HUNTSVILLE — During a press conference on Tuesday, former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a candidate in the July 14 GOP primary runoff for the party’s U.S. Senate nomination, railed against efforts from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to outsource IT jobs. According to reports, the TVA announced in January it planned to outsource one […]

HUNTSVILLE — Confederate monuments and next steps were the topics of discussions at an event hosted at Mad Malts Brewing to mark the release of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman’s (D) book, “Stealing Our Democracy.” Among those in attendance included House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville), who discussed the simmering controversy over semblances of the […]

Monday’s GEICO 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway may have been one of the consequential races in NASCAR’s 72-year history but not because of anything that happened on the track. As political upheaval plagues the country, NASCAR found last week it was not immune to those changes. After taking the unprecedented step of banning the display […]

TALLADEGA — The race cars never made a lap on Sunday, as the race was postponed due to weather. However, Sunday turned out to be a pivotal day for NASCAR’s Cup Series. Late Sunday, NASCAR issued a statement that revealed a noose was left in the garage stall assigned to the #43 Richard Petty Motorsports […]

Last week, U.S. District Judge Abdul Kallon relaxed absentee voting requirements for Lee, Jefferson and Mobile Counties, and allowed those counties to offer curbside voting for next month’s runoff elections. Soon thereafter, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling by Kallon […]

OPELIKA — Despite the prevailing anti-police sentiment coming from the political left in America, Alabama’s top law enforcement official is not backing away from being a vociferous advocate for police in his state. On Saturday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall told those gathered at Alabama’s Fraternal Order of Police Conference at Lee County’s Auburn Marriott […]

In what might be the Alabama Democratic Party’s most aggressive move yet in the era of its new leadership with State Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa) at the helm, party executive director Wade Perry called for State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) to resign given his “public support of the lost Confederate cause.” Earlier in the week, […]

Last week, House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) proposed to strip state monies from the Confederate Memorial Park near Marbury in Chilton County, calling the funding “not appropriate” and the park “something that brings a lot of pain back to Alabamians.” Daniels has received pushback from some Republican lawmakers, including State Sen. Tom Butler (R-Madison), who […]

The fight over Confederate monuments on public property has once again come to the forefront as the nation finds itself in the midst of racial upheaval spurred by the death of George Floyd while in police custody and amplified by the Black Lives Matter movement protests. Some local governments in Alabama are taking unilateral action […]

Last week, House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) called allocating state monies for the Confederate Memorial Park near Marbury in Chilton County “not appropriate” and called the park “something that brings a lot of pain back to Alabamians.” The park includes two cemeteries where roughly 300 Confederate veterans are buried, which according to State Sen. […]

In some places, there are movements to defund and disband police, particularly in major American cities where dissatisfaction in local law enforcement is prevalent. That is not a mainstream view in Alabama, and U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) sees an opportunity for the state to capitalize. During an interview with Huntsville radio’s WVNN, Palmer said […]

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ differences with President Donald Trump are a well-chronicled saga that has played a role in Sessions’ bid to regain the U.S. Senate seat he previously occupied for 20 years. The same view of Sessions is held by many of Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill, including by U.S. Rep. Matt […]

With 33 days to go until Republican voters head to the polls to decide who will represent the GOP on the November ballot to face incumbent U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is keeping the race close in the southern part of the state, according to a recent poll […]

The political energy certainly has shifted to the left side of the political spectrum in America over the last week and a half as civil unrest has erupted throughout the country. With that momentum shift, Democrats have attempted to capitalize with policy proposals, including calls to defund the police, eradicate certain memorials from public spaces, […]

On Tuesday, NASCAR announced a plan to allow the return of fans to its race events beginning with the GEICO 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on June 21. However, it comes with some stipulations for those hoping to attend. “[I]n order to adhere to local social distancing guidelines, a limited number of […]

The 2017 Alabama Memorial Preservation Act is being put to the test in the wake of the protests stemming from the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police. Those protests have led to the removal of two statues in two of Alabama’s major cities, Birmingham and Mobile, at the direction of […]

As people have gathered to protest in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police, the coronavirus pandemic has almost become an afterthought for many as local governments deal with the threats to public and private property and the public’s safety. The protests have amounted to large crowds […]

ROBERTSDALE — At one of the first in-person Republican gatherings since the initial phases of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, the Baldwin County GOP’s monthly Coffee Club reconvened on Saturday at Mama Lou’s Restaurant to see Alabama Republican U.S. Senate hopeful former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions make a case for […]

Many argue there is much more to the civil unrest across the nation than the lone incident in Minneapolis involving the death of George Floyd while in the custody of the police department. Former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville indicated he agrees with that. During an appearance on Huntsville WVNN’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” […]

Given the subject matter related to the nationwide protests and demonstrations underway in the name George Floyd’s death while in the custody of Minneapolis police, it was inevitable that the controversial subject of Confederate monuments in Alabama was to be raised. In 2017, the Alabama legislature passed a law requiring local governments to obtain permission […]

Antifa and potentially other paid professionals could be to blame for the spike in violence tied to the nationwide George Floyd protests, according to U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville). Alabama has been witness to some of the rioting, which includes in downtown Birmingham but nothing like what many major American cities are experiencing. During an […]

Alabama has not been an exception to the nationwide civil unrest stemming from the death of George Floyd, a man who died while in the custody of Minneapolis police. Birmingham was hit hard on Sunday night, which included the destruction of private property and attacks on members of the media by so-called protesters. According to […]

What happened regarding the 2017 decision by then-U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from involvement in any investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election will have a lasting impact on presidential appointments for the foreseeable future. Future presidents and presidents-elect will be reluctant to appoint anyone politically active to […]

AUBURN — State Sen. Tom Whatley (R-Auburn) offers reason for optimism for Auburn University football season to take place this fall. During a sitdown interview that aired on Auburn radio’s Talk 93.9 WQSI, Whatley said the decision would not be made by Auburn University, which is in his Senate district, nor will it be the […]