John Archibald: PSC Candidates and Why You Might Think Twice About Eating Fish in Alabama
It almost sounds like a joke. Two public service commissioners and two challengers walk into an elevator. The elevator gets stuck. That happened Monday when the quartet went to meet with the Birmingham News editorial board. Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald was there. He talks about the candidates and other environmental politics.
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Chiefs superfan ‘ChiefsAholic’ sentenced to 32 years in Oklahoma prison
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Judge refuses to block IRS from sharing tax data to identify people illegally in U.S.
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