With the impeachment of President Donald Trump dominating the headlines nationally, it has also come up in the early stages of Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. Fresh off the endorsement from the Alabama Farmers Federation, 2020 Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Tommy Tuberville reacted to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announcing her caucus […]

Immigration continues to be a topic of importance for Republican voters considering their selection for who will be their party’s nominee for the 2020 U.S. Senate race in Alabama. During an appearance on Huntsville’s WVNN on Monday, Secretary of State John Merrill, one of those Republican candidates seeking the nod, confirmed immigration was the issue […]

Earlier this month, Alabama was once again in national media but this time for something not of its own doing. What was perceived to be the National Weather Service in Birmingham responding directly to President Donald Trump was not that at all, according to NWS Birmingham meteorologist-in-charge Chris Darden. On September 1, Trump had tweeted […]

During this week’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Alabama Democratic Party (ADP) chairwoman Nancy Worley once again defended her party’s leadership and how the party selects its leaders. Worley reacted to actions from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) revoking her and ADP vice chairman Randy Kelley’s convention credential. She dismissed the relevance of […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) says it is time to move on from any discussions regarding the impeachment of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh that stem from allegations in a New York Times report, which has since been revised by editors given the incomplete information in the initial report. On Sunday, Jones had […]

For decades, traffic headed west from Huntsville and other points toward the Shoals has relied upon the Captain William J. Hudson “Steamboat Bill” Memorial Bridges to cross the Tennessee River into Decatur. Once traffic crosses that bridge, it either heads south on U.S. Highway 31 toward Hartselle and Cullman, or it makes a hard-right 90-degree […]

Last week, the Trump administration rescinded the Obama-era “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) rule, which broadened the scope of “waters” protected by the Clean Water Act. The rule faced numerous legal challenges and was decried by farmers as an overreach. During an appearance on Huntsville radio’s WVNN on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope), a […]

DOTHAN — The next general session of the Alabama legislature will not convene in Montgomery for another four and a half months. However, very significant challenges lie ahead for the members when they meet in 2020. House General Fund budget committee chairman Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) discussed those challenges Tuesday during an appearance on Huntsville […]

Although it is sometimes overlooked by its counterparts around the state of Alabama, the city of Dothan remains a hub for commerce for not only the Wiregrass but southwestern Georgia and parts of the Florida Panhandle, as well. During an interview with Huntsville radio’s WVNN, Dothan Mayor Mark Saliba discussed his city’s relationship with the […]

On Sunday, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) suggested he was open to the possibility of Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s impeachment if he did lie to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. However, as more information has surfaced about a New York Times report alleging Kavanaugh participated in sexual misconduct in which the alleged […]

Last week, State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Daphne) was removed from the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II (ATRIP-II) Committee by Gov. Kay Ivey and replaced with State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D-Mobile). That committee focused on funding for local transportation issues, like turn lanes, roundabouts, etc., as it pertained to state roads. The move by […]

Last year, there was much speculation about U.S. Sen. Doug Jones’ (D-Mountain Brook) decision to vote against then-U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the high court and if it would come back to haunt him politically. Ultimately, Kavanaugh was confirmed by a 50-48 vote in the U.S. Senate. However nearly a […]

Last week when State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Daphne) was dismissed by Gov. Kay Ivey from the ATRIP-II committee and was replaced by State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D-Mobile), it raised a few eyebrows. The consensus was that Elliott was being punished for his outspoken opposition to the Alabama Department of Transportation’s proposed I-10 Mobile Bay […]

On Saturday, Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) spoke at a meeting of the Tennessee Valley Republican Club. McCutcheon addressed the group meeting at Earth and Stone Wood Fired Pizza in Madison after U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope), a candidate for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat up in 2020, spoke to the […]

Despite having been part of a successful effort to thwart the Alabama Department of Transportation’s proposal for a new tolled I-10 Mobile Bay Bridge, State Auditor Jim Zeigler says he is not done. Last month after Ivey pronounced the project “dead,” Zeigler called on Gov. Kay Ivey to remove John Cooper as ALDOT director. During […]

For decades, the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant has sat dormant on the shores of the Tennessee River near Hollywood in the very northeastern corner of Alabama. At various times throughout that period, the people of Jackson County had seen signs of life at the facility, which if the plant were to become operational, it would be […]

On Thursday, Montgomery radio talker Baron Coleman took to social media to announce he was no longer at Bluewater Broadcasting or its talk format radio station, News Talk 93.1FM WACV. Coleman, also a practicing attorney and political operative, departed WACV after a five-year run in the weekday 9 a.m. to noon timeslot with the station. […]

Last week, Gov. Kay Ivey announced she was replacing State Sen. Chris Elliot (R-Daphne) with State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D-Mobile) to serve on the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II (ATRIP-II) Committee. Elliott had become an outspoken critic of the I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway proposal in its late stages before Ivey pronounced it was […]

Next week, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle is expected to announce he will seek another term as mayor, which if successful would be his fourth term and a continuation of what most perceive to be an already successful tenure. One item that would add to the list of accomplishments for Battle would be if military brass […]

In October, the legislature’s newly formed Joint Transportation Committee will meet, which will be its first meeting since the increase of the state’s fuel tax on September 1. During an interview with Huntsville radio’s WVNN on Tuesday, Chambliss, a member of that committee and sponsor of the law passed earlier this year that reorganized the […]

TANNER — On Tuesday, Toyota Motor North America and The Manufacturing Institute, the workforce and education partner of the National Association of Manufacturers, made it official and announced their partnership for an apprenticeship program to improve manufacturing workforce skills. The announcement made at the Alabama Robotics Technology Park between Decatur and Athens in Limestone County […]

In the days following Gov. Kay Ivey’s formal declaration of calling the proposed I-10 Mobile Bay Bridge “dead,” some state lawmakers have seized the opportunity to say if southwestern Alabama does not want those resources, send them our way. Among those is Sen. Andrew Jones (R-Centre), who even before Ivey’s statement had made overtures that […]

On this week’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) argued President Donald Trump was doing the proper thing with his pursuit of the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Aderholt said without the wall, there would likely not be any comprehensive immigration reform. However, he said the wall would […]

During this week’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) urged President Donald Trump and his fellow lawmakers to seek bipartisan solutions on guns in the wake of incidents in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, as well as in Alabama in Elkmont and Mobile. Jones told “Capitol Journal” anchor […]