A memorial ceremony was held Saturday at the DeKalb County Schools Coliseum to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the deadly tornado outbreak that struck DeKalb County on April 27, 2011.
Due to weather conditions, the ceremony, originally scheduled to take place at the site of the Rainsville Tornado Memorial and Serenity Gardens was moved inside the coliseum.
âWe are here today for a celebration of life as well as a time to remember our friends and loved ones we lost on that awful day of April 27, 2011, not only DeKalb County but the state of Alabama as well,â said Stanley Sims, a member of the memorial committee.
Alabama AG Steve Marshall pulls out of National Attorneys General Association
Updated 7:23 AM;
Yellowhammer News reported the decision on Monday.
Mike Lewis, spokesman for Marshall, confirmed the decision to AL.com but had no further comment. According to Yellowhammer, Marshall pulled out of the organization because he said it has moved too far to the left in its policies.
“I can’t justify spending taxpayer dollars to fund an organization that seems to be going further and further left,” Marshall said. “With the money we will save, I can add a young lawyer to my consumer protection division and yield a far better return on the taxpayer’s investment.”
Alabama will hold onto its seven congressional seats in next year’s election, narrowly avoiding the loss of a district that could have complicated reapportionment efforts and set off a scramble among the state’s U.S. House delegation.
The state’s stagnant population growth appeared to put the state at risk of losing a voice in Congress. But the results of the 2020 U.S. Census, announced on Monday, showed that Alabama grew faster than previously estimated and held off a doomsday scenario for at least another decade.
Nyesha Black, director of socioeconomic analysis and demographics for The University of Alabama Center for Business and Economic Research, called the numbers good news, suggesting complex reasons for the growth, though the full reasons won t be known until more detailed data becomes available this summer.
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By Reid Wilson - 04/22/21 05:29 PM EDT
The chairman of the top outside group dedicated to electing Republican attorneys general has resigned his position in the wake of a show of force by rivals from other states, months after it supported a rally with then-President Trump
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (R) last week stepped down as chairman of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), citing a “significant difference of opinion” with the group’s strategic direction.
He is the latest in a string of departures from the organization, including its executive director, Adam Piper, who resigned under what sources said was pressure from the group in the days after the Jan. 6 insurrection.