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July 2, 2023

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US Interior Secretary Haaland reflects on tenure and tradition amid policy challenges

Haaland says one of the hardest things about the job is balancing the interests of all Americans when it comes to energy development on public lands and the preservation of culturally significant sites.

By The Associated Press

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Politics

In 370 days, Supreme Court conservatives dash decades of abortion and affirmative action precedents

Overturning Roe v. Wade and affirmative action in higher education had been leading goals of the conservative legal movement for decades. Over a span of 370 days, a Supreme Court reshaped by three justices nominated by President Donald Trump made both of those goals a reality.

By The Associated Press

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Alabama issuing permits to kill black vultures to stop attacks on livestock

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lets states allow limited killing of the vultures to protect livestock.

By Mike Cason | mcason@al.com

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News

Trump tells Moms for Liberty he will fight to have school principals elected

"If you have a bad principal who is not getting the job done the parents will under the Trump administration be allowed to vote to fire that principal."

By The Associated Press and AL.com staff

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Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Mississippi law barring voting for some felonies

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote that the authors of the Mississippi Constitution in 1890 made clear that they intended to exclude Black people.

By The Associated Press

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From the Lede

GASP director Michael Hansen wants a cleaner world for Birmingham residents

GASP continues the fight against pollution. Some rankings still give Jefferson County’s air quality a failing grade.

By Heather Gann | hgann@al.com

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