In an interview that aired on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal” on Friday, Alabama Democratic Party chairwoman Nancy Worley suggested it was the work of Republicans behind the turmoil inside her party. Worley, who narrowly held off a challenge by Montgomery attorney Peck Fox earlier this month for the state Democratic Party’s chair, described those questioning […]

In an interview with Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey that aired Friday on APTV’s “Capitol Journal,” recently reelected Alabama Democratic Party chairwoman Nancy Worley suggested that the group seeking to oust her as chairwoman may have been influenced by a “tiny bit of racism.” Worley was backed by the Alabama Democratic Caucus (ADC), the state party’s black caucus led […]

Mobile’s University of South Alabama first opened its doors in 1963, but it didn’t play a varsity football game until 2009. In the span of the nine years since, the urgency for South Alabama Jaguar football has gone from decades to days – a message conveyed by Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson. On Wednesday, Stimpson issued […]

So you’re a Democrat in Alabama, and you want to be elected to high office? You approached your run for office thinking that Doug Jones showed what’s possible for a Democrat in Alabama. Therefore, you determined the time is right to run. And here you are. You put up your qualifying fee and made it […]

One of the hot-stove topics making its way around Alabama is the possibility of a new east-west Interstate highway through the center of Alabama. The proposal is what people are calling “Interstate 14,” which would run parallel with U.S. Highway 80, crossing into Alabama from the east in Phenix City and passing by Tuskegee, Montgomery, […]

SCOTTSBORO – If you’ve ever made the journey down Sand Mountain and into the Tennessee River Valley — from Section into Scottsboro, on Alabama Highway 35, down to where the old steel-truss B.B. Comer Bridge once stood — you’ve seen the concrete cooling towers that are part of the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant. They stick out […]

In a Friday editorial, the Anniston Star gave its readers a lesson on the First Amendment. Correctly, the Star explained that even though conspiracy radio talker Alex Jones was denied access to platforms hosted by Facebook, Apple and Google, his First Amendment rights had not been violated. “Alex Jones’ First Amendment rights have not at […]

HELENA – When it comes to the explosive growth that has been underway in North Shelby County since the late 1980s, the City of Helena is often overlooked. Yet, it has been a significant component of that growth. It is the kind of growth Alabama’s leaders are encouraging in other parts of the state – […]

We all love a good underdog story (unless it involves Alabama or Auburn, that is). The 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey upset, Villanova defeating Georgetown in the 1985 NCAA National Championship game, Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson for boxing’s World Heavyweight Title – those are some of the memorable upsets in American sports […]

Last week, TIME magazine’s “The South Issue” hit newsstands with the goal of explaining this part of South’s “complicated story” to a readership that apparently views this region of the country as alien, strange and unfamiliar. The issue appears to be a tribute to Stacey Abrams, Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee, who is featured on the […]

Friday in an interview that aired on FM Talk 106.5’s “Midday Mobile,” Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) explained the process as to how he will go about determining whether he will vote to confirm Supreme Court associate justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Jones denounced the advertising campaign underway meant to influence his decision and explained he […]

If you follow the smarter-than-thou types than report on and opine about politics for Alabama’s “mainstream” news sources – you know, the AL(dot)com, Tuscaloosa News, Montgomery Advertiser, etc. – you would learn the most pressing issue facing the state is why incumbent Republican Gov. Kay Ivey won’t participate in a debate with her Democratic Party […]

It took 46 years for varsity football to become a reality at Mobile’s University of South Alabama. For many of those years, from the institution’s founding in 1963 up until the kickoff of its first varsity football game in 2009, the school’s leadership treated not having football like it was a badge of honor. In […]

It was an issue Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin inherited from his predecessor former Birmingham Mayor William Bell, but one from which he is not deviating. Nearly a year ago, Bell ordered the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a 52-foot structure located at the entrance of Linn Park a block from Birmingham City Hall covered up […]

[Editor’s Note: The following events did not happen, nor are they a prediction of what might happen. They were invented in the writer’s mind as a hypothetical to make a point.] MONTGOMERY, Oct. 9, 2018 – With less than a month before Election Day, voters got their last look at the gubernatorial candidates before heading […]

TALLADEGA – Thursday’s announcement that the International Speedway Corporation (ISC) will spend $50 million over the next year and a half to renovate its infield facilities was just one of many business expansion projects unveiled in Alabama in recent months. Seemingly every other day, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office in Montgomery is making some announcement touting […]

TALLADEGA — On Thursday, dignitaries from NASCAR along with Gov. Kay Ivey and State Senate President Del Marsh (R-Anniston) were on hand for the announcement of a $50 million renovation project slated to begin after this year’s October race at the Talladega Superspeedway. The improvements will be made in the track’s infield and include a […]

In a perfect world, Alabama’s gubernatorial contest in the November election would be more than a ceremonial formality. Things would be heating up. The two nominees would be barnstorming every nook and cranny of Alabama for the next three-and-a-half months. It is not a perfect world. We don’t look to be getting that any time soon. […]

A lot of people outside south central Alabama probably know Luverne as one of the small towns you pass through on the way to the beaches in the Florida panhandle on U.S. Highway 331. For The Washington Post’s Stephanie McCrummen, also of Roy Moore sexual allegations story fame, Luverne was one of those faraway places […]

Earlier this week, Zippia, one of the many job search websites out there, released its list of 2018’s 50 worst job markets in America. Only one in Alabama made the list: Anniston-Jacksonville, AL, which came in at number 43. That’s not bad given what we’re told about Alabama and poverty. But it does raise one […]

Late Thursday afternoon, Democratic congressional hopeful Tabitha Isner issued a press release claiming “incidents of ‘brute force attacks’ on her campaign’s main webpage.” “When investigating the source of these attacks, the website administrator discovered over 1,400 attempts to login to the website as an administrator in the past week,” the release from campaign manager Megan Skipper […]

Thursday during his weekly media conference call, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) criticized President Donald Trump for comments he made earlier in the week during a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. Jones expressed his disappointment in Trump, and described his handling of the situation as a “great disservice to this country.”

According to an announcement from Sen. Richard Shelby’s (R-Tuscaloosa) office on Thursday, $25.5 million in Federal Aviation Administration grants have been awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation for various airport improvements. Per the release, they will “support infrastructure construction, safety advances, and equipment acquisition.” “These FAA grants support critical projects that aim to improve […]

Like Lucy van Pelt of Peanuts comic strip fame repeatedly pulling the football away from Charlie Brown as he lines up to kick it, Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) once again has shown you can’t beat her in a Republican primary. Similar to when she defeated “Gather Your Armies” Rick Barber in the 2010 GOP primary […]