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COMMENTARY: If penalties aren’t enforced, why have them?
In the 2015 Alabama legislative session, the Legislature passed legislation that required all county candidates and political action ... Read more
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Local News
CAMPAIGN FINES OVERTURNED: Party chiefs weigh in on ethics commission’s decision
The leaders of Limestone County’s Republican and Democratic parties weighed in Wednesday on the Alabama Ethics Commission’s recent ... Read more
State And Nation
Cook County, Illinois, sues Facebook for fraud
NEW YORK (AP) — Cook County is suing Facebook and Cambridge Analytica for fraud after revelations that the ... Read more
State And Nation
Appeals court nixes some FCC rules on robocalls
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court rolled back rules intended to deter irritating telemarketing robocalls, ... Read more
Cnhi Network
Court rules bakers who refused to make cake for gay couple should pay $135,000 fine
(RNN) – A court of appeals upheld a ruling on Thursday that two bakers discriminated against a lesbian ... Read more
National Sports
SEC fines Auburn $250,000 after fans storm field
AUBURN (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has fined Auburn $250,000 after fans rushed onto the field to celebrate ... Read more
State And Nation
Baron Cohen to pay fine for Czechs sporting Borat mankinis
PRAGUE (AP) — Comic actor Sacha Baron Cohen has offered to pay the fines for six Czech tourists ... Read more
Cnhi Network
Senior citizen’s squirrel hunt puts elementary school on lockdown
Michigan authorities say a 74-year-old man likely will face a misdemeanor charge after his morning squirrel hunt frightened ... Read more
Local News
Ex-lawmaker pleads guilty to bribery conspiracy, fraud, tax evasion
BIRMINGHAM – A former Alabama legislator pleaded guilty today in federal court to accepting bribes from a Birmingham ... Read more
Local News
1903 ordinances provide glimpse of city’s past
It’s not unusual to hear some Athenians say they pine for the good ol’ days, but feelings of ... Read more