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August 12, 2026 | Education, Featured, News, | By Trisha Powell Crain
Why Alabama still has dozens of school desegregation cases – and why some want to end them

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Nearly six decades after a federal court ordered Alabama to dismantle its racially segregated public school system, almost four dozen local school systems are still subject to federal desegregation cases, orders or injunctions.  Those cases are receiving renewed attention as Republican attorney general nominee Katherine Robertson campaigns on ending them and the […]

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Why Alabama still has dozens of school desegregation cases – and why some want to end them
August 12, 2026 | Education, Featured, News, | By Trisha Powell Crain

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Nearly six decades after a federal court ordered Alabama to dismantle its racially segregated public school system, almost four dozen local school systems are still subject to federal desegregation cases, orders or injunctions.  Those cases are receiving renewed attention as Republican attorney general nominee Katherine Robertson campaigns on ending them and the […]

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Doug Jones calls for more data center transparency and accountability at Lowndes County event

4h ago | Campaign 2026, | By Claire Harrison

HOPE HULL, Ala. – Lowndes County’s Route 37 is peppered with signs opposing a proposed hyperscale data center in the area. “SAVE OUR LAND,” the signs read.  Cloverleaf Infrastructure’s proposed Project Red Clay would be massive, and opponents have said the community has insufficient information about the project. Addressing the county residents’ mobilization against the […]

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Doug Jones calls for more data center transparency and accountability at Lowndes County event
4h ago | Campaign 2026, | By Claire Harrison

HOPE HULL, Ala. – Lowndes County’s Route 37 is peppered with signs opposing a proposed hyperscale data center in the area. “SAVE OUR LAND,” the signs read.  Cloverleaf Infrastructure’s proposed Project Red Clay would be massive, and opponents have said the community has insufficient information about the project. Addressing the county residents’ mobilization against the […]

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State to execute Jerry Williams for 2021 rape and murder

4h ago | News, | By Associated Press

Alabama is scheduled to execute Jeremy Williams by lethal injection for the 2021 rape and murder of a 5-year-old Georgia girl. Williams, who pleaded guilty to killing Kamarie Holland, declined to appeal and asked for his death sentence to be carried out. Williams, 42, raped and strangled Holland after offering her mother $2,500 for the child […]

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State to execute Jerry Williams for 2021 rape and murder
4h ago | News, | By Associated Press

Alabama is scheduled to execute Jeremy Williams by lethal injection for the 2021 rape and murder of a 5-year-old Georgia girl. Williams, who pleaded guilty to killing Kamarie Holland, declined to appeal and asked for his death sentence to be carried out. Williams, 42, raped and strangled Holland after offering her mother $2,500 for the child […]

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Will Sellers: The evolution of religious liberty

5h ago | News, | By Alabama Daily News

Like most great constitutional principles, religious liberty evolved over centuries through a series of political experiments, legal compromises, and the hard-earned, practical lessons of trial and error.

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Will Sellers: The evolution of religious liberty
5h ago | News, | By Alabama Daily News

Like most great constitutional principles, religious liberty evolved over centuries through a series of political experiments, legal compromises, and the hard-earned, practical lessons of trial and error.

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