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Trump wants to change colleges nationwide. GOP-led states offer a preview
Nearly a decade ago, intense protests over racial injustice rocked the University of Missouri’s flagship campus, leading to the resignation of two top administrators. The university then hired its first-ever vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity. Tensions were so high that football...
Alabama schedules fourth nitrogen gas execution amid debate over method
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has scheduled its fourth execution by nitrogen gas as critics continue to argue the new method needs additional scrutiny. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday set a Feb. 6 execution date for Demetrius Terrence Frazier, 52. Her office said the execution...
Alabama opens program that lets parents tap money for private school and homeschooling
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Eligible Alabama families beginning Thursday can apply for a new state program that provides state funds to help pay for private school tuition, homeschooling costs and other education expenses next school year. The CHOOSE Act, or Creating Hope and...
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall rules out run for governor in 2026
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Tuesday that he won’t run for governor in 2026, removing his name from the list of possible candidates eyeing the highest state office. The Republican attorney general said he made the decision last month after...
Alabama Senate Republicans pick Garlan Gudger as new Senate leader
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republicans in the Alabama Senate on Tuesday picked Sen. Garlan Gudger of Cullman to be the next Senate president pro tempore. Republicans named Gudger as their nominee after a closed-door meeting. The full Senate will elect the new pro tempore when...
Greg Reed will step down as Alabama Senate leader and join Gov. Ivey's administration
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Reed is stepping down and joining Gov. Kay Ivey's administration, her office announced Tuesday. Reed will serve as a senior adviser and lead an overhaul of the Department of Labor, which under legislation passed...
Stewart wins election as Alabama chief justice
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Supreme Court Justice Sarah Stewart was elected as the state’s chief justice, becoming the first Republican woman to be elected to the position. Stewart easily defeated Circuit Judge Greg Griffin, a Democrat from Montgomery, in the low-key election...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey treated for dehydration at campaign rally
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey was treated by paramedics Sunday after appearing to become unsteady at a campaign rally for congressional candidate Caroleene Dobson. Ivey's office said the governor had gotten dehydrated and recovered after being treated with fluids....
Ivey defends dismissal of veterans commissioners, has no plan to replace parole board chair
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday defended her decision to fire the state veterans commissioner as what she called a last resort after the state board refused her request to do so. Ivey spoke briefly with reporters after a speech to a Montgomery civic club....
Ivey dismisses head of Department of Veterans Affairs after agency board refuses
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Gov. Kay Ivey said Tuesday that she was using the “supreme executive power of this state” to fire the head of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs after the agency board rejected her request to do so. Ivey sent a letter to Alabama Department of...
