The Dadeville Record Featured Southern Poverty Law Center reviving energy in Dadeville Sarah Chase Jan 13, 2026 The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Alabama chapter has been operating in Dadeville for a few years, but the state community organizer is hoping…
News Featured Secretary of State announces Voter Fraud Reform Task Force STAFF REPORT TPI Staff Sep 27, 2021 Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill announced the formation of the Voter Fraud Reform Task Force, which will meet on Thursday, Sept. 30…
News Top Story Secretary of State announces Voter Fraud Reform Task Force Staff reportUpdated Aug 7, 2025 Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill announced the formation of the Voter Fraud Reform Task Force, which will meet on Thursday, Sept. 30…
News Agreement in ‘debtors prison’ lawsuit against Alexander City gets preliminary approval By Mitch Sneed Mar 13, 2017 The settlement of a class action lawsuit filed as a result of a now abandoned Alexander City policy that jailed people convicted of some crime…
News Alleged ‘hate group’ joins in Confederate flag saga Corey Arwood Feb 10, 2016 An alleged ‘hate group’ connection was found amid what were plans to raise a pole of up to 50 feet across from Alabama State University with t…
News ‘Debtor’s prison’ suit not scheduled for court until August 2017 By Mitch Sneed Jan 17, 2016 A federal lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center against the city of Alexander City and others over the practice of arresting or jai…
News Alexander City agrees to stop incarceration based only on nonpayment By Mitch Sneed Sep 16, 2015 Attorneys for the Southern Poverty Law Center and Alexander City filed a joint motion Thursday to put a lawsuit against the city and Police Ch…
Opinion OUR VIEW: Change is needed in Alexander City By Staff Reports Sep 9, 2015 The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled our fair city’s municipal court practices a “modern-day debtors’ prison.”
News Suit alleges Alexander City operates a ‘debtors prison’ By Mitch Sneed Sep 7, 2015 A lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center alleges that Alexander City “has maintained a modem-day debtors’ p…
News Enslen reverses position Staff Report Feb 11, 2015 Elmore County became one of only a hand-full of counties on Tuesday in Alabama to issue same-sex marriage licenses after Probate Judge John En…