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Mercedes-Benz Alabama Workers To Vote On Unionization

Mercedes-Benz Alabama workers face crucial unionization vote amid pay concerns and industry dynamics.

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Unions double-down in the Deep South: Can Alabama pave the way?

Three high-profile labor disputes have unfolded in central Alabama over the past several years, with Amazon warehouse workers, coal miners and autoworkers all speaking out for change.

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Alabama woman who says police assaulted her after calling 911 files federal lawsuit

Twyla Stallworth, a woman from Andalusia, Ala., filed a federal lawsuit against the city, its police department and Grant Barton, the police officer involved in the incident.

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Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama might get a third try at unionizing

Federal officials threw out the first vote, ruling that Amazon improperly interfered. The results of the second vote remain inconclusive. The federal government now determines what happens next.

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Mercedes-Benz Workers In Alabama To Vote On Union Representation

Workers at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama to vote on UAW representation. UAW aims to organize 150,000 workers at nonunion auto plants in the South.

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Texans HC DeMeco Ryans named to Senior Bowl 2024 Hall of Fame class

DeMeco Ryans will forever represent the Houston Texans and Alabama Crimson Tide as a member of the Senior Bowl Hall of Fame.

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Alabama Voters Set Up Historic Congressional Race

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District primary runoffs set the stage for a potentially historic election with Shomari Figures and Caroleene Dobson as nominees.

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Figures, Dobson advance in Alabama's runoffs for new House district

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District was reshaped to give Black voters more political power and followed a lengthy legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Alabama holds its first ever U.S. Olympic trial for a sport that's little-known there

The U.S. Olympic Team trials for slalom kayak and canoe were held at Montgomery Whitewater, a new artificial watersports complex. The city hopes to draw more tourism, while the sport seeks new fans.

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Seeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South

Autoworkers at Volkswagen's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., will vote in mid-April on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. Mercedes workers in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., will soon follow.

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Aderholt wants to delay vote for new Appropriations chair - Roll Call

Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., wants delay in vote to pick new Appropriations chairman until GOP lawmakers can discuss budget process changes.

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Alabama prep coach Chris Smelley safe after kayaking incident

The kayak fishing trip of Chris Smelley was scary but had a happy ending

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Alabama lawmakers have approved a sweeping anti-diversity, equity and inclusion bill

Republicans said they are guarding against programs that "deepen divisions," but Black Democrats called it an effort to roll back affirmative action programs that welcome and encourage diversity.

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How 'fetal personhood' in Alabama's IVF ruling evolved from fringe to mainstream

To those who have watched how certain elements of the anti-abortion campaign have gone from fringe to mainstream, the Alabama IVF decision is both validation and a warning of more shifts to come.

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Anti-sex trafficking advocate accuses GOP Sen. Katie Britt of distorting her story

The woman who appears central to an anecdote told by GOP Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., in the GOP response to the State of the Union called the use of her story "distorted for political purposes.

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Who is Sen. Katie Britt, who will deliver the Republican State of the Union response?

First-term Sen. Katie Britt, Ala., has been selected to deliver the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address Thursday.

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Alabama governor signs IVF bill giving immunity to patients and providers

The law is intended to restart IVF treatments by shielding patients and providers from civil and criminal charges, but does not change the state Supreme Court's ruling that embryos are children.

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With new, court-ordered districts, an Alabama U.S. House election moves ahead

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District was reshaped to give Black voters more political power, and followed a lengthy legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

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FAA audit faults Boeing for 'multiple instances' of quality control shortcomings

The findings, part of a six-week audit by the FAA, singled out both Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems in the wake of January's in-flight door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 jet.

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Harris calls for Gaza cease-fire; France to constitutionally enshrine abortion rights

Vice President Kamala Harris called for a cease-fire in Gaza ahead of a meeting with Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz. France is set to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution.

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Alabama Legislature moves to protect IVF services after state court ruling

Alabama lawmakers rushed to protect in vitro fertilization services after fertility clinics shut down in the wake of a ruling that frozen embryos are children under the state wrongful death law.

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Alabama IVF Providers Pause Treatments After Legal Ruling

IVF providers in Alabama pause treatments due to legal concerns, sparking debate and uncertainty.

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Alabama seeks to carry out 2nd execution using controversial nitrogen gas method

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's office asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to set an execution date for Alan Eugene Miller. The state said the execution would use nitrogen.

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Alabama Supreme Court Ruling Impact On IVF Treatment

The Alabama Supreme Court's ruling on frozen embryos raises concerns about IVF access and costs, impacting reproductive rights.

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Alabama Hospital Pauses IVF After Court Ruling On Embryos

UAB halts IVF treatments in response to Alabama court ruling equating frozen embryos to children, raising concerns in the fertility community.

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