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Alabama seeks to correct past, to offer 'Scottsboro boys' pardons
The Alabama Legislature has created a path to pardon for nine black teenagers known as the Scottsboro boys, who were falsely accused of raping two white women more than eight decades ago in one of the more infamous episodes in the racist South. On...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, NAACP, Trials, George Wallace, Career and Workplace
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Alabama Legislature OKs abortion limits; Kansas clinic reopens
Alabama this week moved to tighten the regulation of clinics and of medical personnel who perform abortions, the latest step in what abortion rights advocates argue is a campaign to use the regulatory power of government to limit a woman’s right...
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Charles Morgan Jr. dies at 78; lawyer challenged racism in the South
Charles Morgan Jr., a civil rights lawyer who challenged the racism of his native South and won numerous landmark cases for equal rights before the U.S. Supreme Court, died Thursday at his home in Destin, Fla. He was 78 and had Alzheimer's disease.
In...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, The Washington Post, American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP, Social Issues
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House, Senate endorse changes to Accountability Act
The Montgomery AdvertiserThe Alabama Legislature approved a series of changes to the Accountability Act that includes a new definition of failing schools, but not an income limit on who qualifies for the tax credit for students in those schools. The Senate approved the...Tags: Del Marsh, Alvin Holmes, Steve Hurst, Oliver Robinson, Ron Johnson
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Legislature votes to remove AEA head from retirement board
The Montgomery AdvertiserThe Alabama Legislature voted on Thursday to remove the executive secretary of the Alabama Education Association from the board that oversees the Teachers' Retirement System in Alabama and replace him with people representing universities. The House...Tags: Career and Workplace, Advertising, Luxury Vehicles, Marketing, Robert J. Bentley
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Ala. law has cleared the way, but much work is ahead for posthumous pardons of Scottsboro Boys
Associated PressMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Though the Alabama Legislature has cleared the way for posthumous pardons of the Scottsboro Boys, much work — from legal documents to public hearings — remains before the names of the nine black teens wrongly...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Broadway Theater, Music, Museums
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Tutwiler conditions highlight problem of prison overpopulation
The Anniston StarLong before there were allegations of sexual abuse and a Department of Justice investigation, Rep. Barbara Boyd, D-Anniston, was keeping an eye on Alabama's only maximum security prison for women. But this year, for the first time in years, Boyd isn't...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Medicaid, Allergies, U.S. Department of Justice
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Alabama Legislature: Teacher raises reduced to 1%
The Montgomery AdvertiserIf teachers get a raise on Oct. 1, it could be a lot less than what Gov. Robert Bentley and other lawmakers sought. The Senate Finance and Taxation Education committee Wednesday approved a $5.805 billion Education Trust Fund budget that would include...Tags: U.S. Senate, Marketing, Walmart, Finance, Education
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Senate kills double dipping change (video)
The Montgomery AdvertiserThe Alabama Senate voted late Tuesday night to kill a proposal that would grandfather in so-called double dippers, state lawmakers who also work as state employees and educators. The Senate voted 11-18 on the proposal by Senate President Pro Tem Del...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Del Marsh, Alabama State University , Marketing, Justice System
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Early Danville resident shaped national history
A new book, “Apostles of Equality: The Birneys, the Republicans and the Civil War,” traces the abolitionism of one the leading early antislavery politicians, James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857), a Danville native, to the spirit of freedom...
Tags: Republican Party, Wars and Interventions, Slavery, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Alabama law demonstrates that plans must be set in place
The problems resulting from Alabama’s harsh anti-immigration law, thought to be the toughest in the nation, might finally be the tangible evidence needed to start the action — not just discussion — for meaningful, commonsense and fair...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Agricultural Research and Technology, File Sharing, Illegal Immigrants, Employees
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Alabama 4th Lowest: Women in the Legislature
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- While more women have been elected to the Alabama Legislature, the state has the fourth-lowest percentage of female legislators among the 50 states, a survey found. Voters in November elected 14 women to the 105-member...Tags: National Government, Family, Education, Children, Vivian Davis Figures
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