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Attorney General Steve Marshall joins other state officials in supporting new school safety program

EETV Web Team | May 31

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (EETV)- Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has endorsed Gov. Kay Ivey's new school safety proposal. The proposal, called the Alabama Sentry Program, allows specially trained school administrators to be armed in order to prevent potential school shooting treats. “I share Governor Ivey’s concerns that every effort be made to ensure that all Alabama’s schools have the ability to protect our children by quickly responding to threats to their safety,” said Marshall.

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Longtime Auburn Mayor Bill Ham not seeking reelection

EETV Web Team | May 28

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Longtime Auburn Mayor Bill Ham formally announced Monday during a Memorial Day breakfast that he would not seek reelection. Ham was first elected in 1998 and during that time has overseen a period of immense population and economic growth in the city. Ham has traditionally been a familiar face on Auburn University's campus throughout the years, having traditionally participated in events hosted by various campus organizations.  The next Auburn municipal election is scheduled for August 28. 

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Republicans nationwide starting to close midterm polling gap ahead of Alabama’s primary

Ken Ward | May 27

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Voters in many states across the nation are getting ready to head to the polls to see who will represent them during this year’s highly contested midterm election. The midterm election, which usually has low voter turnout, is traditionally seen as a referendum on the party that controls the White House. Much of the discussion over the past few months has been whether or not Democrats will muster enough support to retake the House of Representatives, a branch of government they have not controlled since 2010. Given the large number of Democratic incumbents up for reelection in traditionally Republican states, many pundits see little chance of Democrats regaining control of the Senate. Recent polls suggest that generic support for Republican candidates has grown.

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Meet the Republican candidates for Alabama Attorney General

Ken Ward | May 26

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Alabama’s primary election is just a little over a week away, and the Republican field for attorney general is quite large and hotly contested. Steve Marshall is the incumbent attorney general, having served the position since 2017 when he was appointed by former Gov.

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Meet the Democratic candidates for Alabama Attorney General

Ken Ward | May 26

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Alabama’s primary election is just a little over a week away, and the Democratic field for attorney general consists of just two candidates. Chris Christie, not to be confused with the former Republican governor of New Jersey, is a Birmingham based attorney who has not held elected office before.

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Meet Alabama's Democratic candidates for Governor

Ken Ward | May 26

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Alabama’s gubernatorial primary election is just a week away, and the Democratic field is very large with six candidates competing for the nomination. Walt Maddox is the current mayor of Tuscaloosa, having served in that position since 2005.

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Meet Alabama's Republican candidates for Governor

Ken Ward | May 26

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Alabama’s gubernatorial primary election is just a week away, and the Republican field is quite large with four candidates competing for the nomination. Kay Ivey is the current governor, having served in the position for a little over a year.

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Alabama National Guard troops heading to southwest boarder to assist US Boarder Patrol

Ken Ward | May 25

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (EETV)- Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has announced that several Alabama National Guard troops will be deployed to the southern boarder at the request of the Trump administration.

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Rogers urges an end to the special counsel investigation

Ken Ward | May 23

WASHINGTON, D.C. (EETV)- Congressman Mike Rogers is joining the growing number of politicians asking that the special counsel investigation into reported Russian interference in the 2016 election end.

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Jones voting no on Haspel confirmation despite bipartisan support

Ken Ward | May 16

WASHINGTON, DC. (EETV)- Alabama Sen. Doug Jones announced Tuesday that he would oppose President Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director Gina Haspel. Haspel, if confirmed, would be the first female director of the intelligence agency and currently serves as the agency’s acting director.

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Gov. Kay Ivey joins a growing number of politicians asking that Trump receive Noble Peace Prize

EETV Web Team | May 16

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (EETV) – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey joins a growing number of politicians supporting the nomination of President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.  Ivey stated, "It isn’t often that presidents follow through on their promises; yet, President Trump is proving time and again that he isn’t like most presidents.

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Alabama joins lawsuit targeting DACA program

EETV Web Team | May 7

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (EETV) – Alabama Attorney Steve Marshall is one of a coalition of seven attorneys general who filed a lawsuit Tuesday calling for the halt of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which was implemented by an Obama administration without the legal consent of Congress.

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Former State House member DeWayne Bridges endorses Rauch in State House race

EETV Web Team | April 28

Opelika, Ala. (EETV) - Todd Rauch, candidate for district 38 of the Alabama House of Representatives, has been endorsed by Former District 38 State Representative DuWayne Bridges: “I am very excited to endorse Todd to be our next State Representative here in District 38” said Bridges.

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State leaders visiting Japan this week

EETV Web Team | April 24

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (EETV) – Governor Kay Ivey this week is leading a small team of Alabama economic development specialists on a business development mission to Japan for high-level meetings with executives of global automakers Toyota, Mazda and Honda. The Alabama delegation is departing for Japan today (Tuesday) and will return on Thursday following the appointments in Tokyo.

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Alabama Pre-K system named best in the nation

EETV Web Team | April 19

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (EETV) – Governor Kay Ivey is applauding the announcement that for the 12th year in a row, Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program is being hailed as one of the nation’s highest quality state-funded pre-kindergarten programs for four-year-olds. This report released today by the National Institute for Early Education Research in its 2017 State of Preschool Yearbook.

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Plain Talk: Justice Sue Bell Cobb

Ken Ward | April 17

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Former Alabama Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb talks about her campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor on this episode of Plain Talk. 

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National and state leaders react to the passing of former First Lady Barbara Bush

EETV Web Team | April 17

WASHINGTON, D.C. (EETV)- People across the world are mourning the death of former First Lady Barbra Bush who today died at the age of 92.

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OpEd: Gov. Kay Ivey on her fist year in office

Gov. Kay Ivey | April 10

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (EETV)- April 10, 2018, marks one year since I unexpectedly became governor.

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Plain Talk: John Merrill

EETV Web Team | April 3

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- This week on Plain Talk, Ken Ward sits down with Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill.

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Web Extra: Sen. Gerald Dial

EETV Web Team | April 3

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Longtime Alabama Sen. Gerald Dial, R-Lineville, stops by to discuss his run for the Republican nomination to be Alabama's next Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.