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New Alabama Overtime Law: What Hourly Workers Should Know

A new Alabama overtime law will provide some employees with higher paychecks due to a tax exemption. Here’s what you need to know if you’re an hourly employee.

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Biden rejects Trump decision to move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama

Decision comes amid Alabama senator blocking military promotions in response to Pentagon’s abortion policy

The Independent UK

Alabama health care providers sue over threat of prosecution for abortion help

Health care providers in Alabama have filed lawsuits against state Attorney General Steve Marshall over threats to prosecute people who help women arrange abortions outside the state

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Space Command stays in Colorado, infuriating Alabama delegation - Roll Call

The Biden administration has reversed a Trump-era decision to move the U.S. Space Command headquarters to Alabama.

Roll Call

Biden has decided to keep Space Command in Colorado, rejecting move to Alabama, officials tell AP

Senior U.S. officials say President Joe Biden has decided to keep the U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, overturning a last-ditch decision by the Trump administration to move it to Alabama

The Independent UK

Plaintiffs in voting rights case urge judges to toss Alabama's new congressional map

Civil rights groups urged three federal judges to reject Alabama’s newly drawn congressional districts, saying state Republicans prioritized partisan concerns over compliance with a court order to draw lines that are fair to Black voters

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz’s Claims On Democratic Party’s Involvement With The Ku Klux Klan Supported By Historical Facts

Senator Cruz's statements on Democratic Party's ties to the Ku Klux Klan align with historical evidence.

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States’ rights make a comeback as Republicans rush to defy Washington

Several red states are rejecting the authority of not just the federal government – but also the conservative supreme court

The Guardian - US

Carlee Russell is charged with kidnapping hoax

It remains unclear why the 25-year-old Alabama nursing student fabricated a story of a stranded toddler and why she went missing for two days.

WEKU

Carlee Russell charged after falsely reporting kidnapping

The 25-year-old Alabama woman was charged with two misdemeanors

The Independent UK

Former Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt now coaching HS in Alabama

This time around he's coaching at his former high school in Alabama.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Homes that become deadly: Tornadoes kill disproportionately more in mobile homes, AP analysis finds

When tornadoes strike, people aren't just killed at home

The Independent UK

The Death of Dick Long to Greed: the seven best shows to watch on TV this week

Daniel Scheinert’s unsettling comedy takes a dark turn as three Alabama buddies go on a bender; while Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan serve up a loaded, semibiographical satire

The Guardian - UK

Carlee Russell smiles in mug shot as she’s charged with false police report in kidnap hoax

Alabama woman Carlee Russell facing two misdemeanour charges in Jefferson County after confessing to wild abduction story was lie Hoover Police announce at press conference

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Carlee Russell could face jail time as prosecutors consider two potential charges for kidnapping hoax

Potential charges are considered Class A misdemeanours in Alabama

Salon

Has Trump unleashed a new civil war?

This struggle isn't violent, so far — but if states break away from federal control, the United States is finished

The Conversation

Alabama is not the first state to defy a Supreme Court ruling: 3 essential reads on why that matters

In its 5-4 Allen v. Milligan decision on June 8, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the state of Alabama to redraw its congressional voting districts and consider race as it made up the new districts. The court had found that the state’s political districts diluted the strength of Black…

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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts uses conflicting views of race to resolve America's history of racial discrimination

In two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 summer recess, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote majority opinions that involved the use of race.

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Sen. Tuberville's blockade of US military promotions takes a historic tradition to a radical new level – and could go beyond Congress' August break

As Congress prepares to head into its August 2023 break, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, shows no signs of ending his five-month-long hold on military promotions for several hundred senior officers, namely generals and admirals.

The Independent UK

Carlee Russell claimed she was kidnapped by a man with orange hair who lured her with a baby. It was all a lie

Carlee Russell falsely claimed she vanished after calling 911 to report seeing a young boy in diapers on the side of a busy interstate. Three months later, she has been found guilty of false reporting charges. Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Will Carlee Russell face criminal charges over fake kidnapping?

Alabama police say there was ‘no evidence’ to Carlee Russell’s report of a toddler walking along the interstate alone

The Independent UK

An Alabama college student died at an apartment in the US Virgin Islands. Her autopsy came back ‘negative’

Following an inconclusive autopsy, authorities are now awaiting toxicology results to determine the cause and manner of 22-year-old Lily Ledbetter’s death

Salon

Alabama ignores SCOTUS racist map ruling

Republicans "remain determined to rob Black voters of the representation we deserve," advocacy groups say

Chicago Sun-Times

Alabama woman Carlee Russell confesses to fabricating kidnapping

Carlee Russell called 911 on July 13 to report seeing a toddler in a diaper walking along a highway. She said she stopped to help when she was abducted. Russell says she made the entire story up and says she acted alone.

Roll Call

Many redistricting redos pending, but ’24 election outlook unclear

Lines could be redrawn — or litigation could drag on — in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina South Carolina and Utah.

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