Now that primary runoff Election Day is upon us, and we eagerly await the results that will finalize the slate of Republican candidates that will likely defeat Democrats in November in Alabama’s majority Republican state, here are a few tips for the highly engaged political watchers to keep an eye on as the results come […]

In a post that first appeared on the “In God We Trust Movement” Facebook page and later on a Facebook page affiliated with former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, Moore backed former Alabama Attorney General Troy King in his bid to reassume the state attorney general post. Moore, who was defeated last December by […]

On Friday, Vice President Mike Pence formally endorsed Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) in her runoff contest against former Rep. Bobby Bright for the Republican Party’s nomination. “President Trump and I support Martha Roby – a strong supporter of tax cuts & President Trump’s pro-growth, America First agenda! Get out Tuesday and support Team Roby,” Pence […]

Let’s go ahead and put this out there: A Republican can’t win head-to-head against a Democrat in Alabama’s seventh congressional district. Since becoming a majority-minority district in 1992 to comply with Congress’ 1982 adjustment of the Voting Rights Act, it has been solidly Democrat. The district even survived the South’s transition from conservative Democrat to […]

It’s bumper-to-bumper on I-565 headed into Huntsville. Somewhere in downtown Birmingham, a truck driver is cussing how no one will let him merge as I-65 narrows with construction underway at the I-20/59 malfunction junction. A driver of an SUV speeding east on I-10 headed to Gulf Shores with his family has to slam on the […]

On Friday, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill took to Twitter to reiterate his pledge to ensure eligible voters were able to comply with the state’s voter identification laws by offering home visits for those unable to obtain identification otherwise. Merrill was responding to a similar pledge from Alabama Republican Party chairwoman Terry Lathan, who made […]

According to a report that aired Thursday on Huntsville ABC affiliate WAAY, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) said given the thin Republican majority in the U.S. Senate, there could be difficulties in confirming a conservative justice to the vacancy left behind by retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy. If that proves to be the case, […]

SLOCUMB – On Thursday, Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) toured several farms within her congressional district with House Agricultural Committee chairman Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas). The tour was capped off with a stop at Andy Sumblin’s cotton farm south of Slocumb in Geneva County just above the Alabama-Florida state line. Roby’s tour comes as Wiregrass farmers […]

According to data offered by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a report issued on Monday, Alabama stands to lose as a result of President Donald Trump’s trade policy. The Chamber estimates 567,500 of the state’s jobs are threatened by tariffs the administration seeks to levy on Canada, China, the European Union and Mexico. In addition […]

Sunday on Fox News Channel’s “Life, Liberty & Levin,” nationally syndicated radio talker Sean Hannity gave a shoutout to Huntsville as being the location for his first “big break” in radio. Host and talk radio colleague Mark Levin asked Hannity where his big break was in the radio business. Hannity first mentioned his chance to fill-in for […]

One of the net benefits of academia’s obsession with Nelle Harper Lee and her classic novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” is the exhaustive research done about her life and how she arrived at creating the idealistic imaginary cult figure in Atticus Finch. In his recently released book “Atticus Finch: The Biography,” Emory University history professor […]

For some reason this election season, Republicans think the golden ticket to face an underdog Democrat in November’s general elections is to argue to primary voters that you are President Donald Trump’s biggest ally. From top to bottom, GOP candidates have run commercials touting the Trump bona fides, some with success and others not so […]

Monday on Mobile’s FM Talk 106.5’s “Mobile Mornings,” Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) argued against the housing of migrants at the abandoned U.S. Navy airstrips in Baldwin County. Byrne noted he and other Baldwin County public officials faced a similar challenge when the Obama administration attempted to house migrants there once before. Byrne explained to FM […]

Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching. That was the sound going off in the heads of many politicians and bureaucrats in Montgomery and around the county seats of Alabama on Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled states can levy a sales tax on online purchases. In a 5-4 ruling, the high court sided with the state of […]

Imagine racing along the Mississippi countryside at 155 mph headed from Mobile to New Orleans on a Sunday morning on your way to watch the New Orleans Saints play at the Superdome, which is only a 10-minute walk from the Crescent City’s Union Passenger Terminal. Sounds cool, right? You can enjoy the festivities of a […]

Monday in a statement, Gov. Kay Ivey appeared to break with the Trump administration on auto tariffs and warned specific tariffs could threaten companies that employ thousands of people in Alabama. According to Ivey’s statement, even before the announcement of the Mazda-Toyota plant, “more than 57,000 Alabamians” were employed by the state’s auto manufacturing sector.

Friday, SpaceX CEO and lead designer Elon Musk took to social media and declared he was “a socialist.” In a back-and-forth about this designation with several of his Twitter followers, Musk made the statement to affirm he was “actually a socialist.” Musk described his brand of socialism as, “Just not the kind that shifts resources […]

Remember the days of high school and the social hierarchy of the lunchroom that was a part of everyday life? It was a pecking order that could vary depending on the school, but at the top of this social construct was what is known as the “cool kids table.” Modern-day Washington, D.C. is a lot […]

In an interview with Mobile NBC affiliate WPMI 15 on Wednesday, Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) addressed the possibility of President Donald Trump being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts regarding North Korea. Byrne told WPMI’s Jessica Townsend that despite what critics were saying about Trump’s summit in Singapore with North Korean dictator Kim […]

Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) called on his colleagues to support funding for additional production of a U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in this year’s defense bill,  which would be built at Austal USA’s facility in Mobile. Such a move by the U.S. Senate would protect […]

Last night, South Carolina State Rep. Katie Arrington pulled off what a lot of candidates in Alabama have attempted but haven’t entirely pulled off: She ran a race for and about President Donald Trump against an incumbent Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), who apparently wasn’t sufficiently onboard with the so-called “Make America Great Again” agenda. Then […]

According to a column written by Jackson County Sentinel Brandon Cox, one northeastern Alabama community has some “flat illegal” rules governing its town council meetings. Jackson County’s Paint Rock appears to be in violation of Alabama Open Meetings Act, a law that requires all governmental meetings to be open to the public.

According to a story published by Russellville’s Franklin Free Press the day after Tuesday’s primary, whether you like Jim Bonner, the GOP state public service commission hopeful that lost his primary bid, or not – he isn’t going away. As shown by the Alabama Secretary of State website, Bonner was defeated by a 215,540- 212,646 […]

Now that the dust has settled and we’ve weeded out some of the pretenders from the contenders, things look pretty good for Alabama Republicans. Despite a gubernatorial primary that wasn’t all that competitive, incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey’s decisive win Tuesday makes her seem nearly impossible to beat. If the three Republicans aggressively canvassing the state […]