The culmination of over a year’s worth of fundraising and strategizing was packed into Tuesday’s election, with clear victors and losers being determined. Winners Gov. Kay Ivey & Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth There was no major restructuring of the state’s power order, which is a huge victory for Alabama’s two highest-ranking constitutional officeholders. Ivey sailed […]

With more than 95% of the vote reported in Alabama’s fifth congressional GOP primary election, Madison County Commission chairman Dale Strong holds a more than 20-point lead over his nearest competitor. Making the runoff with Strong, who has garnered 44.7% of the vote, is former Huntsville City Schools superintendent Casey Wardynski, who has notched 23% […]

An uphill battle faces U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) in his fight for political survival against U.S. Senate primary rival Katie Britt, who outperformed her standing in the polls leading up to Tuesday’s election. As of reporting time with 92% of the vote tallied, Britt is holding 44.7% of all votes cast. Brooks presently holds […]

Gov. Kay Ivey emerged as the overwhelming favorite in Alabama’s 2022 Republican gubernatorial primary election, garnering nearly 55% of all votes cast as of reporting time. In her victory speech Tuesday night at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa, Ivey expressed gratitude to her supporters for granting her an additional term of service as Alabama’s […]

As voters head to the polls Tuesday, all eyes are on the heated three-way race for the U.S. Senate. However, the gubernatorial race in its closing days caught the attention of many Alabama political observers due to the prospects of Gov. Kay Ivey being forced to contend in a runoff election. As recent polling indicates […]

Alongside her family, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt cast her ballot in the GOP primary election at Montgomery’s Huntingdon College precinct early Tuesday morning. After speaking with present media, Britt released a statement reflecting on what she called a “surreal moment” casting a vote for herself in Alabama’s senatorial race. “It was a surreal […]

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks’ (R-Huntsville) senatorial candidacy picked up a boost Monday afternoon as U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) stumped on behalf of the congressman at a campaign rally in Alabama’s Rocket City. Monday evening, Brooks received an additional public display of support from another prominent elected official in U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who […]

A day prior to Alabama’s 2022 GOP gubernatorial primary election, Gov. Kay Ivey took her reelection campaign to the Rocket City before a crowd of supporters at Huntsville International Airport. Being the race’s frontrunner has placed Ivey in the crosshairs of her opponents, particularly businessman Tim James and former U.S. ambassador to Slovenia Lindy Blanchard, […]

According to State Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy), the freshman lawmaker is the only individual in the four-candidate Alabama Secretary of State GOP primary field that holds a record of working to implement election security measures. The South Alabama legislator is forgoing an additional term as state representative in an effort to become Alabama’s chief elections […]

Perhaps the most high-profile non-officeholder to intervene in Alabama’s 2022 U.S. Senate race is legendary musician and Second Amendment activist Ted Nugent. The iconic rock star last year endorsed then-senatorial hopeful Jessica Taylor, who would later drop out of the race and lend her support to the candidacy of U.S. Army veteran Mike Durant. In […]

U.S. Army veteran Mike Durant, Republican candidate for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat, has picked up the endorsement of retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin. Boykin, a 36-year veteran of the U.S. military, was an original member of the Army’s Delta Force and served as the deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence under former President George […]

New polling released Friday by ForestPAC, the political arm of the Alabama Forestry Association, shows heated competition in both the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial GOP primary elections. The poll, which was conducted by McLaughlin & Associates May 16-19, consisted of 500 likely Republican voters. Respondents were surveyed evenly between landline, cellphone and text message. U.S. […]

The Yellowhammer State has reached a new record low unemployment rate, dropping to 2.8% for the first time in its 202-year history. According to the updated statistics released by the governor’s office Friday, April’s unemployment rate is down from March’s rate of 2.9%. In a statement touting the historic unemployment numbers, Gov. Kay Ivey projected […]

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) has announced its 14th round of endorsements for candidates seeking election to the Alabama House of Representatives. Patrick Johnson, House District 4 Johnson is running for House District 4, which covers parts of Morgan and Limestone Counties. Johnson is a graduate of the University of North Alabama. His family owns […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) maintained its unblemished mission success rate as it successfully launched a Boeing spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday evening. ULA’s Atlas V rocket at 6:54 p.m. Thursday launched Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, which marked the company’s 150th launch to […]

Alabama’s 2022 race for the U.S. Senate has proven that there is no love lost between U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Federal Election Commission (FEC) records unveiled last week that the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), a super PAC affiliated with the Senate GOP leader, has invested $2 million […]

United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch a Boeing spacecraft capsule to the International Space Station (ISS). The Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, is planned to launch Thursday at 5:54 p.m. CST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The live […]

With under a week to go until Republican voters head to the polls to select their preferred nominee for Alabama’s open fifth congressional district seat, Madison County Commission chairman Dale Strong is going on the offensive against GOP primary rival Casey Wardynski. Strong this week released a TV ad slamming the former Huntsville City Schools […]

In her final TV ad of the 2022 primary election cycle, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt is making her pitch to voters as to why she should become Alabama’s next junior senator. Britt’s 30-second spot touches on the first-time candidate’s positions regarding abortion, gun rights, illegal immigration and energy policy. “Growing up here in […]

The reelection campaigns of State Reps. Proncey Robertson (R-Mt. Hope) and Debbie Wood (R-Valley) are being targeted by negative campaign ads questioning their records on abortion. The group, operating under the name of End Abortion Alabama, is also taking aim at Gov. Kay Ivey. What many Alabama political observers have taken notice of, however, is […]

The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved a $40 billion package in aid for Ukraine, with U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) being the only member of Alabama’s congressional delegation to vote against the measure. U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), who voted against the aid package in the upper chamber’s procedural motion earlier this week, […]

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) has released its 13th round of endorsements for candidates seeking election to the Alabama House of Representatives. State Rep. Jim Hill (R-Springville) Hill is running for reelection to House District 50, which covers St. Clair County. He has served District 50 since 2014. Hill has practiced law for over 19 […]

Tuesday, automobile supplier Shinhwa Auto USA Corp. announced plans to expand its Auburn footprint by establishing a second auto parts manufacturing facility. The company will invest a total of $78 million and create 42 jobs at the 400,00-square-foot facility in Auburn Technology Park West. The expansion will support the output of aluminum parts and meet […]

The U.S. Air Force this past weekend conducted a successful test of a hypersonic weapon that will be produced at Lockheed Martin’s Hypersonic Missile Assembly Building for advanced manufacturing in Courtland. The defense industry titan unveiled its Lawrence County facility in October 2021 alongside company leadership, military brass and Alabama’s highest-ranking elected officials. During the […]