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Board to Certify Alabama Election Results on Monday

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama’s results from the Nov. 3 election will become official on Monday. The state canvassing board is set to meet at the Capitol Monday morning to certify results from each of Alabama’s 67 counties. The move will make President Donald Trump’s overwhelming victory in the state official over President-elect Joe Biden. It will also settle numerous…

Lee Co. District Attorney Faces Charge in Montgomery County in Addition to Lee County

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The Attorney General’s office has announced the arrest of Brandon Hughes, the District Attorney for the 37th Judicial Circuit, for perjury, an additional charge to those announced earlier. Hughes’ office is based in Opelika. Hughes’s arrest for perjury in Montgomery follows his indictment in Lee County charging him with multiple counts of violating the State’s Ethics Act, conspiracy to commit…

State of Alabama Announces $60 Million Settlement With Terminix

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Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Thursday, Nov. 5, a historic $60 million State settlement with Terminix International after the company’s alleged illegal business practices targeting Alabama consumers. An investigation by the Alabama Attorney General’s office and the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries revealed that Terminix engaged in a pattern of collecting annual termite protection premiums from Alabama consumers,…

State Files Suit Against Birmingham for Removal of Confederate Monument

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A man poses at the base of the Confederate monument at Linn Park in Birmingham after the majority of the monument was removed. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced that he has filed a new lawsuit against the City of Birmingham for its removal  of the Confederate monument at Linn Park last night. Marshall says that action…

Marshall Issues Statement on Birmingham Confederate Monument

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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has issued a statement regarding the Confederate monument at Linn Park in downtown Birmingham.  A group attempted to take down the 115-year-old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument last night during a protest. The monument is protected by a state law that was passed in 2017 in response to Confederate monuments being removed in other cities….

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Kicks Off In Montgomery

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Remembering victims of crimes across the state- The Alabama District Attorney’s Association joined federal and state victim’s rights activists on Monday to kick of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. “It’s an important time for our state and for our nation to recognize and highlight the issues facing victims in our country,” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said. According to the…

AG Steve Marshall Says the City of Montgomery’s ’10 Persons or Less in Businesses’ is Unenforceable

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According to Attorney General Steve Marshall: Attorney General Steve Marshall issued the following statement today based on multiple inquiries received by his office regarding the legality of an order imposed on local businesses by the Mayor of the City of Montgomery: “The City of Montgomery has notified local business owners that ‘any businesses lawfully open to the public must limit…

Judge: State Won’t Be Ordered To Redistrict Before 2020

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A federal judge says a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s congressional districts will go forward, but the state can’t be forced to redraw lines before 2020. U.S. District Judge Karon Bowdre issued the decision Wednesday. Eight African-American voters filed the 2018 voting rights lawsuit contending the state illegally packs minority voters into a single congressional district. The lawsuit contends Alabama should have…

Hoover Mall Shooting Victim’s Parents Calling For Release of Officer’s Name

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Two weeks after the Attorney General’s office decided not to charge the police officer who shot Hoover Mall shooting victim Emantic “EJ” Bradford, Jr, his parents are asking for the release of the officer’s name. Bradford’s parents stood beside their attorney and members of the ACLU and NAACP to announce they are giving the Attorney General’s office ten days to…

Alabama asks Supreme Court to review abortion ruling

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Alabama is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state’s attempt to ban the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions. State lawmakers voted in 2016 to ban the abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation. A federal judge blocked the law as an unconstitutional restriction on abortion access. Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office asked the high court Thursday…