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Secretary of State Wes Allen delivers testimony before U.S. Senate

    Special to the News Secretary of State Wes Allen testified before and answered the questions of members of the U.S. Senate on the topic of election administration and integrity Tuesday, March 12. Alabama’s own Sen. Katie Britt introduced Secretary Allen to the committee. “I was honored to introduce my friend, Secretary of State…

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Gambling and a lottery

The Alabama Senate passed a gambling constitutional amendment this past Thursday, March 7. Although the Bible warns against the love of money and get-rich-quick schemes, nowhere in the Bible does it call gambling a sin. Following Thomas Jefferson’s advice on a “wall of separation between the church and the state,” the topics of gambling and…

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Where were majority of voters?

  Last week we had an election that gave our citizens an opportunity to let their voices be heard on the leadership and direction of our county, our state and our nation. The primary elections are for each of the political parties to determine their candidates to go into the general election that will be…

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The CHOOSE Act

Dear Editor, Education Choice. Alabama House Bill 129 passed the state’s lower legislative body last month and now awaits Senate action. The CHOOSE Act will provide parents with more educational choices for their own children. This legislation would provide parents with a tax credit of up to $7,000 per year in an Education Savings Account…

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Border crisis,  impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas

Op-ed by U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville   When President Biden first took office, he immediately began dismantling our Southern border. And he hasn’t stopped. The president has taken 94 executive actions to destroy our immigration system, ranging from ending the successful “remain-in-Mexico” program to selling taxpayer-funded border wall materials for pennies on the dollar. The radical left-wing…

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2024 primary election: Part deux

THIS JUST IN: Despite a low voter turnout of just over 21%, Alabama went big for Donald Trump! … But of course, most all of y’all already knew that was going to happen. Here in Coosa County former President Trump took in 1,889 votes, while at the state level Trump took in 486,883 votes, forcing…

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Thank you, VFDs and Forestry Commission

Dear Editor, We wish to thank the members of the Rockford and Hanover volunteer fire departments who, together with personnel of the Alabama Forestry Commission, responded so promptly Sunday afternoon to the wildfire near our home. Through their work, our house was saved, and all our dogs and horses were unharmed. The work of the…

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The 2024 primary election

  This will be the first election with Alabama’s new congressional map, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the previous one drawn by Alabama Republican lawmakers illegally diluted the voting power of Black residents. The three-judge panel said the state should have two districts where Black voters are the majority or close to it.…

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Need to pave way for improvements in county

  I have always seen so much potential for growth in Coosa County. We are so fortunate to have rivers, creeks, mountains, lakes, and backroads. We have what many people only dream of so I do understand we do not want our area to be overrun by outsiders. But, as an outsider myself, there can…

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Border crisis,  impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas

Op-ed by U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville   When President Biden first took office, he immediately began dismantling our Southern border. And he hasn’t stopped. The president has taken 94 executive actions to destroy our immigration system, ranging from ending the successful “remain-in-Mexico” program to selling taxpayer-funded border wall materials for pennies on the dollar. The radical left-wing…

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