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Rex Reynolds Alabama News
State Rep. Reynolds named 2024 Alabama 310 Legislator of the Year

State Rep. Rex Reynolds (R-Huntsville) was named the 2024 Legislator of the Year by the Alabama 310 Association, according to an announcement from House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter's office.

Keith Urban announcement Alabama News
Keith Urban at Athens Buc-ee's? 'We’ll see ya outside in the parking lot - it’s gonna be a blast !'

On Friday, Grammy-award-winning country music singer Keith Urban announced on Facebook that he would be appearing at 8 p.m. local time at the Athens Buc-ee's.

Former Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., speaks to reporters following Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing Alabama News
Axios: Doug Jones a potential Harris administration attorney general

Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) may get a shot at a position that has eluded him throughout the Biden administration should Vice President Kamala Harris emerge victorious in November.

AP24219486489863 Alabama News
Walz proclaims himself the 'anti-Tommy Tuberville'

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, invoked Alabama's senior U.S. Senator at a fundraiser on Wednesday, according to a report from the Huffington Post's Igor Bobic.

House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., and Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., right Alabama News
Rogers vows to still probe Khalid Sheikh Mohammed plea deal despite DefSec Austin's reversal

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks), the House Armed Services Committee chairman, told Fox News Digital on Saturday that his committee still intends to investigate how the plea agreement was finalized in the first place.

George Wallace, Jr. on CNN, 7/27/2024 Alabama News
'He always thought he might be shot': George Wallace, Jr. revisits father's assassination attempt during CNN special in wake of Trump shooting

During an episode of CNN's "The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper" that aired last week, former State Treasurer and Public Service Commissioner George Wallace, Jr., son of former Gov. George Wallace, discussed the attempt on his father's life in 1972 at a shopping center in Laurel, Md. during a presidential campaign event.

Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff, Najen Naylor Alabama News
Nanny that VP Harris husband Doug Emhoff reportedly cheated on first wife with, got pregnant was an AOPi at Auburn in 1990s

According to a report from the Daily Mail (UK), second gentleman Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, reportedly cheated on his first wife, film producer Kerstin Emhoff, with their nanny and got her pregnant.

Sewell Alabama News
Terri Sewell alleges Kamala Harris 'always' identified as being black, Says Trump 'scared' to debate her

On MSNBC, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) protested Trump's comments.

Scott Stadthagen Alabama News
House Majority Ldr Stadthagen: Clay County indictment validates passage of ballot harvesting ban

Although the announcement of the seven-count indictment of Democrat Clay County Commission candidate Terry Andrew Heflin on voter fraud on Wednesday is an accusation and Heflin has the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, House Majority Leader Scott Stadthagen (R-Hartselle) argued that the indictment showed Kiel and Allen were right to pursue the law's passage.

Tommy Tuberville on Newsmax, 7/30/2024 Alabama News
Tuberville dismisses Kamala machine 'weird' label — Says Dems 'not just weird' but 'crazy'

Tuesday on Newsmax TV's "The Chris Salcedo Show," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) suggested Democrats and the modern left the political party represents had no room to talk when it comes to calling Republicans "weird."

Steven Reed on NewsNation, 7/27/2024 Alabama News
'Kamala Harris surrogate' Steven Reed says Biden's withdrawal not health-related

While some of the state's policymakers debate the future of law enforcement in Alabama's capital city as a heightened violent crime lingers, the city's mayor is out speaking on behalf of presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential bid.

tuberville Alabama News
'Socialist, Marxist one-world government': Tuberville maintains Joe Biden, Kamala Harris just 'figureheads' for the deep state

During a recent appearance on Newsmax TV, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) downplayed the role both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are playing in the federal government.

State Sen. Arthur Orr Alabama News
Arthur Orr says accountability with voters, not state government on Montgomery crime

With all the hot-button issues that went unresolved when the Alabama Legislature left town in May, very few would have predicted that crime in the state's major cities, primarily Montgomery, would be the main topic during the body's hot stove league season.

Tommy Tuberville Alabama News
Tuberville warns CDC forecasting fall bird flu pandemic that will be used to 'manipulate' presidential election voting procedures

Another pandemic this fall?

Social Media Alabama News
Mobile County School Board member calls on Alabama Legislature to ban social media for children under 16

Mobile County School Board member Johnny Hatcher took to the airwaves in Mobile on Monday to ask the Alabama Legislature to ban social media for children under 16.

Shomari Figures Kamala Harris Alabama News
Figures camp breaks silence on November election

After Biden announced he would step aside on Sunday, Figures took to social media to praise Biden and tout Vice President Kamala Harris's candidacy. Harris has since emerged as the front-runner to be Biden's replacement.

Doug Jones on MSNBC, 7/19/2024 Alabama News
Doug Jones noncommittal on Biden's future as Dem nominee: 'I trust Joe Biden's judgment'

Friday on MSNBC, former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) did not say what he thought embattled President Joe Biden should do regarding his role as the Democratic Party's standard-bearer.

gary palmer Alabama News
Gary Palmer says he is concerned about a 'deliberate or at least a negligent attitude' toward Trump's protection

As more and more comes to light about an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump while campaigning in Butler, Pa. on Saturday, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) says there are questions that Congress is going to ask when the time comes.

George Wallace assassination attempt AP Photo by J A Bowman Alabama News
George Wallace, Jr.: 'Opposition should always be expressed in the form of ballots, not bullets'

Saturday, George Wallace, Jr., son of former Gov. George Wallace, who was left paralyzed below the waist for the rest of his life after an assassination attempt during his 1972 presidential bid, reacted to the news that former President Donald Trump faced an apparent assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pa.

Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions Alabama News
Jeff Sessions: Trump's reaction to being shot 'demonstrates his physical courage'

Saturday evening, former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions reacted to an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

Katie Britt Alabama News
Katie Britt to speak on stage at next week's Republican National Convention in Milwaukee

At the very top of the list of Republican officials and candidates is Alabama's junior U.S. Senator, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery).

Mobile bridge Alabama News
Tuberville, Moore laud $550 million grant for I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), the Republican nominee for the first congressional district, which will soon include parts of Mobile County and all of Baldwin County, played roles in the grant.

Nathaniel Ledbetter Alabama News
House Speaker Ledbetter open to imposing stiffer penalties for violent gun crime

House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter responded to Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey's proposal to increase gun crime penalties during an interview with Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5 from the Sand Mountain Potato Festival in DeKalb County that aired Monday.

Will Ainsworth, John Cooper Alabama News
'He needs to be fired': Ainsworth says ALDOT's Cooper not doing a good job

Despite facing perpetual statewide criticism and pending criminal charges for over a year, Alabama Department of Transportation director John Cooper still manages to hold on to the top post at ALDOT.

Gudger415 Alabama News
Gudger offers update on jet ski accident recovery

On July 4, State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) was injured in a jet ski accident on Smith Lake, which resulted in three fractured vertebrae, six fractured ribs, a punctured lung and internal bleeding.

Montgomery PD Alabama News
State Rep. Stringer says enhanced gun crime penalties coupled with actual enforcement, truth in sentencing the keys to fixing Montgomery, other cities crime waves

State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle), one of the architects of Alabama's 2022 constitutional carry law, said he agreed with Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey's assessment.

Garlan Gudger Alabama News
Colleagues, local officials rally to support hospitalized Garlan Gudger

Gudger has received an outpouring of support from his colleagues and other officials around the state.

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