Thursday, May 23 2013 7:52 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:52:36 GMT
Alabama Representative Jo Bonner is planning to resign from his seat in the U.S. Congress. Rep. Bonner, a Republican representing District 1 along Alabama Gulf Coast, has served since 2003. He was recentlyMore >>
Alabama Representative Jo Bonner is planning to resign from his seat in the U.S. Congress. Rep. Bonner, a Republican representing District 1 along Alabama Gulf Coast, has served since 2003. He was recentlyMore >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:45 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:45:57 GMT
From one restaurant to another, there's cautious optimism that draft beer is about to arrive in Prattville. House bill 239 passed Monday in the state legislature and Governor Robert Bentley is expectedMore >>
From one restaurant to another, there's cautious optimism that draft beer is about to arrive in Prattville.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:23 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:23:14 GMT
Alabama's governor has signed legislation that expands where people can carry guns in Alabama. The bill by Republican Sen. Scott Beason of Gardendale passed the Legislature Monday, and Bentley's office announcedMore >>
Alabama's governor has signed legislation that expands where people can carry guns in Alabama. The bill by Republican Sen. Scott Beason of Gardendale passed the Legislature Monday, and Bentley's office announcedMore >>
The city of Pinson is the first in Alabama to be free of the federal requirement for prior approval of election-related changes.
The Birmingham News reports (http://bit.ly/IlWBUj ) a three-judge panel in Washington has signed off on the deal reached last month between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice to let Pinson out of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
The city successfully argued it doesn't have the history of voting discrimination that caused Congress to impose the anti-discrimination law's requirements on certain places across the country in 1965.
Pinson Mayor Hoyt Sanders says he's already received phone calls from other officials in other cities interested in pursuing a similar exemption.
Filing the Section 5 requests cost the city between $8,000 and $15,000 annually.
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