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• Alabaster delays opening of new $88 million high school

  05-05-2017 19:06
  
  Alabaster City Schools has delayed the opening of the new $88 million Thompson High School until December 2017.
  
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• Wine 101: How to choose the right bottle of wine for any occasion

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Choosing a bottle of wine should be an enjoyable experience and can even be an engaging experience, though knowing where to begin can prove difficult. To get you started, the sommelier team at Sommsation offers tips on how to select the best bottle for every occasion. "When selecting a bottle of wine, I take all the following into consideration: what I'm in the mood for, what I'm...
  
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• Why sizzling cities are mapping hot spots street by street

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  The city of Reno, Nevada, is breaking records in ways it doesn't like: A 2024 analysis of 241 cities showed that Reno has heated up faster than any other city in the United States. While the country as a whole warmed by 2.6 F on average between 1970 and 2023, Reno saw an increase of 7.6 F. A heat wave that hit Reno in July 2024 made for the hottest month in the Biggest Little City's...
  
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• Who are the 26 million Americans without health insurance?

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Many ominous ills are likely curable, especially if you have insurance. Without it, patients can find themselves facing life-threatening consequences, as physician Ricardo Nuila, an associate professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, told Public Health Watch. Nuila had a stage 1 cancer patient who lost his insurance just as he was to receive treatment. "Without...
  
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• U.S. Senator Katie Britt Introduces FTA Administrator Marc Molinaro, Questions Financial Regulatory Nominees in Banking Hearing

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  March 27, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) participated in a Senate Banking Committee nomination hearing. As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, Senator Britt also introduced Marc Molinaro to serve as Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). “Marc brings to this role a rare blend of executive experience, b...
  
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• Unelected and Unhinged - How Rogue Judges Are Sabotaging the Republic

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  It is time to wake up, the Trump agenda is under attack, and the front lines are not in Congress, they’re in the courtroom. The American republic is under siege, not by foreign invaders or armed insurgents, but by a cabal of unelected federal judges, handpicked by leftist presidents, who have morphed into judicial tyrants. These black-robed activists are staging a slow-motion coup against Presiden...
  
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• UAB falls in the NIT

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  March 27, 2025 - The UAB Blazers men's basketball team's 2024-25 season came to a close on Wednesday night, losing 81-77 in overtime to UC Irvine in the quarterfinal round of the NIT. They end the season with a 24-13 record overall. Senior Forward Christian Coleman had 21 points, 14 rebounds, and two assists for the Blazers in the loss. Senior Forward Yaxel Lendeborg had 13 points, 17...
  
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• Tuberville to Lead First Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee Hearing with Service Academy Superintendents

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  WASHINGTON – As Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) will lead a hearing tomorrow, Wednesday, March 26, with the superintendents of the U.S. military academies. This is the first time in over 30 years that the service academy superintendents have testified before Congress. In his role as Personnel Chairman, Senator Tuberville is lase...
  
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• Tuberville Joins Colleagues in Supporting Foresters Affected by Natural Disasters

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in reintroducing legislation to help America's landowners recover from the loss of timber after natural disasters. The Disaster Reforestation Act amends and makes improvements to the tax code to allow forest owners to deduct the value of their timber prior to the loss caused by a natural disaster. Sen. T...
  
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• Try A Little Kindness

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  The presidential campaign in 1976 was a bitter one pitting the incumbent, Gerald R. Ford, against the challenger, Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter. Ford was named vice president after the resignation of Spiro Agnew, and became president after the resignation of Richard Nixon, making him our only unelected vice president and president. Within weeks of his swearing-in, Ford issued a controversial pardon...
  
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• Troy falls to Kentucky

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  March 21, 2025 – MILWAUKEE, WI - Troy University fell 57 to 76 to the Southeastern Conference's Kentucky Wildcats in the first round of the Midwest Regional of the NCAA tournament. Troy finishes the season with an impressive 23 and 11 finish including a Sunbelt Conference Tournament championship. Kentucky improves to 23 and 11 and advances to the field of 32. Kentucky jumped out to 35 to 27 l...
  
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• Tommy Tuberville and Barry Moore reintroduce bill to make pecans and other nuts eligible for senior nutritional assistance program

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  March 27, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) and Congressman Barry Moore (R-AL01) are working to boost Alabama’s agriculture community while making healthy foods more accessible for Alabama’s more than 54,000 seniors by reintroducing the Farmers’ Market Expansion Act. This bipartisan legislation would make pecans and other tree nuts eligible for the USDA’s Senior F...
  
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• THE YOUNG REPUBLICAN FEDERATION OF ALABAMA CONDEMNS CORRUPT CONECUH COUNTY ELECTION RULING, VOWS ACTION

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  March 28, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - The Young Republican Federation of Alabama is standing in full agreement with ALGOP Chairman John Wahl in condemning the outrageous decision retired Mobile County Circuit Judge Braxton Kittrell made to dismiss the election contest in Conecuh County. We believe the court’s refusal to examine all the evidence in this case is an insult to hardworking Alabamians who c...
  
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• The Social Security data breach compromised 'billions' of accounts. Here's how to protect yourself.

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  The Social Security data breach compromised 'billions' of accounts. Here's one easy, free way to protect yourself. In early 2024, background checking service National Public Data was hit by a massive cyberattack that potentially compromised the sensitive, personal information of millions, or possibly even billions, of people around the world, including U.S. residents. A year later,...
  
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• The rising cost of prescription drugs in America: Can discount cards provide relief

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Prescription drug spending in the United States has been on a steady rise for years, with Americans paying some of the highest prices in the world for their medications. Even those with insurance often face high out-of-pocket costs due to rising premiums, copays, and deductibles. With the increasing financial burden on consumers, prescription discount cards have emerged as an alternative to help...
  
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• The Radio City Rockettes Turn 100

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Known for their "Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes", the Radio City Rockettes will celebrate their 100th Anniversary this year. Founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1925 as "The Missouri Rockets", the Rockettes are a tap dancing troupe that bills themselves as "the longest-running precision dance company in America". The Radio City Rockettes have...
  
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• The Problem Isn't the Politicians – It's You, Alabama

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  I’m grateful to the Alabama Gazette for printing what is becoming all too rare these days: the truth. Here’s a hard pill to swallow: the politicians aren’t the problem – you are. Politicians do what they must to get your vote, and you keep giving it to them. The late, great Jimmy Buffett, an Alabama native, had an epiphany that led to his famous realization in “Margaritaville.” At first, it was “n...
  
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• The homes renters never want to leave: 3-bedroom houses for rent are the Goldilocks of housing

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Renters are settling in for the long haul. As soaring home prices and tight inventory keep many on the sidelines, renters in need of more space and privacy are making house rentals their long-term homes. That's why a new trend is picking up speed: Increasingly, renters are choosing to stay for 10 years or more in a house for rent. And, when it comes to house renters' ideal space,...
  
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• The Church As City Of Refuge

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Admiral James Stockdale faced the nation at the vice-presidential debate in October 1992. Businessman Ross Perot named him as his running mate, so Stockdale stood with Vice President Dan Quayle and Sen. Al Gore in Atlanta. When it was his first time to speak, Stockdale said, “Who am I? Why am I here?” This turned out to be a laugh line and parody, which is unfortunate. Stockdale was a decorated so...
  
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• The best movies of 2025 so far

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Series: The best movies of 2025 so far The year 2024 ended with a bang for the movie business. Between the biggest Thanksgiving weekend on record, primarily thanks to "Moana 2," and the release of several box-office hits in a row—like "Wicked" and "A Complete Unknown"—those last few months might seem hard to top. Still, 2025 might have the potential to do it. The star...
  
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• "The Agenda 2: Masters of Deceit" – A Documentary Review

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  Long time Alabama resident, Bela K. Berty, was a young child in the formative years when his family escaped from communism in Eastern Europe. Having experienced first-hand the perils of communism, the influence of communism in the modern American legal, banking, and educational systems is a matter of grave concern to him. Consequently, he and his wife, Linda Gail Berty, a veteran of The United...
  
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• Terri LaPoint is challenging Mike Rogers in CD3

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  March 19, 2025 - Author, grassroots Republican activist, and investigative journalist Terri LaPoint has announced that she is running for Congress in the Third Congressional District against longtime incumbent Mike Rogers (R-Saks). LaPoint confirmed to the Alabama Gazette that she is running in the Republican primary in 2026. LaPoint is a member of the St. Clair County Republican Party, is the...
  
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• Teenager Mari Grace Brooks Reaches Elite Turkey Hunting Status

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  March 21, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL. - Even the most lifelong-obsessed turkey hunters will have to be impressed by what Mari Grace Brooks has accomplished in chasing the elusive birds the past 15 years. The 19-year-old from Ramer, Alabama, has two Grand Slams, taking the four subspecies – Eastern, Osceola, Rio and Merriam's – in the United States, which is quite a feat for any turkey hunter. Even...
  
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• Technology developed by Alabama company improves severe weather forecasting

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that 14 tornadoes touched down across Central Alabama during the severe weather event on March 15. The tornadoes varied in intensity, The most powerful was rated as an EF3. Six were rated as EF2s, four were rated as EF1s, and three were rated as EF0s. 3 people were killed. Hundreds of thousands of people were able to get in their safe places ahead of...
  
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• "Snow White" – The 2025 Movie Review

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  The 1937 Walt Disney version of the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", is considered one of the greatest animated films in motion picture history. And after seeing the 2025 live-action production of Disney's "Snow White", there is no doubt that the 1937 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" version is not only one of the...
  
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• Senate narrowly passes bill allowing some life without parole inmates to ask for a new sentencing hearing

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  March 18, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL. – The Alabama Senate narrowly passed a bill that would allow as many as 200 inmates of the Alabama Department of Corrections to petition the court for a new sentencing hearing. Senate Bill 156 (SB156) is sponsored by state Senator Will Barfoot (R-Pike Road). Barfoot explained that under existing law there are persons in the Alabama Department of Corrections who wer...
  
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• Senate committee gives approval to bill to allow new sheriffs to make the same as the former sheriff

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  March 18, 2025 – The Alabama Senate Government Affairs Committee gave a favorable report that would allow a new sheriff to retain all of the accrued cost of living increases of the former sheriff. House Bill 157 (HB157) is sponsored by state Representative Paul Lee (R-Dothan). "If you have a sheriff who has been there for years he has received cost of living raises over the years," expla...
  
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• Secretary of State Wes Allen Praises Trump's Executive Order Cracking Down on Noncitizen Voting and Prioritizing Election Integrity

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  March 26, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Wes Allen, Alabama’s Secretary of State, stands strongly behind President Trump’s “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections” Executive Order, which aims to strengthen election integrity and effectively end noncitizen voting across the country. “From closing the border, to dismissing the Biden-Harris era USDOJ lawsuit that attempted to block ou...
  
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• Secretary of State Wes Allen applauds House passage of legislation to prevent state campaigns from receiving foreign contributions

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  March 20, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL. – The Alabama House of Representatives has passed legislation that would limit foreign influence in Alabama election. House Bill 363 (HB363) is sponsored by State Representative Lomax (R-Huntsville). According to the synopsis, "This bill would prohibit foreign nationals from contributing to campaigns, ballot measures, political parties, or political action com...
  
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• Robert the Bruce: The Coronation of a King

  25-03-2025 17:52 via alabamagazette.com
  
  March 25, 1306: A Pivotal Day in Scottish History On the 25th of March, 1306, Robert the Bruce ascended the throne of Scotland, marking a significant turning point in the nation's history. The coronation took place in the midst of turbulent times, as Scotland grappled with political instability and the ongoing struggle for independence from English rule. To understand the magnitude of this...
  
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