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  Read Freely celebrates legislative wins as bill to criminalize librarians dies

  alreporter.com - Jacob Holmes

  At the beginning of the 2025 legislative session, it appeared that a bill to criminalize librarians who shelve controversial content had considerable …

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  Opinion | Alabama libraries offer a world of adventure for kids

  alreporter.com - Guest Contributor

  What if you were told you could explore Paris, Peru, Mongolia, Australia, Zimbabwe and more all in a single day, for free? You can do that by reading …

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  Opinion | Why is John Wahl using an alias on sworn state documents?

  alreporter.com - Bill Britt

  There’s a saying in politics: sunlight is the best disinfectant. But in Alabama, that light often struggles to reach the murkier corners of power—and …

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  Opinion | Alabama’s prisons are awful. They’re also expensive, ineffective and counterproductive

  alreporter.com - Josh Moon

  Alabama’s prisons are managed stupidly. This is not an opinion. This is a fact. It is a fact long proven by other facts and the sad reality that so …

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  PARCA: Jefferson County overdose deaths dropped in 2024

  alreporter.com - Mary Claire Wooten

  Jefferson County saw its first drop in overdose deaths since 2018, a result driven by specific policy changes and the targeted use of resources, a …

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  21 hours ago

  Sen. Britt presses for infrastructure funding for Alabama projects

  alreporter.com - Alex Jobin

  Last week, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., attended a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development hearing to …