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FULL RESULTS: Alabama’s primary runoff races | #elections | #alabama

CENTRAL ALABAMA RACES | DISTRICT 2 CONGRESSIONAL RACEVoters across the state cast ballots in dozens of primary runoff races Tuesday to choose who would represent them in office.People in Congressional District 2 returned to the polls to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest that could help decide control of the narrowly divided chamber […]

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Alabama congressional district primary results | #elections | #alabama

Live Alabama Election Results: House of Representatives breakdown Updated: 6:55 PM CST Mar 5, 2024 AFTERNOON. A SUPER TUESDAY VOTING. WELL UNDERWAY. POLLS ARE CLOSING IN ALABAMA IN JUST ABOUT UNDER THREE HOURS, SO 15 STATES UP FOR GRABS TODAY. NATIONWIDE, THE STORY IS THE GOP RACE BETWEEN NIKKI HALEY AND DONALD TRUMP AND HERE […]

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Alabama presidential primary results | #elections | #alabama

Live Results: 2024 primary elections in Alabama Updated: 1:21 PM CST Mar 5, 2024 THEIR TICKET TO THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. AND WE ARE FOLLOWING SEVERAL PRIMARY RACES TODAY, INCLUDING THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS CLOSING IN ON SECURING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINATION. TRUMP’S LONE REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER, FORMER […]

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Judges aiming to give Black voters more influence in Alabama set to redraw congressional districts | #elections | #alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday that the court will soon adopt new congressional districts for Alabama, choosing among proposals aimed at giving Black voters a greater opportunity to influence election outcomes in the Deep South state. U.S. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus, noting a ruling will be issued “shortly,” said the three-judge […]

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Madison mayor sues three Madison County supervisors over rezoning deal

MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – The mayor of Madison has filed suit against three Madison County supervisors, alleging a rezoning deal broke state law. According to the lawsuit filed by Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler, a rezoning scheme and land donation from the mid-2000s is illegal. Defense questions Shadow Robinson in William “Polo” Edwards trial The […]

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Mayor proposes $47 million budget with no tax increases, raises for city employees | WHOP 1230 AM 99.3 FM

Hopkinsville Mayor J.R. Knight presented his proposed $47.4 million spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year during his budget address Friday morning at the Municipal Center. The mayor says the city is experiencing growth and there are no proposed tax increases included in the budget. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2023/05/knight-revenues.mp3 In the way of expenditures, Mayor Knight is proposing […]

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Stokes calls on mayor to appoint public safety director

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson Councilman Kenneth Stokes is calling on Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba to address needed street and infrastructure repairs. Stokes says public roadway safety is a growing concern in Jackson and says the public works department needs better leadership. The councilman says a telephone pole has been laying in the right side […]

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Jackson mayor declares emergency due to water crisis

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba issued a Local State of Emergency on Monday, December 26 due to the ongoing water crisis. Leaders said water crews are still dealing with complications at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility due to freezing temperatures over the weekend. A citywide boil water notice was issued […]

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Vicksburg mayor recommends partnership with NAACP

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) – Mayor George Flaggs Jr. recently sent a letter to city aldermen to inform them of his plans to recommend a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). “What we are deciding to do and going to do on Monday is enter a Memorandum […]

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Jackson mayor insists there’s a plan for water crisis

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) laid out recommendations for the City of Jackson amidst the ongoing water crisis. Thompson said the city needs to be transparent about what is wrong with the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility. In a one-on-one interview with WJTV 12 News, Thompson suggested that Jackson develop an actual […]

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