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Alabama

Steve Flowers talks politics at Republican dinner | | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

It was the who’s who of local politics inside the Betty Carol Graham Center on Thursday night for the Tallapoosa County Republican Party annual dinner. Led by party chairman Terry Martin, the annual dinner featured a meal by 1220 Cafe and guest speaker Steve Flowers, who is Alabama’s leading political columnist and whose columns appear […]

Alabama

Action of a few, harm many | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

In response to Lola Zinke’s opinion piece “Our heroes deserve better”, I could not agree with her more that it is disgusting that certain lawmakers “are willing to sacrifice our troops for political gain.” Ms Zinke knows first hand of the dedication and sacrifice our troops demonstrate both in war and in peace to keep […]

Alabama

Tommy Tuberville: The most popular Republican in Alabama history | Opinion | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

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Alabama

North Dakota senators call for compromise as military nomination freeze drags on | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Brig. Gen. Jackie Huber is up for a promotion. She’s currently the second-highest ranking officer of North Dakota’s National Guard, serving as its deputy adjutant general. But she was nominated in late July to become a major general in the Reserve of the Army. Since then, however, there’s been no movement on the matter. Brig. Gen. […]

Mayor

Hearing held to consider pay raises for Cumberland mayor, City Council members | Local News

CUMBERLAND — Expenses that public officials incur, including to attend various functions, add up over time, Joe George said. He spoke Tuesday at a public hearing held to consider salary increases for the mayor and City Council members. George, who served as a Cumberland City Council member from September 2021 to December 2022, said he […]

Alaska

What 2022 Alaska elections can tell us about ranked choice voting | #alaska | #politics

The Dorothy Moon faction of the Idaho Republican Party has enlisted Sarah Palin to speak in Idaho Falls this weekend about the supposed evils of ranked choice voting. Palin’s 2022 loss of her statewide race for Congress in Alaska should provide a ray of hope to the vast number of reasonable, pragmatic Idaho Republicans who […]

Mayor

Sen. David Rader decides not to run for Tulsa mayor

The field of contenders for Tulsa mayor shrank Saturday with state Sen. David Rader’s decision to seek reelection to the Legislature. “I like what I’m doing. We’ve worked hard to get where we are and still have some things we’d like to finish,” Rader said. Rader contemplated foregoing a third and final term in the […]

City Council

Bryant City Council hikes city parks’ share of A&P tax to 50% | News | #citycouncil

Bryant Parks & Recreation Committee members appealed to the City Council Tuesday, asking that the council increase the parks’ portion of a proposed A&P tax from 30 percent to 70 percent. The Council did unanimously vote to increase the percentage, but not as much as the parks committee, or the residents in attendance to support […]

Alabama

No action: But grocery tax cuts and cheap car tags are frequent election-year rhetoric | Opinion | #elections | #alabama

STARKVILLE – Driving into the Neshoba County Fair gates for an inspection of what needed cleaning, washing, replacing, fixing, or receiving other attention at the Salter-Denley cabin, there was no doubt that this was a courthouse-to-statehouse election year in Mississippi. Political signs dot the landscape from Philadelphia south to the fairgrounds. Inside the fairgrounds, political […]

Arkansas