We may soon learn whether the rank and file at Tuscaloosa’s Mercedes Benz factory wants to join the United Auto Workers. The National Labor Relations Board is set to add up the ballots from the rank and file at the European car maker’s North American plant.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander. Louisiana would join Alabama, where voters will choose a new U.S. House member following a similar SCOTUS ruling.
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NASA, Boeing, and a rocket builder in Alabama are facing another delay in the liftoff of a new kind of spacecraft. Engineers found a helium leak on part of the Starliner capsule.
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Red Lobster says it is closing nearly 50 of its restaurants in the U.S. The chain says that includes two in Alabama.
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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall signed on with dozens of other States that are suing the Biden Administration and California over new limits on truck emissions.
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Today at StoryCorps, Kelly Finley interviews her friend Dale Pfeiffer about Driftwood housing, a non-profit he co-founded to combat chronic homelessness in Mobile. Dale’s story shows that there is always light at the end of the tunnel. Note to listeners, suicidal thoughts are mentioned in this piece.
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Voting is underway at Mercedes Benz near Tuscaloosa on whether to go union. There’s a big change now for this ballot involving the United Auto Union. Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban says leave him out.
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Music lovers have the opportunity to attend the Woodstock Music Festival on Saturday, May 18th. The festival is $20 per vehicle and family friendly for all ages. No coolers or pets are allowed but guests are highly encouraged to bring their own lawn chair. There will be dozens of food venders and concessions available.
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Alabama’s senior U.S. Senator was among the Republican lawmakers sitting behind Donald Trump during what could be critical testimony during his hush money trial.
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Now a retired English professor at The University of Alabama, Dr. Noble's specialties are Southern and American literature.
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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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Fans of University of Alabama football are mourning the loss of former star player Hootie Ingram. It’s what he did off the field that may be his greatest accomplishment. As Athletic Director, Ingram hired coach Gene Stallings who led Alabama to the 1992 national championship.
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A new survey from Real Estate Witch found homeowners spend an average of $17,958 annually on home expenses such as maintenance, taxes, utilities, and other costs — in addition to payments toward mortgage principal and interest. Homeowners in Alabama appear to pay less when it comes to property taxes.
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In last week’s segment of StoryCorps, siblings Jim and Bridget Mulroy discussed their childhood and the dynamic of growing up with multiple brothers and sisters. And in today’s episode, Jim talks about his substance abuse issues and how they’ve impacted his relationships.
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Launch managers called off the first astronaut launch of Boeing’s new space capsule because of a valve problem on the Alabama built Atlas-V. The two NASA test pilots had just strapped into Boeing's Starliner capsule for a flight to the International Space Station when the countdown was halted.
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The labor and employment law firm Duddy, Goodwin & Pollard studied workplace racism over fourteen years. The results ranked Alabama worst in the U.S.
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Two veterans from NASA’s space shuttle program are within hours from a historic blastoff involving a rocket built in Alabama. The Atlas five is set to carry a new space capsule called Starliner.
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NASA is counting down the hours before Monday night’s planned liftoff of an Atlas-V rocket, built in Alabama. The launch vehicle is carrying Boeing’s new Starliner space capsule with two astronauts on board.
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The Alabama Senate this week approved, and then killed, a bill that would give public school teachers eight weeks of paid parental leave. State Senator Vivian Davis Figures said it’s an example of the mostly male Legislature ignoring the concerns of women in the state.
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The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday declined to reconsider a controversial ruling that said frozen embryos are considered children under a state law.