alabama Republican US Rep. Robert Terry Everett dies at 87 | Us | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

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Alabama Republicans approve anti-DEI bill, absentee ballot limits | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republicans in the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday advanced a bill that would prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion programs at universities and state agencies and another to put limits on absentee ballot assistance. Representatives approved both bills on 75-28 party-line votes after Republicans moved to cut off debate. Both measures […]

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Sarah Stewart wins Republican race to lead Alabama Supreme Court, weeks after frozen embryo ruling | Us | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama

Alabama Republicans to vote on nominee for chief justice, weeks after court’s frozen embryo ruling | National | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans will choose who they want to replace the retiring chief justice of the state Supreme Court. Justices drew national attention last month for their decision to recognize frozen embryos as children. The Republican primary has pitted Sarah Stewart, a current associate justice on the Alabama Supreme Court, against Bryan […]

Alabama

Alabama IVF ruling highlights importance of state supreme court races in this year’s US elections | National | #elections | #alabama

CHICAGO (AP) — The recent ruling in Alabama that frozen embryos are legally considered children created a political firestorm after the decision halted treatment for many couples seeking to have families through fertility treatments. It also has turned the spotlight on the importance of institutions that are poised to play a central in this year’s […]

Arkansas

AR parole board chair resigns lied about sex with minor | News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The chair of Arkansas’ parole board resigned on Friday after personnel records revealed he was fired from a local police department several years ago for lying to investigators about having sex with a minor. Jamol Jones, who Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders named the board’s chair last week, stepped down from […]

Mayor

Meet the Russian professor who became mayor of a Colombian city

Mayor-elect Mikhail Krasnov waves to a supporter as he walks through Bolivar Square in Tunja, Colombia, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Krasnov, a 45-year-old university professor from Russia, was one of the unexpected winners in Colombia’s regional elections in October.Fernando Vergara/AP A woman holds a campaign card promoting mayoral candidate Mikhail Krasnov, in Tunja, Colombia, Monday, […]

Alabama

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024 | #elections | #alabama

FILE – A map of a GOP proposal to redraw Alabama’s congressional districts is displayed at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled in the summer of 2023 that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the […]

Arkansas

Little Rock 9 Members Rip Arkansas’ Restraints On AP African American Studies Course

Members of the Little Rock Nine — the group of Black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in the ‘50s — have knocked Arkansas’ Education Department for barring students from receiving graduation credit in an Advanced Placement African American studies course, NBC News reported on Friday. Elizabeth Eckford and Terrence Roberts spoke out […]