Tag: Montgomery
John Lewis funeral to be held at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist
The funeral for the late civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis will be held Thursday at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church,...
Steven Reed takes office as Montgomery’s first black mayor
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed was sworn in Tuesday as the capital city’s first African American leader.
Reed took the oath of office after...
Montgomery City Council backs off jail time for helping panhandlers
The city council in Montgomery, Alabama, has rejected a proposal to punish people who give cash to panhandlers with jail time.
The Montgomery...
Montgomery city council to revisit law requiring panhandlers be jailed
The Montgomery, Alabama, City Council is revisiting an ordinance that requires panhandlers be jailed for at least two days. It has been...
Steve Flowers: Hot political summer in the city of Montgomery
It has been a long hot summer in Montgomery, and I do not mean at the Capitol or Statehouse, but in the...
Martha Roby Weekly Column: A productive week of travel in...
For the last week of May, Congress was out of session for a district work period, and I had the opportunity to...
The fastest growing and shrinking cities in Alabama
Alabama’s list of largest cities is due for another shakeup. In 2016, Huntsville passed Mobile to become the state’s third-largest city. Next...
‘No gas tax’ rally brings dozens to State House
Opponents of Gov. Kay Ivey's gas tax proposal rallied against the $300 million tax increase bill on Saturday that they say breaks...
Protesters remembered on anniversary of 1960 Alabama sit-in
Joseph Peterson was a college student on Feb. 25, 1960 when he and other African-American students walked to the whites-only lunch counter at the...
Sit-in anniversary to be marked in Montgomery
An event next week will honor university students who led a 1960 sit-in at a whites-only courthouse lunch counter.
Alabama State University said in a...