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Limestone County Commissioner Jason Black announced his candidacy to seek the Republican nomination for the Alabama House of Representatives, District 2.

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Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt suggests a degree of malfeasance when it comes to the application of President Joe Biden's so-called vaccine mandate.

Candidates seeking election to Alabama's open U.S. Senate and fifth congressional district seats have filed their year-end Federal Election Commission reports.

Former two-term State Sen. Bill Holtzclaw announced his candidacy to seek the Republican nomination for the Alabama Senate, District 2.

Guests: Why constitutional carry provisions should be approved in Alabama

Gun-control advocates keep making the same predictions of doom and bloodshed from law-abiding citizens having guns for protection.

In response to the claim, Secretary of State John Merrill contended that ERIC was not a "leftist" group funded by Soros but rather by annual dues paid by its member states.

Huntsville businesswoman and former Trump White House staff member Angela McClure announced that she had qualified her candidacy to seek the Republican nomination for the Alabama House of Representatives, District 20.

Mike Durant, Republican candidate for Alabama's open U.S. Senate seat, on Monday filed his financial disclosure with the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics.

Monday, the ALGOP announced that it had filed a motion with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the state's arguments concerning the legal battle over congressional redistricting.

In Alabama, there could be an $87.7 million income tax increase due to tax credit payments given to people throughout the pandemic.

State Sen. Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook) is leading legislative efforts to shield families from being penalized for benefitting from the tax credits.

The Eagle Forum on Monday announced its political action committee's endorsement of U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks' (R-Huntsville) bid for the U.S. Senate.

State Sen. Del Marsh (R-Anniston) plans to officially introduce the "Parent's Choice Act," which would create a program to expand alternative educational options to parents through education savings accounts.

State Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy), a candidate for Alabama Secretary of State, on Monday vowed to pull the state's membership from a George Soros-connected voter registration organization.

The contest for the Republican nomination in Alabama's U.S. Senate race has all the makings of a true horserace according to a recently released poll from Club for Growth PAC, the political action committee of Washington, D.C.-based Club for Growth.

State Rep. Andrew Sorrell (R-Muscle Shoals) announced that he was directing a significant amount of his campaign's resources toward an aggressive media purchase.

Democrats are heavily outnumbered by Republicans, with seven statewide races having no Democrat candidates.

Jennifer Fidler, a native of Silverhill, formally announced her candidacy for that seat upon qualifying with the Alabama Republican Party earlier this month.

Beth Chapman: Special session ends with 'Kumbaya'

The special session of the Legislature ended with $772 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds going to expand high-speed internet, water and sewer projects and health care needs. But it could have just as easily ended with the Legislature holding hands and singing “Kumbaya.” The five-day session’s grand finale came when both chambers (almost) […]

On Friday, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) blamed his U.S. Senate Republican primary opponent, former Business Council of Alabama head Katie Britt, for playing a role in the appointment of who he deemed to be "liberal, activist federal judges," who were part of a federal court three-judge panel rejecting the congressional redistricting maps passed by the Alabama Legislature in a special session last year.

Last week's passage of legislation to appropriate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding made it through the Alabama Senate with a 26-1 vote.

Flowers: Will gambling be addressed in 2022?

As the final regular legislative session of the quadrennium evolves, it is apparent that the legislature will not touch any substantive or controversial issues, but simply pass the budgets and go home to campaign. It is election year in the Heart of Dixie. If legislators are listening to their constituents, they are hearing one thing […]

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Now what? That's a question from those waiting to see how the Alabama Legislature will respond to a three-judge federal court panel rejecting the congressional maps passed into law by the legislature during a special session last year.

This week is National School Choice Week and with that an opportunity to highlight the fact that parents have a choice between public schools, private schools or homeschooling when it comes to educating their children. Education is not one size fits all. I am a proud graduate of Sparkman High which is part of the Madison County public school system.