On Friday’s episode of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” State Sen. Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) signaled that addressing infrastructure would be a primary focus of next year’s legislative session. Ward told APTV’s Don Dailey that the lottery, Medicaid expansion and addressing rural health care were also among the legislature’s priorities, but indicated that infrastructure was at the […]

On Friday’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill compared the structure that governs elections in his state to that of Florida, which had some high-profile difficulties in this year’s general election. Merrill touted Alabama’s strict conformity to the law on elections and referred to situations that required his intervention […]

It’s fair to say the world would be a much different place if Roy Moore had defeated Doug Jones in last year’s U.S. Senate special election in Alabama. Beyond just raw Republican-versus-Democrat totals in the U.S. Senate, some credit Alabama voters choosing Jones over Moore, including Jones himself, for the selection of the Limestone County […]

For 180 years, the building at the corner of Water Avenue and Washington Street has been a fixture in Selma. It survived the Civil War, the Great Depression and the Civil Rights Era turmoil in Selma. It was known a The Brantley throughout the 19th century, but that closed in the 1890s. Throughout the 1900s, […]

SELMA — Although the focus on so-called “voting irregularities” in the midterm elections earlier this month was put on votes in neighboring Georgia and Florida, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) spoke out on those happening here in Alabama at a town hall meeting she hosted on Monday. Sewell spoke of voting irregularities in Huntsville earlier this […]

MOBILE – Although President Donald Trump remains very popular in Alabama, his trade policies among the state’s business leaders appear to be mixed. For the steel industry, which has been a fixture in Alabama for generations, the Trump administration’s handling of trade is a resounding success. Yet, for those in agriculture and auto manufacturing, there […]

SELMA – One of the primary themes at a town hall hosted by Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) on Monday night was health care, which is also one on which that House Democrats campaigned in this year’s midterm elections. Although Democrats nationally had success in the midterms, in Alabama they were unable to capitalize electorally on […]

In an interview that aired Friday on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Lt. Gov.-elect Will Ainsworth argued the general elections held in Alabama earlier this month proved that the state is a “Republican state” and that the 2017 election of Doug Jones to the U.S. Senate was a “fluke.” Ainsworth told host Don Dailey the […]

Of the names mentioned among the prospective Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in 2020, State Auditor Jim Zeigler has not generally been a part of the conversation. However, in an interview that aired Friday on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Zeigler said he had been approached about running for the seat presently held by Sen. […]

In an appearance on CNN on Saturday, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) acknowledged her support for current House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to be the next House Speaker when the new Congress is sworn in early next year. There had been some question as to whether or not Sewell would back Pelosi’s bid to be […]

GORDON – On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue stopped in Alabama to survey the agricultural impact resulting from damage due to Hurricane Michael last month. Perdue’s appearance at Mule Shoe Plantation near Alabama’s borders with Florida and Georgia in Southeast Houston County was the second of three that day, which also included stops […]

Late Friday afternoon, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced that “Bear,” the state’s “first dog,” has passed away. “The Office of the Governor is sad to announce the death of Bear, Governor Kay Ivey’s beloved dog, who passed away this afternoon from ongoing health issues. Bear, a 14-year old Chow mix, was adopted by Governor Ivey […]

The state’s seasonally adjusted rate remained at 4.1 percent, while its non-adjusted rate stayed at 3.8 percent for October, identical to September, according to data released by the Alabama Department of Labor on Friday. Those levels are slightly higher than those from October 2017, at 3.8 percent and 3.6 percent respectively. However, Alabama’s workforce, the number […]

GULF SHORES — It was a typical off-season November night on Alabama’s coast on Thursday night. The temperature was a brisk 47 degrees. Traffic coming into South Baldwin County from the north on Alabama Highway 59 and the Foley Beach Express was light. Many businesses along those routes and coastline in Gulf Shores and Orange […]

TALLADEGA — The Alabama economy got another shot in the arm on Thursday with the official launch of a $100‐million, 300,000‐square‐foot Georgia-Pacific lumber production facility. Georgia-Pacific announced its intentions to open the Talladega facility late last year. From groundbreaking earlier this year through today’s ceremony, it took less than a year to complete. The plant […]

Friday on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Alabama Democratic Party chairwoman Nancy Worley reacted to criticisms from candidates of her party as Alabama Democrats suffered many defeats a few days earlier. Worley acknowledged to “Capitol Journal” host Don Dailey that the Democratic Party’s effort within the borders of Alabama could have been better. She also […]

With the 2017 U.S. Senate special election fresh on everyone’s mind, Alabama Republicans did not take anything for granted in the campaigns for Tuesday’s elections, and it paid off. From top to bottom, Republicans won every statewide race and expanded their supermajority in the Alabama legislature. In an appearance on Mobile’s FM Talk 106.5 on […]

Two of the six Alabama Democratic congressional hopefuls that came up short in Tuesday’s midterm elections publicly voiced their frustrations with the state’s Democratic Party and its leadership. In their losses, both second congressional district Democratic hopeful Tabitha Isner and third congressional district hopeful Mallory Hagan indicated the Alabama Democratic Party under the leadership of […]

Tuesday night didn’t go the way Democratic Party congressional hopeful Mallory Hagan had hoped. In a speech to supporters after her crushing 28-point defeat to incumbent Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) in Alabama’s third congressional district contest, Hagan ripped the Alabama Democratic Party by declaring it did not have “your best interests at heart.” In a […]

Nationally, it wasn’t the best of outcomes for the Republican Party in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Despite gaining seats in the U.S. Senate, Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives, which will inevitably have consequences for Donald Trump’s presidency. Back home in Alabama, it was a much different story. The wounds of the 2017 U.S. […]

While most will be watching what happens with the national politics and the fallout that is to come as the returns stream in, there are a handful of storylines here locally in Alabama. How Tuesday turns out in Alabama will provide data for future elections, including in 2020 when Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) is […]

BIRMINGHAM — Before a small crowd at the Southern Sky Aviation hangar at the Birmingham International Airport, Gov. Kay Ivey made her public remarks before people head to polls to vote in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Ivey faces Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, the Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee, in a race that most see her as the […]

According to a letter dated October 25, 2018, from the Federal Election Commission addressed to Carlton Hunley, the treasurer for Alabama third congressional district Democratic nominee Mallory Hagan’s campaign, there are some campaign finance questions regarding her bid to unseat incumbent Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks). The letter from the FEC’s Chris Jones, identified as a […]

This is one of the instances when it would have been wise to read the fine print before signing up. Caroline Self, the Democratic Party nominee for Alabama State Senate District 1, which includes parts of Lauderdale, Limestone and Madison Counties, qualified as a Democratic candidate for State Senate earlier this year. However, she may […]