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Flood heartbreak, UAW, firework injuries: Down in Alabama
07 Jul 2025 09:51 GMT
… unionize workers at an Alabama powertrain plant, reports AL … and Jeremy Gray.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said … doing radio while Alabama’s governor was Jim Folsom -- Big Jim Folsom.
WHNT reported … and increasing tuition.
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‘26 politics, cockfighting bust, bikini concerns: Down in Alabama
16 Jun 2025 10:38 GMT
… Nicole Wadsworth running fourth for lieutenant governor despite some campaign upheaval. … S. Space Command.
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Ivey appoints first Black Republican justice to Alabama Supreme Court
20 May 2025 20:57 GMT
… Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Supreme Court, replacing Justice … on the nine-member Alabama Supreme Court.
Lewis was … ’ appointment is effective immediately.
Alabama’s previous Black justices were … D. Cook, appointed by Gov. Jim Folsom Jr. in 1993 and elected …
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Jim Folsom Jr documentary to premiere on Alabama Public Television in March
10 Feb 2025 14:53 GMT
… documentary on the life of Alabama Governor Jim Folsom Jr. (D) was held. The … general election.
Folsom ran for Lieutenant Governor in 1986. He beat state … .
Folsom would be again elected Lt. Gov. in 2006; but was defeated …
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Governor Jim Folsom Jr. has a Legacy
26 Feb 2025 00:45 GMT
… in our state. Indeed, Governor Jim Folsom Jr. has a very definitive … He had ascended to Governor from Lt. Governor in 1992, after the … Cullman. Jim Folsom, Jr. was first elected to the Alabama Public … and served two terms as Lt. Governor. However, his legacy …
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77 years ago, Gov. James ‘Big Jim’ Folsom bans daily newspapers and radios from press conferences
12 Jan 2025 06:11 GMT
… the administration of Gov. James E. “Big Jim” Folsom infuriated the state’ … without consultation with the governor. This edict is consistent … weekly newspaper published in Alabama at that time.
During … “mailbox roads” in rural Alabama.
Courtesy of The Art …
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77 years ago, Big Jim Folsom survived ‘Self-Starter Amendment’ despite pretty woman trap
06 Jan 2025 19:31 GMT
… – 77 years ago today – Alabama voters rejected a “Self-Starter … Amendment” to the Alabama Constitution that would have allowed … and power of Gov. James E. “Big Jim” Folsom, who was elected … ?”
He said, “Yes, sir, Governor, they’re going to send …
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Unsolved Alabama: Walker County family Seeks Answers in 30-Year-Old Cold Case
27 Feb 2025 01:09 GMT
… our new series "Unsolved Alabama," ABC 33/40 … ; he said.
In 1994, then-Governor Jim Folsom announced a $7,500 reward …
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The DeKalb/Henager Ledbetter/Livingston 4th of July Breakfast is now must go to political event
02 Jul 2025 00:48 GMT
… powerful North Alabama legislators – Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives … Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth, and former … attended were Governors George Wallace, Big Jim Folsom, John Patterson, Jim Folsom Jr., Fob …
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ADRS celebrates 30 years of providing services to Alabama’s children and adults with disabilities
18 Feb 2025 17:02 GMT
… Services was established upon Gov. Jim Folsom’s signature on May … federal and state funds.”
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey expressed her … Program was launched after Governor George C. Wallace was … maximum potential.
Visit rehab.alabama.gov for more information and …