Last Tuesday, voters made it official and Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl will fill the seat soon to be vacated by U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) at the end of this Congress. Among the priorities for the First Congressional District remains the I-10 Bridge connecting Mobile and Baldwin Counties, which suffered a setback last year […]

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has said that there’s “no reason for alarm” over why all Republican leaders haven’t admitted that Biden has won and congratulated him yet.

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year 1918, the armistice ending World War I was signed. Originally known as Armistice Day, Congress later passed a resolution signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower which officially designated November 11 as Veterans Day. Americans now pause on this special day […]

The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) announced the election of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall as its policy chairman.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations released all 12 of its FY21 funding measures as well as the subcommittee allocations...

Over 62% of Alabamians were able to vote this year, no one has presented a single incident of voter suppression or a lack of voting opportunities. This is a solution in search of a problem.

Boeing announced a $50,000 grant to Alabama-based Still Serving Veterans as part of the company's continued support of the...

Saturday’s scheduled game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the LSU Tigers has been postponed due to coronavirus cases among LSU players. A new date for the game is unknown, with no obvious weekend for it to be played. The Advocate, a Lousiana newspaper, is reporting that LSU had enough cases that the team did […]

Harold Sachs, who since 2011 has served as the highest-ranking full-time employee of the Alabama Republican Party, passed away after an extended battle with the coronavirus, he was 71. A devout Christian, dedicated family man and stalwart conservative, Sachs earned widespread respect in Alabama politics for his consistent leadership atop the staff of the state […]

Three community colleges in Alabama are set to have a new president after Alabama Community College System (ACCS) Chancellor Jimmy Baker announced his appointments for the positions on Tuesday. Dr. Joel Hagood will lead Bevill State Community College, Joe Whitmore is to run Snead State Community College, and Dr. Brock Kelley will take the reins […]

Auburn University head football coach Gus Malzahn is suspending all football operations and temporarily closing facilities in response to an outbreak of the coronavirus among his team. “We’ve had nine players test positive, and three staff members test positive. We’re pausing our workouts and practice right now until we get this thing under control,” remarked […]

Military veterans in Alabama enjoyed a new path towards a well-paying job this year, as a registered apprenticeship program has been launched that gives opportunities to those who served. The State of Alabama’s Office of Apprenticeship, a part of the Department of Commerce, partnered with Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville for the first round of the […]

The Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus has been reported to be 90% effective, and UAB vaccine expert Dr. Paul Geopfert, M.D. has said this is “tremendous news”

In his political memoir, “Stealing Our Democracy,” former Gov. Don Siegelman offers details of his claim he had his 2002 gubernatorial reelection bid thwarted after an apparent “computer glitch” cost him some 6,000 votes in Baldwin County. The winner, then-U.S. Rep. Bob Riley, the GOP nominee, defeated the incumbent Democrat governor by 3,120 votes, less […]

Last week, Mississippi voters approved the legalization of medical marijuana by an overwhelming margin, adding it to Florida as one of the states bordering Alabama with such laws in place. One of the staunchest advocates of medical marijuana in the Alabama legislature over the past two years has been State Rep. Mike Ball (R-Madison), who […]

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer released on Monday some preliminary findings that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate appears to be 90% effective, a development that UAB vaccine expert Dr. Paul Goepfert, M.D., called “tremendous news.” “The most optimistic of us were thinking about 70% effective, so 90% effectiveness is fantastic,” remarked Goepfert on a press briefing held via […]

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is under increased pressure as national scrutiny continues over...

Election Day has come and gone. Despite the fact that multiple national news sites have “called” the presidential election, court cases and recounts are going forward in several states where the margin is less than 1%, and we don’t yet “know” who was elected president. By federal law, all election disputes must be resolved by […]

The specter of dimpled chads has emerged to haunt American politics. Twenty years after the contested presidential election of George W. Bush against Al Gore made punch lines out of certain ambiguous ballots in Florida, allegations of election irregularities again are causing worry that the Supreme Court of the United States might select the next […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Monday announced he has joined nine other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of two lawsuits asking the Supreme Court of the United States to review the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision to extend the statutory deadline for mail-in ballots in that state. The […]

The Auburn Tigers at Mississippi State Bulldogs football game initially planned for Saturday, November 14, has been rescheduled to December 12 after an unknown number of Mississippi State players contracted COVID-19. The Southeastern Conference made the news official with a tweet on Monday afternoon, in which the conference described the game as being “tentatively rescheduled […]

Leaders of Buffalo Rock joined Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and other officials to announce an expansion of its operations.

After wrestling with a public health emergency over the past months, Alabama consumers and businesses have learned that good, high quality and fast broadband internet is a necessity, not a luxury. The need for a comprehensive statewide plan to provide high-speed, fiber-fed broadband internet connectivity to every Alabamian has never been more evident. As hundreds […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey conducted a ceremony at the governor’s mansion on Monday in which she pardoned Clyde and Henrietta, two turkeys who will now peacefully live out the rest of their days on a farm. The two gobblers were provided by the Bates family that operates Bates Turkey Farm and the famous […]