City Council approves Huntsville Utilities water rate increase | News | #citycouncil
Thursday night city leaders unanimously approved Huntsville Utilities proposed water rate increase. City Council members approved an amended water rate increase. The current rate is $1.33 per the first 3,000 gallons of water, now the increased rate will be $1.70. Amending how Alabama’s ‘Hands Free Law’ applies to Huntsville prompted a lengthy discussion. Councilman David […]
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Huntsville city council member proposes tightening texting while driving law | News | #citycouncil
Texting while driving could soon hold more consequences in Alabama. During the Aug. 24 Huntsville City Council meeting, Council Member David Little proposed changing how the state’s Hands Free Law applies in Huntsville. The current law makes it illegal for drivers to be texting while driving, but police cannot pull over a driver for this […]
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Republican lawmaker to resign seat in Alabama and admit he claimed fraudulent home address | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama legislator will plea guilty to a felony voter fraud charge that he used a fraudulent address to run for office in a district where he did not live, according to an agreement filed Thursday. Republican Rep. David Cole, of Huntsville, resigned from the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday. […]
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Rogers summons defense leaders to testify on SPACECOM headquarters | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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WASHINGTON ― House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers is asking three top Defense Department officials to testify before Congress after the Biden administration revoked a previous decision to place the Space Command headquarters in his home state of Alabama and instead designated Colorado as its home base. The Alabama Republican on Tuesday invited Air […]
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Clean Up Alabama applauds suggested AG opinion, board investigation regarding sexually explicit library books | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Clean Up Alabama, the group formed to address sexually explicit children’s books, praised the actions of Alabama Public Library System (APLS) board member and Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl for attempting to address the issue at a state level. On Thursday, the APLS board of directors voted to seek an attorney general opinion on […]
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Alabama Republican Party approves rule change to ban NEA, AEA donations for school board, superintendent candidates | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) met on Saturday for the organization’s summer meeting of its executive committee and voted to approve a rule change to ban Republican county and state school board and superintendent candidates from receiving campaign donations from the National Education Association (NEA) and the Alabama Education Association (AEA). After an […]
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National GOP Redistricting Trust issues statement in support of Alabama’s congressional maps, opposes Supreme Court decision that forced redrawing | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The National Republican Redistricting Trust (NRRT) recently shared its U.S. Supreme Court brief supporting Alabama’s redistricting efforts with the state’s Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment. Last month, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), in Milligan v. Allen, upheld with a 5-4 vote a lower court’s decision to require the Alabama Legislature to redraw the […]
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We’re going to do our best to win all seven congressional districts | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Following a U.S. Supreme Court 5-4 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts last week, a lower court’s ruling was upheld that Alabama will have to redraw a second largely or majority-black congressional district. The Republican-led supermajority Alabama Legislature is widely expected to meet next month to fulfill the federal court mandate. However, it could work […]
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Alabama senator says Space Command prefers Huntsville for HQ, but command has no comment | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville said in a tweet Wednesday that the top general in charge of U.S. Space Command told him during a meeting that Huntsville, not Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the preferred location for its new headquarters. Tuberville’s tweet, which his office also issued in a press release, is the […]
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Madison Matters: Election to decide Madison city government on May 9 | News | #elections | #alabama
The city of Madison is the second largest city in the region, and on May 9 it could change the way it operates. This would be the first time since the 1980s. Madison ran on a City Commission form prior to switching over to Mayor-Council form in 1988. Madison was required by state law to […]
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