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Energy Alabama, a nonprofit advocating for clean energy in Alabama, has appealed to the Montgomery Circuit Court after t...
12/16/2024

Energy Alabama, a nonprofit advocating for clean energy in Alabama, has appealed to the Montgomery Circuit Court after their request to participate in the process of setting the Rate Energy Cost Recovery between Alabama Power and the Public Service Commission. Energy Alabama alleges that the Public Service Commission is violating Alabama law, which requires that all groups impacted by rate proceedings be allowed to be a part of the process. For their part, The Public Service Commission argues that the changes made to Rate ECR do not constitute a proceeding as defined by the law.

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Several bills pre-filed by members of the Alabama Legislature for the 2025 legislative session pertain directly to chang...
12/09/2024

Several bills pre-filed by members of the Alabama Legislature for the 2025 legislative session pertain directly to changing laws around voting. The supporters of these bills all say that their goal is to increase the number of Alabamians that participate in elections, which saw a historic low this year.

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Several bills related to voting have been pre-filed with the Alabama Legislature for the 2025 legislative session. The common theme around these bills is th ...

Xander Swain spends his November edition of The Longleaf Hiker educating readers on a hidden gem of the Birmingham area ...
12/04/2024

Xander Swain spends his November edition of The Longleaf Hiker educating readers on a hidden gem of the Birmingham area — Ruffner Mountain. Tucked away next to I-59 and the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International airport, Ruffner Mountain is a public nature preserve that is part of a larger nature coalition in Jefferson County. Read the full article on our site. https://buff.ly/4f5dkwu

Lipscomb, a small town just outside of Bessemer, recently had all of its city accounts frozen by court order state agent...
12/03/2024

Lipscomb, a small town just outside of Bessemer, recently had all of its city accounts frozen by court order state agents raided a local electronic bingo hall.

While many of funds have now been released, accounts connected to the funds gained from the bingo hall remain frozen until Dec. 9.

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Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner, Kent Davis, was removed from his position by Gov. Kay Ivey almost i...
10/31/2024

Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner, Kent Davis, was removed from his position by Gov. Kay Ivey almost immediately after a meeting in which the State Board of Veterans Affairs held a tight vote choosing to keep him as commissioner until the end of the year. Ivey wrote that she had “ample legal causes” to justify Davis’s removal and criticized the board for not removing Davis. For his part, Davis’s attorney, John Saxon, said that he was unsure Ivey had the legal authority to fire Davis, since he was hired by the board and reports to them. Read more about the details involving the removal on our site. https://buff.ly/48ugPLh

Elmore Specialized Men’s Facility, set to open in 2026, is being constructed to be more like a college campus, rather th...
10/31/2024

Elmore Specialized Men’s Facility, set to open in 2026, is being constructed to be more like a college campus, rather than a standard prison. Sen. Clyde Chambliss, R-Prattville, who is chairman of the prison oversight committee, said, “We’re building a hospital. We’re building a mental health facility. We’re building a prison. And a community college. All in the same spot.” Read more about this facility and the rehabilitative approach it is designed to implement, on our site. https://buff.ly/48ugPLh

Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Oct. 25 that Alabama would be deploying 125 members of the 152nd Military Police Company from...
10/29/2024

Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Oct. 25 that Alabama would be deploying 125 members of the 152nd Military Police Company from Hartselle to the Mexican border. The 269 soldiers currently deployed by Alabama there will be recalled in phases. The 152nd will be deployed for approximately 400 days, according to Ivey. Read more in our weekly Roundup, available on our site or delivered straight to your inbox. https://buff.ly/48ugPLh

Alabama’s State Department of Education has requested a $53 million increase in funding dedicated to school security, wh...
10/29/2024

Alabama’s State Department of Education has requested a $53 million increase in funding dedicated to school security, which is $51.4 million more than last year. The funding increase would cover the cost of implementing a bill passed into law this year, which places new security requirements on schools and authorizes the Board of Education to award grants to schools to help them implement these security measures. Read more about this, and other Alabama news, on our site. https://buff.ly/48ugPLh

Alabama’s proposed plan to use 1.4 billion in federal funds for broadband expansion was approved by the U.S. National Te...
10/28/2024

Alabama’s proposed plan to use 1.4 billion in federal funds for broadband expansion was approved by the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Oct. 17. The plan, known as the Digital Opportunity Plan, is being administered by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs and will begin accepting applications from broadband providers to work on projects starting in 2025. Read more about this project and others like it, on our site or in our weekly Roundup, delivered right to your inbox every Monday. Sign up on our site. https://buff.ly/4ffXwaY

On Oct. 18, a recall due to potential listeria contamination was announced for hundreds of frozen waffles produced by Tr...
10/27/2024

On Oct. 18, a recall due to potential listeria contamination was announced for hundreds of frozen waffles produced by TreeHouse Foods, Inc. The full list of products can be found on the FDA’s website. According to the CDC, people who eat foods infected with Listeria can experience intestinal illness or invasive Listeria. Read more on our site. https://buff.ly/4ffXwaY

Xander Swain takes us deep into the earth in Tennessee's Lost Creek Cave in his latest edition of The Longleaf Hiker. Re...
10/25/2024

Xander Swain takes us deep into the earth in Tennessee's Lost Creek Cave in his latest edition of The Longleaf Hiker. Read the full article on our site. https://buff.ly/4f4xRSb

Alabama reported 123 recorded cases of the whooping cough as of Oct. 15. This is a 300% increase in the number of cases ...
10/23/2024

Alabama reported 123 recorded cases of the whooping cough as of Oct. 15. This is a 300% increase in the number of cases — 41 — recorded at the same time in 2023. Both nationwide and locally in Alabama, there has been a recorded dip in the number of vaccinations for disease amongst children. Read more about whooping cough and other Alabama news in our weekly Roundup, delivered right to your email inbox on Monday morning, or available on our site. https://buff.ly/4ffXwaY

In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Gov. Kay Ivey sent a search and rescue task force to Florida. She also rece...
10/19/2024

In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Gov. Kay Ivey sent a search and rescue task force to Florida. She also recently deployed members of the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Department of Public Health to assist in Florida and North Carolina. ALDOT is sending a crew of 18 members to assist their Florida counterpart with clearing affected roadways. The ADPH is sending a 9-person support crew of health professionals to support mass care shelters in North Carolina. Additionally, members of the Alabama National Guard have been deployed to assist with the response in North Carolina.

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Heather Lasha Craig and Bailey Clark Ganey, two former corrections officers at Walker County Jail in Jasper, have pleade...
10/17/2024

Heather Lasha Craig and Bailey Clark Ganey, two former corrections officers at Walker County Jail in Jasper, have pleaded guilty to their involvement in the death of a former inmate. The inmate, Tony Mitchell, was described as “almost always naked, wet, cold, and covered in f***s while lying on the cement floor without a mat or blanket” in court documents. Despite observing Mitchell’s condition, neither Ganey or Craig assisted. Mitchell later died in the hospital after suffering from hypothermia and sepsis. Craig cited the fear of being labeled as a snitch while Ganey cited intervention as a possible threat to his employment. Both Ganey and Craig will be arraigned in October.

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In October's edition of The Longleaf Hiker, columnist and cave-enthusiast Xander Swain shares his love for the undergrou...
10/16/2024

In October's edition of The Longleaf Hiker, columnist and cave-enthusiast Xander Swain shares his love for the underground as he explores Lost Creek, located in Tennessee. Read about bats, fungi and cave navigation in the full article, available on our site. https://buff.ly/4f4xRSb

"We live in a society where being tired is a badge of honor, where the fewest hours of sleep wins the water cooler conve...
10/15/2024

"We live in a society where being tired is a badge of honor, where the fewest hours of sleep wins the water cooler conversation, where slowing down is seen as a waste of time...when society wants us to believe that productivity is how we measure our self-worth, it is revolutionary to take a step back and rest. We can’t make change if we’re exhausted. Rest is part of the work."

Columnist Hannah Irvin uses the latest edition of The Breathing Room to invite you into a space where you can rest and breathe, no strings attached. Find the full article on our site. https://buff.ly/4gYjYa4

The Alabama Department of Corrections recently settled a wrongful death lawsuit, issuing $250,000 to Sondra Ray, the mot...
10/15/2024

The Alabama Department of Corrections recently settled a wrongful death lawsuit, issuing $250,000 to Sondra Ray, the mother of Steven Davis, who was beaten to death by corrections officers in 2019. Prior to the settlement, $393,000 was paid to several attorneys by the state to defend the officers included in the lawsuit. Two of the four officers involved in the death are still current employees at ADOC.

The Alabama Reflector reported that "Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall declined to press criminal charges against the officers involved, and the department’s internal investigation determined the officers’ use of force against Davis was justified."

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"We all need a physical space where we can let down our guard and know we won’t be taken advantage of emotionally. I hop...
10/09/2024

"We all need a physical space where we can let down our guard and know we won’t be taken advantage of emotionally. I hope The Breathing Room has been a respite for you and will continue to be so in the coming articles."

In the most recent edition of The Breathing Room, writer Hannah Irvin reflects on the column as a place to rest and, well, breathe. She invites you to create your own "breathing room" in your life, whether a physical space or a mental attitude. Read the full article on our site. https://buff.ly/4gYjYa4

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