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Sen. Britt leads letter advocating for NIH research funding
Alabama Political Reporter
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July 28, 2025
Last Friday, Senator Katie Britt, R-Alabama, a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, led 13 of her Senate Republican colleagues sending a letter to Russell Vought,...
Not an Alabama urban legend: Meet Krimson Anne White
AL.com - Alabama
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July 28, 2025
The professor arrived at one of the final names on the list. She stopped. She looked up from the attendance sheet. She pulled her glasses down. No way. On the first day of class, 60 students were buzzing at the University of Alabama. What’s going...
WKU journalism professor, Alabama journalist team up on Olympic Park Bomber podcast
WKYU - Kentucky
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July 28, 2025
The 1996 Summer Olympics came to a halt when a backpack filled with pipe bombs tore through the crowd in Atlanta’s Olympic Park. The attack directly killed one bystander and injured 111 others. It was the first of four bombings orchestrated by...
How did Louisiana cuisine arrive in the Beatles’ hometown by way of Alabama?
AL.com - Alabama
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July 28, 2025
There are things you’d expect to find inside an Irish pub in the English seaport city of Liverpool. A Cajun restaurant probably is not one of them. Nonetheless, thanks to two entrepreneurs with Alabama ties, the Liverpudlian menu now includes some...
Alabama Farmers Federation endorses Sen. Chris Elliott in Senate District 32
Alabama Political Reporter
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July 25, 2025
The Alabama Farmers Federation on Thursday announced its endorsement of Senator Chris Elliott for Alabama Senate District 32, which covers Baldwin County. “Sen. Elliott is as hard working as anyone in the Legislature,” said Hope Cassebaum,...
Alabama AG demands NCAA restore titles to women stripped by transgender sports policies
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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July 24, 2025
Attorney General Steve Marshall sent a letter to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) urging the organization to restore to female athletes the records, titles, awards, and recognitions they earned but were denied because of...
Alabama auto supplier plans $4 million manufacturing expansion
AL.com - Alabama
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July 24, 2025
Korea Fuel Tech is committing $4 million toward an expansion of its manufacturing operation at Auburn Technology Park South. The project is expected to create 17 new jobs. Korea Fuel Tech America, which has operated in Auburn since 2022, produces...
Auburn Engineering breaks ground on Gulf Coast Engineering Research Station
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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July 27, 2025
Auburn engineers are heading to the beach — not for vacation, but to build a better, more resilient Gulf Coast. Golden shovels turned dirt Thursday morning as the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering broke ground on the Auburn University Gulf Coast...
Trump vs Trumpism: His base booed him once in Alabama. Epstein might break him.
AL.com - Alabama
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July 27, 2025
This is an opinion column. Get Kyle Whitmire’s newsletter, Alabamafication. Sign up here for free. There are many things Donald Trump would rather we forget, but I’ll always remember the night he got booed in Alabama. In August of 2021, Trump...
Baby boomers now live next to 18-year-olds at colleges across US, including Alabama
AL.com - Alabama
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July 27, 2025
By Elizabeth Rembert, Bloomberg News (Tribune News Service) On a Monday afternoon last spring at Lasell University, students wrapped up their final beginner Spanish class of the semester. Pairing up, they drilled each other on their names,...
Get ready to see these tiny, ‘vicious’ birds at feeders in Alabama this fall
AL.com - Alabama
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July 27, 2025
Expect to see more and more tiny birds, with fast wings, long beaks, and bright red throat patches, starting next week and into the fall. You’ll find them at feeders, in backyards, and around flowers. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are the only...
Party politics infiltrates Alabama’s nonpartisan city elections
AL.com - Alabama
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July 27, 2025
At a political forum in Spanish Fort earlier this month, challenger Brad Bass set out to silence the social media chatter by making one thing clear: he’s a Republican and has been since he cast a vote for George W. Bush in 2000. In nearby...
‘Keep the main thing the main thing.’ How Jeff Allen protects and serves Alabama athletes.
AL.com - Alabama
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July 27, 2025
It was approaching 5 pm on Nov. 26, 2016. The third quarter of the Iron Bowl was as heated as ever. Bama quarterback Jalen Hurts ran toward the sideline with an Auburn defender in hot pursuit. The Crimson Tide’s head athletic trainer quickly...
Senator Katie Boyd Britt discusses family tax credits, NIH research funding, and Vulcan dispute
Jefferson Reporter - Alabama
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July 27, 2025
Senator Katie Boyd Britt, representing Alabama, has recently highlighted her legislative efforts and positions on social media. Her posts cover topics ranging from tax credits for families to biomedical research and international business...
Technology demonstration showcases innovations set to incorporate into Huntsville Center electronic security contracts
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 23, 2025
REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALABAMA, UNITED STATES 07.23.2025 REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Representatives from the U. S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville attended a high-profile technology demonstration at Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, July...
Alabama’s CHOOSE Act puts parents in the driver’s seat
Franklin County Times - Alabama
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July 23, 2025
Gov. Kay Ivey Last year, Alabama became the 11th state in the nation to pass a universal school choice bill. We established the CHOOSE Act to give more Alabama families the ability to choose the education that best suits their own child, plain and...
Alabama A&M University’s S.O.A.R. Welcomes Students from Across the Nation
Speakin' Out News - Alabama
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July 23, 2025
Alabama A&M University hosted its final Student Orientation and Registration (S.O.A.R.) session of the summer on Saturday, July 12, at the AAMU Event Center, capping a robust series of events that welcomed hundreds of students and family members...
North Alabama agencies slated for funding in Senate appropriations bill
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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July 26, 2025
Funding for several programs in North Alabama has been secured in a Senate appropriations bill, Sen. Katie Britt announced. Britt (R-Montgomery), a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, joined her colleagues in advancing the Fiscal...
COMMENTARY: An invitation to join the Foley Boys & Girls Club
Gulf Coast Media - Alabama
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By Felicia Chesmer Dear parents, Since 1958, Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama has been a leader in youth development, helping all kids, especially those who need us the most, to reach their full potential as caring, responsible, productive...
Alabama Forestry Accelerator comes to Dothan to cultivate innovation in one of state’s top industries
WTVY - Alabama
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July 23, 2025
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - A new program is coming to Dothan to drive innovation in Alabama’s forestry industry. As the countdown to the completion of the Wiregrass Innovation Center continues, the city of Dothan and other entities announced a new...