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Electric vehicle owners can get discount on admission to upcoming Drive Electric Alabama EV Summit
The Drive Electric Alabama EV Summit is offering a discounted registration rate for all EV owners to attend the event at the BJCC later this month. Before registering for the Summit online, EV owners must e-mail the Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition (ACFC) at info@alabamacleanfuels.org to obtain the discount code that allows them to attend the Summit for $100 on Aug. 15. In addition, ACFC and the Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association (AAMA), which is coordinating the Summit, have partnered to offer $50 registration for the first 20 EV owner registrants. ACFC will pay $50 of the $100 registration fee for the first 20 EV owners.
Judge appoints overseer for former Alabama secretary of state’s Regions-managed trust fund
A Montgomery County circuit judge has appointed a temporary special fiduciary to oversee the charitable trust of a former Alabama secretary of state that has been the subject of a lawsuit. On Thursday, Circuit Judge Greg Griffin appointed James C. White Sr. of Birmingham to oversee the Mabel Amos Memorial...
Central-Phenix City opens at No. 22 in national high school football rankings
Central-Phenix City ranked No. 22 in the nation the media composite top 25 rankings, MaxPreps announced this week. The composite rankings pair computer algorithms with rankings from national media outlets to rank the top teams in the country, according to the release from MaxPreps. A team must be included in the top 25 of rankings from at least two national outlets to be considered.
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission awards some licenses; litigation continues
The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Thursday granted cultivation licenses to two firms after an administrative law judge recommended reversing earlier denials. The Commission awarded two cultivator’s licenses to Pure by Sirmon Farms, LLC and Blackberry Farms, LLC. The administrative judge, who was not publicly named, also found that First Choice Farms, LLC and James Gang […]
Kansas, 14 other state attorneys general file suit challenging health insurance for DACA recipients
TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of 15 states, including Iowa, in an attempt to stop President Joe Biden from expanding health care access to DACA recipients by making them eligible for participation in the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplace. Kobach, a Republican who built a political career […]
5 Big Lots stores closing across Alabama
Big Lots stunned customers this week when they increased the number of upcoming store closings nationwide from 40 to almost 300. As a result, in Alabama, we have five Big Lots locations advertising closing sales across the state. The locations that have “closing sale” banners on their webpage are:...
Once facing execution, man convicted of grisly motel murder set for Alabama parole board hearing
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A man who tortured and murdered a woman at a Huntsville motel in 1983 is once again eligible for release from prison. Phillip Musgrove, who was born in 1953, was initially sentenced to death for the killing of Deborah Lynn Burks, whom he had dated over a period of several months.
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