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Alabama Waters Loaded With Red Snapper As 2025 Season Rocks On
Georgia Outdoor News
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June 19, 2025
Since the 2025 seasons opened for private anglers and state-licensed commercial party boats on May 23 and federally permitted charter boats on June 1, anyone who follows Alabama anglers on social media has likely been inundated with photos of...
Federal court hearing on Alabama's DEI law Thursday
WVTM 13 - Alabama
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June 26, 2025
YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE. AN ANTI DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION LAW AFFECTING THE STATE’S COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL BE THE FOCUS OF A COURT HEARING IN BIRMINGHAM TODAY. THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AND SEVERAL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS...
NASA Astronauts To Answer Questions From Alabama Students
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Watch the 20-minute Earth-to-space call on the NASA STEM YouTube Channel . The U.S. Space and Rocket Center will host the downlink while celebrating the 65th anniversary of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. This event is...
Alabama lawyer calls Trump legal aid cuts ‘a war on the poor’ as thousands face losing help
AL.com - Alabama
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June 19, 2025
Alabama lawyers are raising the alarm about a provision in President Donald Trump’s proposed budget that would make it harder for low-income families, veterans and senior citizens to receive legal aid in court cases. The Legal Services of Alabama,...
Alabama DOI Encourages Insurers to Use More Than Drones in Nonrenewals
Insurance Journal
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June 19, 2025
Alabama’s insurance commissioner this week urged property insurers to be judicious in the use of drones and aerial imagery in making nonrenewal decisions, but stopped short of issuing new regulations. “If an insurer uses aerial imagery as a basis...
Trump Administration Announces Crackdown on Chinese Communist Party Ownership of US Farmland
The Gateway Pundit
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July 8, 2025
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announces plan to secure US farmland from adversaries like China. US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced on Tuesday the Trump Administration’s plan to secure US farmland from adversaries like...
Central Alabama Community College breaks ground on innovation center in Prattville
WJSU - Alabama
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PRATTVILLE, Ala. — Central Alabama Community College (CACC) marked a significant milestone today with a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Center of Excellence for Innovation and Technology at the Prattville campus. The event, attended by college...
Miss Alabama 2025: Miss Hidden River, Miss Eastern Shore, Miss Hoover take preliminary wins
AL.com - Alabama
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June 26, 2025
Miss Alabama 2025 has yet to be crowned, but this year’s competition kicked off Wednesday night with a preliminary round in Birmingham. A total of 43 women are vying for the state title, along with scholarship money and the chance to move on to...
Alabama Need To Know: Toxic Worms Are Invading
WTUG 92.9 FM - Alabama
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June 19, 2025
As a parent and grandparent, I believe this is stuff that we need to know. We love to play outside with the dogs and kids during the summer months. However, living in Alabama and the Deep South brings some pretty dangerous things, mostly due to...
Kash Patel and Dan Bongino Ditch Ambitious Plans To Move FBI’s Legendary Training Program to Alabama From Quantico
The New York Sun
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June 26, 2025
FBI leadership is abandoning its ambitious plans to host a pilot session of its vaunted National Academy Program at Huntsville, Alabama, instead of at Quantico, Virginia, where it is traditionally hosted, citing “insufficient infrastructure” at...
USDA chief outlines plan to block China from U.S. farmland ownership
SC Daily Gazette - South Carolina
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July 8, 2025
President Donald Trump’s administration will pursue a ban on Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland as part of an effort to strengthen farm security, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday. Appearing alongside other Cabinet officials,...
Alabama Extension - Grab a glass: Helping older adults stay hydrated during summer heat
Gulf Coast Media - Alabama
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By Mary Wilson Alabama Cooperative Extension System AUBURN UNIVERSITY — Scorching summer temperatures in Alabama make staying hydrated a tall task that can be even tougher for older adults. Carol Connell, a human nutrition, diet and health...
Women with Hoover ties named finalists in Miss Alabama service, STEM contests
Hoover Sun - Alabama
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June 25, 2025
Several women with Hoover connections this week were named finalists for the Community Service Award or STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) Award in the 2025 Miss Alabama competition. Miss Hoover Emma Terry was named one of eight...
Environmental Groups Successfully Petition Alabama to Update Water Toxicity Standards
EcoWatch
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June 25, 2025
People cool off in the water under the Little River Falls Bridge in Little River Canyon Falls Park near Ft. Payne, Alabama on July 13, 2021. Ron Buskirk / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an...
Alabama officials hope showing at 2025 Paris Air Show brings significant investment
Alabama Baptist
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June 19, 2025
A coalition of Alabama officials are hopeful that the state’s showing this year at the Paris Air Show will draw significant investment into the state’s aerospace and defense industries after the conclusion of the show’s first day Monday (June 16)....
Alabama State University breaks ground on new student apartment complex
WSFA 12 - Alabama
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June 18, 2025
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama State University is making room for more students who want to live on campus. The university held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for two new apartment complexes they say will house hundreds of students....
SCOTUS Porn Ruling A Boon For Age Verification Companies; 40% Of Americans Now Live Under Anti-Porn Age-Gating Laws
Techdirt
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July 7, 2025
from the not-a-fair-marketplace dept The conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled 6-3 in favor of upholding an age verification measure targeting adult content platforms on the internet that the state legislature of Texas adopted...
Alabama’s universities energize aerospace recruitment at Paris Air Show
Made in Alabama
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June 18, 2025
PARIS — From deep-space exploration to next-gen aviation systems, Alabama is a national leader in the aerospace and defense sectors. But behind the rockets, aircraft and advanced weapons systems is a powerful network of research universities that...
Man critically injured in accident at Alabama BF Goodrich plant not expected to survive
AL.com - Alabama
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June 25, 2025
A man was critically injured when he was exposed to high voltage electricity in an industrial accident at an Alabama manufacturing plant. The victim, authorities said Wednesday, is not expected to survive. The accident happened on Sunday at BF...
Legal Age In Alabama To Leave Kids Home Alone
95.3 The Bear - Alabama
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June 26, 2025
What a great question! One of the biggest challenges all of us parents and grandparents face during the summer is what to do with the kids when they can't go with us and we have nobody to look after them. WHAT DO WE DO OVER THE SUMMER??? Work must...