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Secretary of State orders purging of potential noncitizens from …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · According to the latest data from the secretary of state’s website, there are more than 3.7 million registered voters in Alabama, and 1.4 million ballots were cast in the 2022 general election. The number of potential noncitizens identified represents .09 percent of registered voters and .22 percent of total ballots cast in the 2022 election.
Opinion | It's not too late for the secretary of state to do the right ...
WEBAug 23, 2024 · Maybe Wes Allen doesn’t understand the impact of what he’s doing. Maybe that’s the reason he so casually shirked off federal law and basic decency last week when he announced a purge of more than 3,000 registered voters from Alabama’s voting rolls based simply on the fact that those people once obtained a noncitizen ID.
Pharmacy board faces scrutiny after public examiner's report …
WEBAug 23, 2024 · A recent sunset report released by the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts revealed significant issues with the board, including charging some licensees higher fees than the law authorizes and using deferral agreements to allow for the dismissal of pending violations if the offending licensee pays a higher fine.
Opinion | Trouble brewing (again) for Alabama Medical Cannabis …
WEBDec 19, 2023 · More upheaval in Alabama’s attempt to award medical cannabis licenses is on the way. Following the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission’s licensing decisions a week ago – its third attempt at handing out those licenses – an army of attorneys, executives and investors have spent time picking apart the …
Opinion | Maybe $1.2 billion for a prison is just the start of our …
WEBAug 19, 2024 · The sticker price for Alabama’s mega-prison is a shocking $1.2 billion. Maybe that’s how much it costs to address decades of inflicting human suffering. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Alabama Department of Corrections has been, and remains, an absolute mess of a state agency.
Opinion | Mooresmith: The law is clear; the AMCC simply refuses …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Such a hearing would create an administrative record and would make it clear why a specific applicant was chosen – both requirements under the AAPA. “This would get to the real facts and truth that the AMCC should have to make an intelligent decision,” Mooresmith said. “There would also then be a …
Labor organization continues in Alabama as longshoremen strike …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · The ILA’s efforts come just a few months after the United Auto Workers lost a vote to unionize two Mercedes-Benz factories in Alabama, an effort seen as part of a larger push to organize Southern labor. Gov. Kay Ivey and other state Republicans celebrated that failed vote, with Ivey referring to unions as “special interests looking to come into our state and threaten our jobs and the ...
Alabama lawmakers pre-file bills to ban gun conversion devices
WEBAug 22, 2024 · An Alabama state representative has pre-filed a bill that would effectively ban the trigger activator Glock switches, devices that turn semi-automatic handguns into automatic weapons, or machine guns. House Bill 26, sponsored by Rep. Phillip Ensler, D-Montgomery, states that it would “prohibit persons from possessing a pistol with a part or ...
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