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Welcome Kelly Rexroat!
By Carolyn Bivins Escambia County 4-H Club is happy to welcome Kelly Rexroat, our new 4-H Foundation Regional Extension Agent. Kelly came to us at the start of April from Lexington, Kentucky, where he served as a 4-H Youth Development Program Assistant in Fayette County for over 8 years. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of Kentucky, a Master of Science in Human Development and…
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Cutting through the noise
By Congressman Bradley Byrne There has been a lot of noise coming out of Washington and in the national news media. If you listen to all the noise, you would think the only thing happening in our nation’s capital is staffing drama at the White House and an ongoing Russia investigation. Those topics consume the national headlines day in and day out. Sadly, that narrative does not match the reality…
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Be proactive to avoid being scammed
By Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall It’s sad to say, but news reports of consumer fraud are so common these days that many people simply ignore them. If you’ve already been targeted by consumer fraud, you are not alone. Alabama is ranked number six in the country in the total number of consumer complaints reported to the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Network during 2016. Our state also ranks among the…
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Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers There is a proven theory espoused by political scholars that has prevailed in southern political history for decades. The premier political scholar, Dr. V. O. Key, first illustrated this repetitious theme that has weaved its way through the southern electorate. He called it “Friends and Neighbors” politics. It is not a complicated hypothesis. It simply means that southerners tend to vote for someone from their neck of…
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‘Buy America’ policies good for Alabama
By Congressman Bradley Byrne President Trump recently devoted a week to celebrating the importance of “Made in America” products with special events at the White House. I was pleased to see the President shining a spotlight on the many first-class items produced here in the United States. I often meet with manufacturing leaders from across Alabama during their visits to Washington, D.C. or during visits to their facilities back in…
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