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    The “Ending the Harm” campaign, which is part of the Tackling Paramilitarism Programme, is aimed at highlighting the harm caused by paramilitary gangs, directly addressing the ‘societal shrug’ towards some paramilitary gang practices and this campaign represents another iteration of that.     Speaking at the launch Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton said, “This campaign highlights the devastating impact that illegal money lenders have, not only on victims but their fami...

In three months, patrons will be allowed to buy more cans and bottles of beer and liquor from Alabama breweries and distilleries. Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill on May 17 that will reduce the daily limit on the amount of alcohol breweries and distilleries can sell to customers to drink off premises. H.B. 539 will allow a brewery or brewpub to sell up to 864 ounces of beer per customer and a ...

They’re not the types of bills aimed at significantly improving the lives of Alabamians. Instead, they’re introduced to rile up the base. Welcome to the culture wars, where the battles were heavily waged in Alabama’s 2021 legislative session, which ended last week. Dozens of these bills, ranging from banning transgender youth from participating in public school sports on teams under the gender ...

PSNI facing calls to quit Israeli-linked security projects Work involves Ministry of Public Security which is responsible for police and prisons about 3 hours ago Luke Butterly, Rory Winters, The Detail ...

Move to promote Black history using Confederate tax fails in Legislature View Comments Legislators vow to reintroduce a bill to preserve and promote Black history in Alabama using proceeds from a tax that once supported Confederate veteran pensions in special session after it failed to pass this legislative term, which ended Monday. And while most of the millions of dollars in revenue generated from the tax funds things such as schools and pensions, a portion of the tax — 1% — funds op...

In Greene County, officials are debating whether Alabama's casino legislation would be a boon or a bust for a county that has come to rely upon revenue from five bingo halls to support services. In Lowndes County, officials are wondering why their small county -- which has two bingo facilities in White Hall -- have been completely left out.

View Comments A bill that would lift a nearly three-decade ban on yoga in public schools is a step closer to Gov. Kay Iveys desk.  The Alabama Senate voted 23-7 late Thursday for a bill from Rep. Jeremy Gray, D-Opelika, would allow public schools to offer yoga as an elective course. The bill was amended to put a ban on hypnotic states and meditation in courses, and to require notification of parents about their children enrolling in yoga courses that yoga is associated with Hinduism.  In th...

Language calling homosexuality illegal and unacceptable will be struck from the states laws on sex education under a measure signed by Gov. Kay Ivey this week. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Laura Hall, D-Huntsville, removes a paragraph dating from 1992 that requires courses on human reproduction and sexual education to emphasize that "homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a criminal offense under the laws of the state." The bill passe...

PSNI had no evidence of threat to Larne Port staff insists senior policeman STRONG WORDS Mid and East Antrim council mayor Peter Johnston and chief executive Anne Donaghy appear before Stormont’s agriculture committee yesterday. During the hearing, Mr Johnston said he feels let down by the PSNI over the withdrawal of staff from post-Brexit checks at Larne Port Connla Young ACC Bobby Singleton A SENIOR PSNI officer has repeated that there was no information t...

Peter Johnston made the comment in relation to the temporary withdrawal of staff from post-Brexit checks at Larne Port.