In Alabama, tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Zakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly as a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes throughout the U.S. South laid waste to relatives’ homes and churches across a part of Alabama known as the Black Belt. Text messages and calls from loved ones, many of them hysterical, provided her with devastating updates of Thursday’s storms, which tore […]
Read More
Selma mayor, City Council, at odds over employee pay raises
SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) – The city of Selma has less than a week to pass its fiscal 2023 budget. Mayor James Perkins and the City Council have been struggling to come to an agreement on specific line items in his proposed budget. One of those items the mayor has advocated in the budget is a […]
Read More
Bill to name Atlanta post office for John Lewis close to law | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
ATLANTA (AP) — A bill to name Atlanta’s main post office after the late civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis is close to becoming law after passing the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. The bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent, going to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature. It passed the House on […]
Read More