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On Tuesday, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, who is one of the leading candidates for the state’s next lieutenant governor, received the endorsement of former Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Gene Stallings.

Over 1,000 signatures have been collected in opposition to a proposed Lowndes County data center,  with residents intent on raising concerns about what could be the largest industrial project in the county’s history at an upcoming county commission meeting  

Kela Stanford, 55, the woman accused in a hot car death of a child in the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) last summer, is set for a pretrial hearing in August.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), in a recent speech on the Senate floor, blocked Democratic efforts to deny the use of federal funds to compensate anyone prosecuted for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 (J6) riots at the U.S. Capitol.

State Rep. Phillip Ensler (D-Montgomery), who sought not to seek reelection in the Alabama House of Representatives to pursue the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, recently acknowledged the difficulty of winning the seat in the blood-red Republican state of Alabama.

Alabama Democratic Party chairman Randy Kelley says he anticipates lawsuits challenging the eligibility of gubernatorial candidate U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and lieutenant governor candidate John Wahl for their respective offices, though it will not come from the state party.

A recent post from U.S. Senate candidate Jared Hudson's campaign led his Republican primary opponent, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), to believe his integrity was being questioned, a claim Hudson's campaign vehemently denies.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) recently introduced federal legislation that would require employers to use E-Verify when hiring someone, a move designed to cut down on the employment of illegal immigrants.

Katherine Robertson, a candidate for attorney general in next month's GOP runoff election against former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell, recently received an endorsement from a River Region district attorney.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), the Republican nominee for Alabama’s next governor, recently shot down further speculation that his position in the race was in jeopardy ahead of almost certain challenges to his residency.

The state has scheduled the nitrogen hypoxia execution of Jeffrey James Lee, 49, for the 1998 murder of Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson in an attempted robbery, after the Supreme Court recently issued the order.

The heat does not appear likely to go down in the upcoming runoff election for Alabama’s next attorney general, as Chief Counsel Katherine Robertson and former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell are ready to face off in a runoff election.

Republican voters across the state of Alabama selected leadership in the Alabama Republican Party’s (ALGOP) State Executive Committee during Tuesday’s primary.

Attorney General Steve Marshall recently filed a 16-state coalition letter supporting a rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that would streamline federal review of state capital murder convictions.

Morgan Murphy, a brief candidate for U.S. Senate who dropped out after U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) received an endorsement from President Donald Trump, recently emphasized the perceived wisdom of his decision after Trump’s picks swept the field.

The race for the Republican nomination for the state's next attorney general is headed to a runoff between current Attorney General chief counsel Katherine Robertson and former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell after Tuesday's primary election.

The race for Alabama’s House District 65 has been called for the incumbent State Rep. Rick Rehm (R-Dothan), who defeated his Republican Primary opponent, David Money, in Tuesday’s Republican primary.

Incumbent State Auditor Andrew Sorrell will be the official Republican nominee in the Nov. 3 general election, after defeating political newcomer Derek Chen in the most heavily funded race for the office in history.

On Monday, a district judge dismissed a residency challenge against U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) in his bid for governor brought by his Republican primary opponent.

In addition to casting their vote for a variety of state and federal offices, Alabama citizens will also vote to approve two constitutional amendments on Tuesday’s primary ballot, touching on public safety and district attorney compensation.

On Monday, one day before the Republican primary election kicks off across the state, President Donald Trump made a series of endorsements for Alabama candidates, vehemently voicing his support.

Nearly four years after Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes, an illegal alien living in Dadeville, was arrested and charged with kidnapping and double murder, the State has doled out tens of thousands for multiple attorneys and foreign language interpreters without yet setting a trial date.  

Gov. Kay Ivey is encouraging Alabamians to get out and vote on Tuesday, when voters across the state cast their ballots for their preferred candidate.

Chief counsel for Attorney General Marshall and current AG candidate Katherine Robertson recently used left-wing demonstrations as motivation to call on state leaders to secure a sweeping 7-0 Republican congressional delegation.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently announced its participation in the planned protest in Montgomery and Selma over the weekend to oppose a series of events that could allow Republicans to regain a congressional seat, although the protest has not picked up much steam.

Alabama’s own U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) was recently featured in the New York Times article, speculating that she was on a relatively long list of possible candidates for president after the term-limited Donald Trump leaves office.

The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) recently announced the dates and procedures for qualifying for the upcoming special primary election, which was scheduled for this week following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that allowed the state to use congressional maps previously enjoined in federal court.