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Bradley Byrne: 2019 – A Year in Review

By Bradley Byrne on December 31, 2019 | Opinion

At this time last year, I predicted that the upcoming year with a Democrat majority in the House would be much different. While most activity in the House centered around efforts to impeach our President,…

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Mobile Police Officers Brag About Putting Homeless People In Jail

By Brent Wilson on December 30, 2019

Two Mobile, AL police officers are in hot water after posting an image of themselves that appears to make fun of homeless people they have arrested for panhandling.

The Facebook post shows two…

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Race, Politics, and Transformation in Alabama – Part 3

By Jeremy Jeffcoat on December 30, 2019 | Opinion

I consider myself a center-left individual. Interestingly, I considered myself a center-right individual for many years. However, as the right moved further from the center, my self-identification had to move with it. As a center-left,…

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Some Low-Income Alabamians Will Have Medical Debts Forgiven

By Dakota Layton on December 30, 2019

Thanks to a partnership between a non-profit organization known as F.A.I.T.H founded by Patricia Gant and a national group known as RIP Medical Debt, some low-income Alabamians will have their medical…

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Patients File Lawsuit Against DCH Health System After Cyber Attack On Their Records

By Dakota Layton on December 30, 2019

On Oct. 1, DCH’s hospitals in Tuscaloosa, Northport, and Fayette were temporarily closed due to a breach in its computer system. The source of the breach was a cyber attack from…

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Gardendale Forced to Pay Legal Fees to NAACP Amid its Push to Create its Own School System

By Dakota Layton on December 28, 2019

After attempting to create its own school system and district to divorce itself from the school system of Jefferson County (a 50 percent white county), the 80 percent white city of Gardendale is…

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Guntersville City Councilman Sanchez Watkins Arrested, Again

By Brent Wilson on December 28, 2019

Guntersville City Council member Sanchez Watkins was arrested Friday in Albertville, AL according to city police.

Watkins represents District 1 on the council and was charged with distributing a private image with…

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Bradley Byrne Uses Religion to Pander for Votes, Defend Trump

By Clete Wetli on December 27, 2019 | Opinion

If Byrne is so concerned about the darkness of the world, he and the rest of the GOP need to spend a little more time figuring out why the wealthiest aren’t paying their share of the light bill.

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Geneva County Commissioner, Weston Spivey Endorses Bradley Byrne for U.S. Senate

By Dakota Layton on December 26, 2019

On Monday, Geneva County Commissioner, Weston Spivey wrote an article for Yellowhammer News in which he gave an endorsement to Congressman Bradley…

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Jeff Sessions Backs Keeping the Electoral College

By Dakota Layton on December 24, 2019

On Saturday, December 21st, former Attorney General and 2020 Alabama GOP Senate front-runner, Jeff Sessions tweeted a viral meme of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, House Financial Services Committee…

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