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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Sunday August 31, 2025 ( 2 items )  

Former Cowboys LB Lee Roy Jordan dies at 84
CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 30 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * Former Cowboys LB Lee Roy Jordan dies at 84 * DALLAS, Texas -- Lee Roy Jordan, a linebacker on the first Super Bowl-winning team for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s, has died. He was 84. The Cowboys announced Jordan's death Saturday without saying when he died or giving a cause of death. Jordan was a first-round draft pick by Dallas in 1963 after a standout career at Alabama, where h  more

Troy University: Author Maria Smilios to Give Lecture and Book Signing
TROY, Alabama, Aug. 30 -- Troy University issued the following news: * * * Author Maria Smilios to Give Lecture and Book Signing The Troy University School of Nursing and Sigma Iota Theta, Troy's chapter of Sigma International Honor Society of Nursing, will host a special lecture featuring author Maria Smilios on Wednesday, September 11, at 2 p.m. in Jones Hall on the Troy Campus. The event will also include a book signing for Smilios' debut work, The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the N  more