The history of slavery in America is the focus of a new sculpture park in Montgomery, Alabama. The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park honors the millions of people who endured slavery's brutality. The park opening March 27 is the third site created by the Equal Justice Initiative, which is dedicated to taking an unflinching look at the nation's history.
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The City of Auburn will hold three public input meetings to garner input on an update to CompPlan 2030. It was adopted in October 2011 and last updated in 2018. It is used largely to help guide future growth and development decision making.
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The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees wants basketball coach Nate Oates around until 2030. The panel approved the new agreement that will extend his current contract by one season to keep him in charge of the Crimson Tide basketball program through March 14, 2030. The compensation package will increase annually throughout the length of the contract
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday aimed at advancing the study of women's health by strengthening data collection and providing better funding opportunities for biomedical research while chiding Republicans for having "no clue about the power of women" but saying they're "about to find out" come November's election. The action comes barely a month after the President called Alabama’s high court ruling that “embryos are children” outrageous and unacceptable.
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Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers' effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation. This follows moves at Hyundai and Mercedes Benz plants in Alabama toward organizing.
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This week, Don reviews Table Talk and Second Thoughts: A Memoir by Michael Martone.
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A nonprofit that documents LGBTQ+ history in the South is raising concerns about possible restrictions to queer representation. Alabama Senate Bill 77 could be back up for debate on Tuesday, March 19, when state lawmakers return to Montgomery for the 2024 legislative session.
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Financial breaks, higher bank accounts and lower household costs are predicted for Alabamians this year. That’s according to a new study from the financial website MarketWatch Guides.
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Mayor Sandy Stimpson is announcing the City of Mobile’s plans to tear down the 60-year-old Mobile Civic Center and construct a new, world-class entertainment destination suited for concerts, family shows and sporting events, including professional hockey.
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After the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, hundreds of children from the affected areas dealt with multiple health issues caused by radiation from the nuclear meltdown. A few years later, families from all across Alabama housed many of those same children for a summer to give them access to better healthcare and a reprieve from the radiation.
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The City of Montgomery’s $36.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Neighborhood Access and Equity will expand transportation options and enhance access to essential services like jobs, education, healthcare, food, and recreation. Funding for the program was allocated in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
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The application period for the Governor’s Office summer internship sessions with Kay Ivey is soon coming to a close. Designed to provide insight to college students who want to learn more about the executive branch of state government, the program offers students a realistic overview of routine activity within a government office.
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As March Madness gets underway, more people than ever now can legally bet on sports. North Carolina became the latest state to allow online sports betting last week. Alabama lawmakers are back and forth on legalizing sports betting.
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Pollen may make you sneeze, but it might cause a skin irritation in your pet that could be pretty uncomfortable!
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Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said in a social media post that basketball Nate Oats' contract will go before the school's Board of Trustees next week. The 19th-ranked Crimson Tide played Florida on Friday night in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinal round.
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There's a grocery store Cam goes to when he's in a hurry. It's the one closest to his house. That one is full of memories. Full of roots.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized over one hundred U.S. manufacturing plants for energy efficiency. Four Alabama companies were included, two in Tuscaloosa. The honorees earned the agency’s ENERGY STAR certification in 2023. This designation reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector.
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Spring break season in Alabama and across the country runs through the end of April, but beaches in the Yellowhammer State won’t get a break in business until around the fall. This is because the spring vacation period is considered the start of the summer tourism season for Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Alabamians are being called on to help protect wildlife on state beaches. The Share the Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Program is set to kick off the 2024 season with workshops to teach participants how to monitor sea turtle nests and hatchlings.
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A bill that would have criminalized the death of an "unborn person" has been shelved in Iowa after a Senate Republican joined Democrats in voicing concerns about the potential impact on invitro fertilization after an Alabama court found frozen embryos can be considered “children.”