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    Jeff Sessions confirmed as attorney general

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    Jeff Sessions testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Source: AP Photo/Alex...

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama to award grants to...

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    BIRMINGHAM - In our commitment to help prevent childhood obesity, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama is proud to continue its Be Healthy...

    Gov. Bentley awards grant for advocate to assist abuse victims in...

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    MONTGOMERY - Victims of domestic violence in Cullman and Winston counties will have access to specialized care and assistance with the help of a...

    State of the State: taxes, prisons and budget reform top topics

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    Sen. Paul Bussman, R-Cullman, speaks at Friday's State of the State community luncheon CULLMAN - Cullman County’s legislative delegation spoke to a packed house Friday...

    AG Strange leads coalition calling on Trump to repeal broad expansion...

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    MONTGOMERY - Attorney Gen. Luther Strange led a coalition of 14 states calling on the incoming Trump administration to immediately repeal two new rules...

    Alabama’s December unemployment rate 6.2%; Cullman’s 4.9%

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    MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted December unemployment rate is 6.2 percent, up from...

    AG Strange invites schools to submit applications for Alabama Safe Schools...

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    MONTGOMERY - Attorney Gen. Luther Strange is inviting public and private schools throughout the state to submit applications for the 2016 school year Alabama...

    Rep. Corey Harbison previews upcoming legislative session, says he doesn’t expect...

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    CULLMAN - The Alabama House Republican Caucus met earlier this week to set an agenda for the upcoming legislative session.  The group will release...

    National Endowment for the Humanities grants target smaller Alabama communities; proposal...

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    BIRMINGHAM - A rare grant opportunity is being extended to grassroots humanities organizations across the state, and Alabama Humanities Foundation is urging communities to...

    Gov. Bentley awards $100,000 grant for new Sequence Health facility in...

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    CULLMAN - The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) announced today that Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded a Community Development Block Grant...

    Shedd: Let the people decide if they want a gas tax

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    CULLMAN - Yesterday, the Cullman County Commission voted to support a 3-cent per gallon gasoline tax to fund a $1.2 billion bond issue that...

    ALDOT updates: state roads prepared, motorists urged to use ALGOTraffic.com

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    Crews from the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) were out early Thursday morning applying liquid de-icer to Interstate 65 in Cullman County. Image courtesy...

    Judge Brown issues statement on end of common law marriage in...

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    CULLMAN - Back in June, Gov. Robert Bentley signed a bill abolishing common law marriage in the state of Alabama. That law went into...

    Gov. Bentley declares state of emergency ahead of wintry weather, effective...

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    MONTGOMERY– Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday issued a State of Emergency effective at 7 a.m. Friday for all Alabama counties in preparation for potential...

    Gov. Bentley has former rep Terry Spicer removed from state ABC...

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    REHOBETH, AL - According to a report from CBS WTVY in Dothan, a former state representative from Coffee County and convicted felon Terry Spicer...

    House Committee continues important work on driver’s license issues

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    Rep. Randall Shedd, R-Fairview is the chairman of the House Interim Committee on Driver’s License Review. MONTGOMERY – An agreement announced between the state of...
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    McDonald’s kicks off 5th annual Celebration of Creativity Art Contest

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    A winning entry from 2016's contest BIRMINGHAM – McDonald’s of Central Alabama proudly announces the fifth year of the McDonald’s Celebration of Creativity Art Contest....

    ALDOT and Cullman Co. coroner asking drivers and passengers to buckle...

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    CULLMAN – According to the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), fatalities on Alabama highways are up more than 25 percent this year over last...

    Aderholt on Electoral College: “The Founders’ system works”

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    WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama on Monday released the following statement after attending the vote of Alabama’s nine members of the Electoral...

    ADOL: Alabama’s November unemployment rate 5.9%; Cullman’s 4.7%

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    MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted November unemployment rate is 5.9 percent, with Cullman...

    Gov. Bentley proclaims “CHRISTMAS SUNDAY: The Day Alabama Feeds Every Child”

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    MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley has signed a proclamation officially designating Dec. 25, 2016 as “CHRISTMAS SUNDAY: The Day Alabama Feeds Every Child.” The signed...

    Cold weather prompts fire safety reminders from state fire marshal

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    MONTGOMERY - Home heating equipment is one of the leading causes of home fire deaths, injuries and property damage, and with bitter cold freezing...

    Alabama AG Strange seeks to replace Sessions in Senate

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    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says he will seek the U.S. Senate seat left open if incumbent Jeff Sessions is...

    Drought emergency No Burn Order lifted statewide

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    MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley and Interim State Forester Gary Cole on Monday have rescinded the statewide Drought Emergency ‘No Burn’ Order which has...

    Alabama Department of Labor obtaining convictions for unemployment compensation fraud

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    MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced Thursday that the department has successfully prosecuted several Alabamians for unemployment compensation fraud. The...

    Rain brings short-term relief for wildland firefighters, but Alabama not out...

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    MONTGOMERY - Although rainfall amounts varied across the counties of the state last night, it is expected to give only short-term relief to the...

    Shedd: We need to implement a hay transportation program now

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    CULLMAN - The current drought is really hurting the cattle industry in my legislative district and relief is no where in sight. This week,...

    Governor awards $242,004 to assist abuse victims in Cullman County

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    MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded a grant totaling $242,004 to support the nonprofit agency Victim Services of Cullman, which assists abuse victims...

    Governor Bentley expands drought emergency declaration to all Alabama counties

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    MONTGOMERY – Gov. Robert Bentley on Monday expanded the Drought Emergency Declaration to cover the entire state. Effective 3:00 p.m. Monday, November 7, 2016,...

    More than 1,000 wildfires since Oct. 1– dry conditions worsen...

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    MONTGOMERY - Since the first of October, a total of 1,028 wildfires have destroyed 11,232 acres across the state of Alabama. And the situation...

    Zeigler: Wording of Amendment 6 does not inform voters that impeachment...

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    Image credit: Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser MONTGOMERY – With two week to go before the election, State Auditor Jim Zeigler says the wording of Amendment...

    Case closed: AG Strange’s statement on former ALEA Sec. Spencer Collier

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    A special grand jury on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 declined to act on allegations against former Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) Secretary Spencer Collier...

    Bussman explains amendments on Nov. 8 ballot

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    CULLMAN - Sen. Paul Bussman, R-Cullman this week took to his Facebook page to explain the amendments that Alabama voters will see on the...

    Cullman among 28 counties placed under drought emergency

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    MONTGOMERY- Twenty-eight Alabama counties, including Cullman, have been placed under a drought emergency in the latest Alabama Drought Declaration issued Tuesday afternoon. The Alabama Department...

    Online hay listing now available for Alabama farmers in face of...

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    MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries in cooperation with the Alabama Agribusiness Council, the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association, the Alabama Cooperative Extension...

    McCutcheon announces members of House Driver’s License Review Committee

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    Photo: Rep. Randall Shedd, R-Fairview MONTGOMERY – Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia on Thursday announced the members of the House Interim Committee on...

    Shedd weighs in on passage of BP legislation, Mac McCutcheon

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    MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley signed a compromise bill on Thursday to use Alabama’s BP settlement funds to pay off a portion of the...

    Aderholt remarks on 15th anniversary of September 11th attacks

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    WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt, R- Alabama today released the following statement regarding the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist...

    Zeigler says new Medicaid BP money already lost to the Feds...

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    FAIRHOPE, ALA. – The Alabama legislature just passed a bill to use $120 million of the BP settlement to fill a shortfall in the...

    Zeigler says new Medicaid BP money already lost to the Feds...

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    FAIRHOPE, ALA. – The Alabama legislature just passed a bill to use $120 million of the BP settlement to fill a shortfall in the...

    Brooks’ Place, the Child Advocacy Center of Cullman awarded nearly $200,000

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    CULLMAN - Brooks’ Place, the Child Advocacy Center of Cullman, a nonprofit center that serves child abuse victims in Cullman County, recently received a...

    Sen. Paul Bussman withdraws from Senate GOP caucus over handling of...

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    MONTGOMERY - Sen. Paul Bussman has left the Senate GOP caucus over the Senate's handling of a state lottery bill, Senate Bill 11. "As a...

    UPDATED with response from American Proteins- ADEM investigating release of sulfuric...

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    UPDATED Aug. 19 at 4:58 p.m.: The president of American Proteins, Mark Ham, has just given us this statement: "On Wednesday, August 17, 2016, the Company’s...

    Former Alabama Secretary of State Jim Bennett dies at 76

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    BIRMINGHAM (AP) - Bennett's death was announced Thursday by Jacksonville State University, where he was chairman of the board of trustees. University spokeswoman Buffy...

    Governor announces grant to assist small businesses in Appalachian counties, including...

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    MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley has announced a $400,000 grant to establish a loan fund focusing on small businesses in Appalachian Alabama. The grants from...

    Bentley awards funds to upgrade equipment; keep roads safe

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    MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded a $601,189 grant to improve Alabama’s continued efforts to take unsafe drivers off the road. The grant will...

    Governor Bentley approves emergency funding for Zika response

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    MONTGOMERY – Gov. Robert Bentley on Friday announced that he has approved the use of emergency funds to support the state’s efforts against the...

    Cullman’s legislative delegation reacts online to possible statewide lottery vote

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    CULLMAN - Gov. Robert Bentley this morning released a video announcing his intention to call a special session of the Alabama Legislature to address...

    Alabama’s June unemployment rate is 6%

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    MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced yesterday that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted June unemployment rate is 6.0%, unchanged from May’s...

    Alabama State Capitol illuminated blue this week to honor law enforcement

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    MONTGOMERY- Gov. Bentley on Monday announced the Alabama State Capitol will be illuminated blue every night this week to honor the men and women...

    Bentley announces $28,762 for north Alabama food project

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    MONTGOMERY - A $28,762 grant announced by Gov. Robert Bentley will boost the production, marketing and availability of locally grown food in north Alabama. The...

    Alabama’s May unemployment rate is unchanged at 6.1%

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    MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted May unemployment rate is 6.1 percent, unchanged from...

    Local agencies receive nearly $2 million in grants to lower energy...

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    MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded grants totaling almost $2 million to assist low-income and elderly Alabama residents who need help reducing their...

    Alabama House Passes $6.3 Billion Dollar Education Budget with Teacher Pay...

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    MONTGOMERY - By a 105 to 0 margin, the Alabama House on Tuesday passed a $6.3 billion Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget that includes...

    Tough Talk at 2016 State of the State

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    I have a tremendous concern for the way we budget in Alabama. This last year it became very clear to me that we’re going...