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April 27, 2024

Alabama Politics

Opinion

Cameron Smith: Break free from the neon god we made

Whether we know it or not, most of us are hunting dopamine hits like drug addicts. As much as I might sound like a grandpa telling you that screens rot your brain, tomes of available research suggest that our elders were actually correct.

By Cameron Smith | csmith@al.com

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Archibald: Alabama kowtows to censors, moves to criminalize librarians

The bill – in the bastardized name of liberty and safety for all – would allow librarians to be charged with crimes.

By John Archibald | jarchibald@al.com

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem killed Cricket, her ‘untrainable’ puppy, in a gravel pit. And a goat

She writes, according to the Guardian, that the tale was included to show her willingness to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it has to be done.

By The Associated Press

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Biden tells Howard Stern he considered suicide after deadly 1972 car crash

“I had two kids,” he said. “It wasn’t like I got to commit suicide… (But) you’re never going to be OK.”

By Dave Goldiner New York Daily News (TNS) and Tribune Media Services

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Trump says he has to spend Melania’s birthday at ‘a rigged trial’

Trump said he’d be jetting off to Florida on Friday evening to join Melania, who is celebrating her 54th birthday.

By Molly Crane-Newman and Josephine Stratman New York Daily News (TNS) and Tribune Media Services

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Alabama considers modernizing public school funding to better fit needs of students

The Legislature will study ways to help schools that have more students in poverty, with special needs, and other circumstances that can make learning harder.

By Mike Cason | mcason@al.com

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