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Tuberville Touts Bridge Money He Once Opposed
MOBILE — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville is crediting President Donald Trump for moving Alabama’s long-delayed Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project toward construction, after the Trump administration approved a federal loan of up to $2.52 billion. But Tuberville’s celebration leaves out a central part of the project’s financing history: He voted against the 2021 bipartisan…
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Alabama Withdraws Objection to Federal Marijuana Rescheduling
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama public health officials have withdrawn the state’s objection to the federal rescheduling of marijuana, ending a months-long procedural delay and removing one barrier to a policy change that supporters say could improve patient access, research and the functioning of the state’s young medical cannabis industry. The governing body of the Alabama…
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Tribunal Finds Mexico Violated NAFTA in Vulcan Dispute, Awards Birmingham Company $15.9 Million
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An international tribunal has found that Mexico violated its obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement in its treatment of Birmingham-based Vulcan Materials Co.’s limestone operations in Quintana Roo, awarding the company $15.9 million plus interest in a dispute that has drawn years of pressure from Alabama’s congressional delegation. The decision…
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Dothan Woman Sentenced to Life in Newborn Dumpster Death
DOTHAN, Ala. — A Dothan woman pleaded guilty to capital murder Monday and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the 2023 death of her newborn son, ending a case in which prosecutors had planned to seek the death penalty. Jakayla Ashanti Williams, 21, accepted the plea agreement as jury…
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WSJ Blasts Britt Over Tariff Exemptions
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Wall Street Journal editorial board is criticizing U.S. Sen. Katie Britt for publicly defending President Donald Trump’s broad tariff policy while her office previously sought exemptions for Alabama manufacturers affected by the import taxes. In a Sept. 14 editorial headlined “One Senator’s Plea for Tariff Breaks,” the Journal said Britt’s legislative…
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Alabama Set to Execute Jeffery Lee as Death Penalty Dispute Continues
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is scheduled to execute death row inmate Jeffery Lee by lethal injection this week in a case that brings renewed attention to the state’s former judicial-override system, its shifting execution practices and continuing litigation over how it may put prisoners to death. Gov. Kay Ivey set a 30-hour execution window beginning…
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