Thursday, during an appearance on Fox News Channel's "Special Report," former University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, fresh off of his Capitol Hill appearance, was asked about the Dartmouth basketball players' decision to join the Service Employees International Union Local 560 earlier this month.
Although the fallout has subsided, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is still taking some shots from not only the national media but also the media at home in Alabama for her impassioned State of the Union response last week.
During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," Smith offered his assessment of I-65 traffic problems plaguing parts of his district and expressed his hope for attention from the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT).
Even though President Joe Biden delivered an hour-and-seven-minute campaign speech for his State of the Union address on Thursday night, the writers at NBC's "Saturday Night Live" chose to focus on mocking U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) for her State of the Union response for the show's cold open this week.
During his weekly appearance on Huntsville radio WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Orr (R-Decatur), who voted against the gambling measure, predicted the effort would eventually die.
Fresh off delivering the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union (SOTU) address on Thursday, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) appeared on Fox News Channel's "Hannity."
On Friday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) took to the airwaves to defend his Alabama colleague U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery), who offered the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday.
Tuesday's outcome in the first congressional district Republican primary could be used in textbooks to demonstrate the tribalism of Alabama politics.
Vice President Kamala Harris brought the Biden administration road show to Selma for the 59th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" march on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Friday, during an interview with Huntsville radio WVNN's Dale Jackson, Senate Education Trust Fund Committee chairman State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) said he expected a Senate vote on the education savings account bill, the CHOOSE Act, late next week.
While the state's teachers' union, the Alabama Education Association, publicly claims a "neutral" position on the CHOOSE Act, passed in the House earlier this week, the group is still working behind the scenes to change the legislation.
During Thursday's broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) discussed the State Senate's efforts to correct a potential vulnerability to Alabama's laws and constitution that threatens the practice of in-vitro fertilization after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling last month.
Strickland called the Alabama high court's decision "correct" but also criticized the practice of IVF.
In response to the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling in vitro fertilization (IVF) embryos were protected under the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, IVF clinics around the state have suspended their IVF programs, leading many, including former President Donald Trump, to call for a fix.
During an appearance on Friday's broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) accused some of the opponents of the House of Representatives recently passed comprehensive gambling legislation of putting out a misleading narrative.
On Friday, former President Donald Trump reacted to the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that has led to clinics in Alabama suspending in vitro fertilization (IVF) programs after the Court found IVF embryos were protected under the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act.
During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," Elliott described the possibility of the Senate taking up the House legislation as is as "that ship has sailed."
On Thursday, Alabama Media Group announced it was naming Hollis R. Towns to fill the vice president of content and editor in chief vacancy left by Kelly Ann Scott, who departed for the Houston Chronicle in October.
During the mid-20th century, Phenix City was a notorious haven for prostitution, gambling and organized crime. The beginning of the end came when then-Phenix City resident Albert Patterson was elected to likely become attorney general by running on cleaning up his hometown.
During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) said the so-called comprehensive gambling bill that passed the State House of Representatives could not pass in the State Senate as currently written.
On Friday's broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," Gov. Kay Ivey weighed in on the first two weeks of the legislative session, which included the House of Representatives' passage of a comprehensive package she endorsed.
Thursday's 67-31 vote for House Bill 152, the enabling legislation accompanying a constitutional amendment on gambling, marked the end of a contentious week for members of the Alabama House of Representatives.
Tuesday, on the syndicated radio program "Right Side Radio," State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) signaled his support for Gov. Kay Ivey's school choice legislation, titled the CHOOSE Act.
While the debate over a comprehensive gambling bill is underway in Montgomery, the Republican Party in Alabama's most populous county is making its opposition to the gambling effort known.
This year's Mardi Gras festivities marked the 140th anniversary for the Comic Cowboys, the mystic society operating under the slogan "without malice."
Last year, State Auditor Andrew Sorrell was among the first to endorse Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) for president.
Last week, during a press conference unveiling a comprehensive gambling bill and constitutional amendment, State Reps. Chris Blackshear (R-Phenix City), Andy Whitt (R-Harvest), Sam Jones (D-Mobile) and State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) touted polling data from KAConsulting showing broad support for their effort.