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The Alabama Republican Party announced on Monday that it had elected George Williams of Baldwin County to serve as the new chairman of the Alabama Minority GOP.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently received an endorsement from the Alabama Bankers Association as he pursues the state's governor’s seat in 2026.

State Auditor Andrew Sorrell recently called on his fellow Republican primary opponent for the Secretary of State’s seat, Caroleene Dobson, to join him in signing a “Clean Campaign Pledge,” promising to avoid engaging in negative campaigning and other attack tactics.

Five days following Montgomery’s Mayor Steven Reed’s press conference in which he boasted of the city’s 28% drop in violent crime, the city was rocked by at least six shootings that left three dead.

With President Donald Trump using the arms of his administration to target federal money recipients for using public areas and resources for political posturing, things like Montgomery’s virtually permanent Black Lives Matter mural could put road and bridge funding in jeopardy.

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed was clearly displeased with Lieutenant Gov. Will Ainsworth after Ainsworth took a jab at the capital’s mayor at a sold-out Eastern Shore Republican Women's luncheon in Fairhope on Thursday.

The Alabama Department of Corrections announced on Friday that it had conducted multiple contraband arrests across the state, including one healthcare worker, as it continues to hammer down on illegal items making their way into state prisons.

Over six years since pharmaceutical companies began doling out massive payouts for their role in creating the opioid epidemic, Alabama’s Attorney General Steve Marshall continues to rake in settlement funds for the state, most recently bringing in $8 million from eight drug makers.

Now that the dust has settled over the debate and disagreement over President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) says lawmakers have begun work on what is slated to be the next big fight for lawmakers, the defense budget.

Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Thursday that a 40-person search and rescue team from South Alabama was on its way to Texas to aid in their missions following the devastating flooding the state experienced last week.

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) was selected by House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday to serve on the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC).  

While the numbers have shifted in reaction to President Donald Trump’s policies six months into his second term, Alabama remains one of the staunchest supporters of the president as he enacts his controversial policies on immigration, trade and spending.

On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) introduced Montgomery native Lynda "Lindy" Blanchard to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as hearings begin for her to serve as ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome.

The endorsements continue to roll in for U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) in his 2026 run for governor, with the Alabama Associated General Contractors (AGC) being the most recent to back his 2026 gubernatorial bid.

Those in the capital city with the observant eye may have noticed this past “Juneteenth” that the “temporary” Black Lives Matter Mural around Montgomery’s historic Court Square Fountain still festoons the street for the fifth year in a row.

In a move that brought the ire of left-wing advocates nationwide, the IRS recently stated in a court filing that churches can, in fact, advocate for or oppose political candidates from the pulpit.

Many of Alabama’s members of Congress were pleased to back President Donald Trump, after the administration announced on Tuesday that it was taking aggressive action to prevent the Chinese Communist Party from acquiring American farmland.

State Rep. Troy Stubbs (R-Wetumpka) announced on Tuesday that he was officially launching his reelection campaign for the Alabama House of Representatives 31st district in 2026. 

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed told members of the media and the public during a Monday afternoon press conference that violent crime had decreased by 28% in the city since last year.

For the second time since President Donald Trump took office, the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) is facing a funding freeze, as federal officials announced $6.8 billion in frozen federal K-12 funds for the 2025-26 school year.

On Thursday, Gov. Kay Ivey officially declared the 30-hour window for the Alabama Department of Corrections to execute Geoffrey Todd West, 49, using the highly criticized method of nitrogen hypoxia.

On Thursday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall applauded the U.S. Supreme Court for agreeing to determine whether states can ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' and women's school sports teams.

This week, a three-judge panel on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Michael Sockwell, 62, who was convicted of killing former Montgomery County Sheriff Isaiah Harris in 1988.

Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl announced a series of steps the party has taken to ensure financial transparency and accountability ahead of the 2026 election cycle by enacting a series of internal policies, which include an independent audit of ALGOP’s finances.

Alabama’s Republican U.S. Senators were ecstatic on Tuesday after the body barely passed the spending package pushed by President Donald Trump, bringing it closer to the president’s promise to sign the bill before Friday, the Fourth of July.

State Rep. David Standridge (R-Hayden), unfazed by his legislation failing to reach the finish line in the 2025 regular legislative session, has re-filed his bill renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Alabama Public Library Service chairman John Wahl was swift to praise the Friday SCOTUS decision in which it sided with a set of Maryland parents who challenged a local school district for not allowing them to opt their elementary-aged child out from a class on gender identity and other LGBTQ+ issues.