Personnel note: Balch lobbyist Williams Stiers jumps to Maynard Cooper

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After 20 years with Balch & Bingham, William Stiers has joined another Alabama firm, Maynard Cooper & Gale. The University of Alabama grad brings with him over 30 years...

Alabama delegations weighs in on GOP’s massive tax cut plan

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As congressional Republicans unveiled a sweeping tax reform plan on Thursday, Alabama’s congressional delegation by and large came out in support of it. While 5th District...

Will taxpayers statewide ​be on the hook for new beach bridge?

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Usually, local Town Halls are primarily about issues only relevant to those in that area. That’s not always the case. An upcoming Town Hall meeting...

Kay Ivey awards $1.3 million to establish new statewide Drug Task...

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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is convening a new drug task force that will operate throughout the state in cooperation with local and state law...

Birmingham Southern, UAB ranked among top Ala. universities in survey

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With years of state budget cuts to higher education adversely affecting the cost and quality of schools and research showing that public institutions can...

Terri Sewell promotes ACA health care open enrollment period

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Alabamians who wish buy insurance on the individual market could start signing-up for plans Wednesday and Alabama's 7th District U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell wants...

Daniel Sutter: A merger for a stronger future?

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Troy Bank and Trust and First National Bank of Brundidge recently announced a merger. Both are community banks, meaning locally owned banks with assets...

Mike Rogers: Making our broken tax code simpler and fairer for...

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As most folks across East Alabama have seen in the news lately, President Donald Trump and Congress are working together to help make our...

Grant program to provide healthy foods to underserved Alabama communities now...

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In 2015, the Alabama legislature passed a law, the Alabama’s Healthy Food Financing Act, to establish a statewide program to provide financing to increase the...

Newt Gingrich throws support behind Roy Moore’s Senate bid

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Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has picked up the endorsement of yet another big name in Republican politics in his bid to be...