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Local News

Jacobs proclaims Constitution Week in Cullman

On Tuesday, Sept. 10, Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs proclaimed the week of September 17-23, Constitution Week in the ... Read more

Columns

Column: Zombie Equal Rights Amendment staggers on at 50

In 1972, a year of disco, hip-hugging bell-bottoms, 36-cents-a-gallon gas and Joe Biden’s first Senate election, Congress sent ... Read more

Cnhi Network

Alabama voters to decide on removing racist language from Constitution

MONTGOMERY — In less than five weeks, voters will decide on renaming and updating Alabama’s Constitution, which proposes ... Read more

Editorials

Our view: A continuing tradition

Today marks the annual day our nation reflects on the adoption of the U.S. Constitution and those who ... Read more

Local News

Jacobs declares Sept. 17-23 ‘Constitution Week’

On Friday, Sept. 9, Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs proclaimed the week of Sept. 17-23, 2022 “Constitution Week” in ... Read more

Columns

Column: Maybe our democracy is OK

On Tuesday night, Aug. 2, in Kansas, a bipartisan group of voters overwhelmingly rejected an amendment to the ... Read more

Local News

Ringside seat: Cullman native Michael D. Waters publishes new reflections on key role in Gov. Fob James’ first term

Fob James’ first term as Alabama governor came in the wake of decades of lopsided political consolidation in ... Read more

Local News

Alabama constitution undergoing facelift to rid racist language

MONTGOMERY — Alabama has a history of slavery and racism but legislators want to remove the language of ... Read more

National News

EXPLAINER: The Electoral College, an unlovable compromise

For a compromise that has lasted more than 200 years, the Electoral College doesn't get a lot of ... Read more

News

Alabama approves bid to cut racist phrases from Constitution

BIRMINGHAM — Alabama voters have approved an amendment that would begin the process of deleting racist language from ... Read more