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Food stamp recipients in Alabama have a new age range and work requirements to follow.
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Both of Alabama’s U.S. Senators voted in favor a bi-partisan stopgap funding measure designed to avert a government shutdown, which would have left members of the military and the TSA unpaid, and programs like Alabama Head Start at risk of going unfunded. Support among Alabama’s delegation wasn’t unanimous.
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When Washington Sen. Patty Murray received a call early Friday morning that Sen. Dianne Feinstein had died, she immediately started calling her fellow female senators. The Democrat's first call was to Republican Senator Susan Collins, who had worked with Feinstein almost as long as she had. Alabama’s Katie Britt sent a text.
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U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville traveled across Alabama recently to discuss incoming legislation that could impact how farmers make a living. Tuberville visited Bay Minette, Headland, Boaz and Millbrook last week as part of a two-day tour to discuss the 2023 Farm Bill, which is a package of legislation that is reconsidered every five years.
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Before Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman checked himself in to a hospital for clinical depression in February, he used to walk the halls of the Senate stone-faced and dressed in formal suits. These days, he's back to wearing the hoodies and gym shorts The Associated Press also wrote about Fetterman’s collegial relationship with other members of the upper chamber, perhaps mostly notably with Republican Junior Senator Katie Britt of Alabama.
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Alabama Congressman-Elect Dale Strong remains a Congressman-Elect after three failed votes to sit a Speaker. The GOP needs to pick a leader before freshman members can be sworn in.
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Alabama’s newest U.S. Senator will be sworn into office next week. Republican Katie Britt takes over for Richard Shelby. The outgoing lawmaker sat as vice-chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.
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It looks like motorists along the Gulf coast may get a new bridge over Mobile Bay whether Uncle Sam helps pay for it or not.
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The U.S. Senate has confirmed six long-waiting nominees by President Joe Biden to the board of the nation's largest public utility. The vote sets up a new majority with Biden's picks.
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The House January sixth committee is wrapping up its investigation of the violent 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection. This includes a decision about outgoing GOP Alabama House member Mo Brooks.