Posts by Craig Monger

Four total Republican candidates have officially qualified for the July 15 special election for the recently opened seat in Alabama’s House District 12.

In an amusing series of events, both the extreme opponents to marijuana and those who support its legalization are calling on Gov. Kay Ivey to veto legislation regulating psychoactive cannabinoids like Delta 8.

Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl responded to a recent opinion column raising questions on his residency, saying he was pursuing legal recourse.

Members of the House Democratic Caucus met at the end of last week’s legislative proceedings to detail perceived malfeasance on the part of legislative leadership, claiming the Republican Party ignored or stifled the minority party this session, when it wasn’t hijacking bills.

Gov. Kay Ivey signed two immigration-related bills into law on Monday, while several others await final passage in the legislature with only one legislative day remaining.

A Boaz man is currently being held without bond in the DeKalb County Jail after police say he attempted to sexually abuse an eight-year-old girl.

With President Donald Trump’s publicly good relationship with Alabama’s members of Congress and frequent trips to the state, you might have expected him to have sampled the state’s prized culinary creation, but you would be wrong.

After signing recently passed legislation into law, Gov. Kay Ivey has officially made Juneteenth an official state holiday, requiring all state offices to close in recognition of the holiday that has been the focus of Democratic lawmakers for years.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is backing legislation that would require the death penalty for illegal aliens convicted of murdering an American citizen.

The Alabama Public Library Service Board voted to provide the state’s libraries with a definition of “sexually explicit,” continued to withhold funding for the Fairhope library and floated a near-total ban on the transgender-promoting books at Thursday’s meeting.  

Gov. Kay Ivey has issued the timeframe for the nitrogen gas execution of Gregory Hunt, the man convicted of the 1990 rape and murder of a Walker County woman.

Hours after Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation into law changing how the Birmingham Water Works Board is governed, the body voted to sell all of its assets to the City of Birmingham, despite the bill going into effect immediately.

After a bevy of criticisms were levied against House Health Committee chairman Paul Lee for allegedly killing anti-abortion legislation, State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity), the bill’s sponsor, is calling on advocates to tone down the attacks.

The Alabama House of Representatives avoided voting on local legislation legalizing historical horse racing machines in Greene County to clear the body on Wednesday, after the bill’s Senate sponsor spent hours railing against its lack of a vote.

Heather Moore, the wife of U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) showed up in the Montgomery State House on Tuesday, speaking alongside State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) and other state lawmakers to advocate for legislation prohibiting employers and other entities from retaliating or discriminating against an those who refuse to receive vaccines or wear facial coverings.

Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth lambasted some House lawmakers on Wednesday, after the State House Government Committee voted down a bill allowing public school students to participate in off-campus religious and character instruction during school hours.

After some pushback from Democratic lawmakers, the Alabama House of Representatives sent one bill addressing illegal immigration to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk for her signature and another to the Senate to agree on changes.

A national abortion abolition organization is calling out Alabama’s House Health Committee Chairman Paul Lee (R-Dothan) for allegedly preventing a bill to fully criminalize abortion in the state from receiving a vote or a hearing.

Former Democratic candidate for governor Christopher Countryman, 46, and his partner, Bruce Ryan Countryman, 32, were arrested on Monday and charged with methamphetamine possession near Cottonwood Road in Dothan.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently joined his colleagues in filing legislation to create a tax deduction for those earning overtime pay.

Gov. Kay Ivey has officially signed the state’s nearly $14 billion General Fund and Education Trust Fund budgets without sending either back to lawmakers with executive amendments after both cleared the Alabama Legislature last week.

In one of the final days of the legislative session, the Alabama House of Representatives is slated to tackle several somewhat controversial bills related to illegal immigration and the reforming of the Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Cullman City Councilman and local businessman Clint Hollingsworth is the most recent candidate to throw his hat in the ring for the newly vacant seat in Alabama's House District 12 with an official Monday announcement.

For the third year in a row, State Rep. Debbie Wood (R-Valley) is facing a finished session without the final passage of her legislation mandating post-election audits in statewide elections.

A local parent in the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library system discovered a book targeted at juveniles, which teaches children to engage in social activism and that “[r]acial categories were invented to advantage white people and to justify slavery, colonialism, and genocide.

While the reactions to President Donald Trump’s tariff policy has been mixed, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) continues to back the president as he champions bringing more of the country’s production back to U.S. shores.

A circuit judge on Thursday permanently blocked the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) from licensing freestanding birth centers like hospitals after years of litigation and protests from midwives and other birthing advocates.