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Apr 10 2024
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Alabama redshirt freshman Kris Parker to enter transfer portal
Alabama basketball’s season ended last Saturday in the Final Four. On Wednesday, its first transfer of the offseason revealed his decision. Redshirt freshman Kris Parker is entering the portal, confirming his decision through multiple outlets on social media. It’s the start of a possible busy offseason in Tuscaloosa, which will include at least one new assistant coach and important decisions
AL.comApr 15 2024
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Voters to decide primary runoffs in Alabama's new 2nd Congressional District
In this image provided by the Figures for Congress campaign, Shomari Figures poses for a photo. Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday, April 16, 2024, to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest. Figures and Anthony Daniels, the state House Minority Leader, will compete for the Democratic
Yahoo NewsApr 18 2024
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Inspired by Marilyn Lands’ win, PAC looks to get more women elected in Alabama
This story was originally published by The 19th. Democrat Marilyn Lands gained national attention in March when she flipped an Alabama state House seat with a campaign focused on abortion and reproductive rights. And she doesn’t want to be the last. Lands’ supporters are launching a new PAC, Respect Alabama, to recruit, train and elect more women to run for office in Alabama, where women,
AL.comApr 06 2024
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Goodman: Historic run for Alabama signals greatness ahead
This is an opinion column. This history was for Wendell Hudson. This ride to the Final Four was for the Rocket 8s. This dream was for Cecil Hurt, and this journey was for C.M. Newton. The fight of the Alabama men’s basketball team? Well, we all know that was for Wimp Sanderson. The unexpected joy was for the fans who waited so long, and the inspiration created by this group of Alabama
AL.comApr 10 2024
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Alabama teacher certification: State pushes to again loosen rules
Alabama lawmakers say the state is missing opportunities to get more good teachers in the classroom – and are championing a bill to expand pathways for credentials. Supporters say new legislation will make it easier to become a teacher in Alabama, and could help address teacher shortages. But some in the state worry that the legislation will prop up low-quality educators and encourage risky
AL.comApr 06 2024
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UConn outlasts Alabama, will face Purdue for NCAA title
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- If there's one play from UConn's win over Alabama on Saturday night that typified the Huskies' run toward back-to-back national championships, it wasn't a Donovan Clingan blocked shot or an Alex Karaban transition 3-pointer. It was Tristen Newton, calmly standing off to the side chewing his gum, then slowly working his way back to the ball to receive a pass and bury a 3-
ABC News (Online)Apr 06 2024
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The NFL Draft’s Alabama roots: Pick No. 19
The 2024 NFL Draft starts on April 25 in Detroit with the 32 first-round picks. In the 88 NFL drafts, teams have chosen 128 prospects who played at Alabama high schools and colleges in the first round, and another 29 who were not first-rounders but were selected in the first 32 picks. AL.com is counting down to the draft by highlighting the players with Alabama football roots who have been
AL.comMar 29 2024
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The Harmfulness of Black Codes in the State of Alabama
The Harmfulness of Black Codes in the State of Alabama This post is part of our forum on “The Books, Archives, and Monuments That Shaped Me.” When the Civil War between the North and South began in 1861 over the issue of slavery, Alabama became a rebel state known as the “Cradle of the Confederacy” and home to the First White House of the Confederate States of America. However, when Alabama’s
African American Intellectual History SocietyApr 12 2024
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Alabama Supreme Court sides with megachurch over property dispute with UMC
The Alabama Supreme Court has rejected a request from a United Methodist Church conference to kill a lawsuit filed by a megachurch trying to secure the rights to its church property as it disaffiliates from the denomination. In a decision Friday, Alabama's highest court rejected a petition to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Harvest Church of Dothan in 2022 against the UMC Alabama-West Florida
The Christian PostApr 12 2024
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Alabama Legislature changed deadlines to get GOP candidates on ballot in 2020
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen notified the state and national Democratic parties on Tuesday that the Democratic National Convention, scheduled to begin Aug. 19, is a few days too late to meet a deadline in state law to get the party’s nominee for president, presumably Joe Biden, on the ballot for the general election in November.
Allen’s letter did not mention that in 2020, the
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