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April 29, 2024

Alabama Politics

News

Whitmire: Feed poor kids? Alabama lawmakers fatten slush fund instead.

House budget directs $30 million of BSC rescue money to legislative slush funds while federal summer food program remains unfunded.

By Kyle Whitmire | kwhitmire@al.com

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‘Grown man running against 6-year-old:’ Biden jabs Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

U.S. President Joe Biden poked fun at Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night, while seeking to portray his Republican rival as a threat to democracy six months before their rematch.

By Tribune News Service

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Alabama real estate group fights against lawsuit that alleges racial quotas in board appointments

The lawsuit in Alabama is one of at least seven challenges to board composition provisions across the country.

By Rebecca Griesbach | rgriesbach@al.com

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Alabama passes bill making it a felony for clergy to have sex with anyone under 19

It’s modeled on Alabama’s teacher-student sex law.

By Rebecca Griesbach | rgriesbach@al.com

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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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