Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the "Heart of Dixie" and the "Cotton State". The state has diverse geography, with the north dominated by the mountainous Tennessee Valley and the south by Mobile Bay, a historically significant port. Alabama's capital is Montgomery, and its largest city by population and area is Huntsville. Its oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists (Alabama Creoles) in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana. Greater Birmingham is Alabama's largest metropolitan area and its economic center. Politically, as part of the Deep South, Alabama is predominantly a conservative state, and is known for its Southern culture. Within Alabama, American football, particularly at the college level, plays a major part of the state's culture.

First Lady and Defense Secretary Visit Alabama Air Force Base
First Lady Jill Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited a pre-kindergarten program on Friday at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama that provides universal preschool. The president intends to continue programs nationwide that are intended to improve the quality of life and early childhood education for families beyond military bases. The first lady said, “If we want kids to succeed in school and their careers—if we want to set them on a lifelong path of learning—we need to invest in them from the very beginning.“ She continued, “Military kids at Maxwell Air Force Base, and at 80 military schools across the country and abroad, now have access to full-day pre-kindergarten,“ adding, “Providing universal pre-k is among the defining issues of our time.“
(Presidential Prayer Team 6/14/24) ​READ MORE>>>>>

Wes Allen’s voter purge program targeted Alabama’s naturalized citizens, lawsuit claims
A longtime state resident born in Florida and naturalized citizens are among the victims of Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen’s effort to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls, according to a lawsuit they and others filed Friday in federal court in Birmingham.
Allen announced last month that 3,251 registered voters were issued noncitizen identification numbers, prompting him to tell boards of registrars in Alabama’s 67 counties to immediately take steps to remove any non-citizens from the voting rolls.
 (Al.com 6/14/24) ​READ MORE>>>>>

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Alabama NAACP creates initiative to boost voter turnout
As November quickly approaches, Alabama voters will face a significant choice on their ballots: selecting a representative for the newly established second congressional district, created following a federal mandate. Robert Clopton, president of the Mobile NAACP branch, is spearheading efforts to boost voter turnout locally. Clopton and other Alabama NAACP members will gather on Saturday at 10 a.m. at New Bayside Baptist Church in Mobile as part of a statewide tour designed to rally local voters. “Tomorrow’s kick off of the tour will begin in three different areas – one, Evergreen, Troy and here in Mobile, Alabama,” Clopton explained. “Tomorrow here in Mobile we will have the state president of the NAACP plus one of our plaintiffs in the Allen v. Milligan Supreme Court case that decided that we will have district two.”
 (Fox 10 6/14/24) ​READ MORE>>>>>

Proposed bill would allow state to take over local police departments if needed
Recent crime rates in Alabama has prompted two state lawmakers to propose legislation that would allow the state to take over local police departments. Rep. Reed Ingram and Sen. Will Barfoot, both Republicans, are proposing a bill that would allow the attorney general or governor to appoint an interim police chief if there is a threat to public safety. “You need individuals at the top of the food chain and the law enforcement side that have the will to prosecute and the will to go after those criminals committing those violent acts of crime,” Barfoot said.
 (Fox 10 6/12/24) ​READ MORE>>>>>

Tommy Tuberville admits he came to New York to break Trump's gag order
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has admitted he came to New York City Monday to break a gag order for former President Donald Trump. MSNBC Anchor Nicolle Wallace reported Tuberville's public admission, made on the conservative channel Newsmax, as part of her coverage on Trump's ongoing criminal hush money trial and the gag order the former president has been fined for repeatedly violating. "I guess we love that he just gives it to us, right?" said a laughing Wallace. "Were you trying to go against the gag order and intimidate witnesses because Trump can't? 'Yes, sir.'"
 (Ray Story 5/14/24) ​READ MORE>>>>>

​Reed DePace: Legislators, what are you thinking?!
​As the Alabama State Senate takes up the House’s gambling legislation, one thought comes to mind: What are our state legislators thinking?! The House passed a bill that purports to be good because of all the extra tax revenue it will create for the state and all the good that extra money can do in our communities. But at what cost? The further degradation of civil life in those very communities! So I must ask: What are you thinking, state legislators?!  (1819 News; 4/7/24) READ MORE>>>>>

​AL-2 hopeful Caroleene Dobson: ‘We’ve got to get President Trump back in the White House’ to undo Biden's damage
From rampant inflation, failing foreign policy and a crisis at the southern border, candidate for the Republican nomination in the second congressional district Caroleene Dobson said America was heading in the wrong direction "in just about every way possible" under its current leadership. That's why she said it's imperative Donald Trump win back the White House this November, and she believes she's the best candidate to represent AL-2 and work alongside him in undoing the damage. m"I'm solidly behind President Trump, and we've got to get [him] back in the White House," Dobson said on a recent episode of "1819 News: The Podcast."
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Alabama’s Confederate mansions get state funding, distort our history
​​Across the street from the Alabama State Capitol sits an old two-story wooden house with bright white clapboards and forest green shutters. A red, white and blue flag flies atop a pole out front, but it’s not the Stars and Stripes. It’s the first national flag of the Confederacy. This is the First White House of the Confederacy, and for a century this house has been a state-sponsored shrine to Jefferson Davis — never mind that Davis lived in this house for just six weeks.(Al.com; 11/2/22) READ MORE>>>>>

Al.com: ​Nation’s largest no-kill dog rescue shelter opens in Alabama
Big Dog Ranch Rescue Alabama has turned a 100-acre former greyhound training facility into a regional rescue center, which its owners say will eventually save about 5,000 dogs a year over a region covering eight states including Alabama.11.2.22

NPR: ​Alabama Sen. Tuberville equates descendants of enslaved people to criminals
​Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., compared descendants of enslaved people to criminals on Saturday at a rally for former President Donald Trump, drawing intense backlash for promoting a racist narrative.
In front of an overwhelmingly white crowd in Minden, Nevada, Tuberville criticized Democrats for being "pro-crime."
10.10.22

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