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May 9, 2024

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Alabama gambling politics loom over legislative debate crucial to Spanish Fort project

A change to the city's Capital Improvement Cooperative District to support a Spanish Fort project was the subject of an animating debate filled with references to the defeated gambling and lottery package.

By John Sharp | jsharp@al.com

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