Posts by Caleb Taylor

Five Points Mayor Jeff Monroe announced on Monday he is running for the Republican nomination for Alabama House District 37 in 2026.

President Donald Trump nominated Randall Jones, a Guntersville insurance agency co-owner, to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on Tuesday.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) recently introduced the Equal Representation Act which would ensure only legal citizens are factored into the count for congressional districts and the Electoral College map that determines presidential elections. 

State Rep. Bob Fincher (R-Woodland) won’t seek another House District 37 term in 2026.

Caroleene Dobson, a candidate for Secretary of State in the 2026 Republican primary, loaned her campaign $500,000 on Tuesday.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and law enforcement leaders from across Alabama formally called on Governor Kay Ivey on Monday to reappoint Leigh Gwathney as Chair of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has raised over $4 million since launching his campaign for governor on May 27. 

A new hemp law recently passed by the Alabama Legislature doesn’t prohibit interstate shipping of hemp products, according to Montgomery County Circuit Judge James Anderson.

President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will “gut Alabamians” living near or below the poverty line, according to Retirement Systems of Alabama CEO David Bronner.

House and Senate leadership should remove a part of President Donald Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” that bans states from passing laws and regulations related to artificial intelligence (AI), according to Governor Kay Ivey and 16 Republican governors.

Four hemp companies sued Governor Kay Ivey and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Friday, claiming a part of a new law passed in the 2025 session regulating and restricting certain hemp products is unconstitutional. 

Thomas Pham LeGro made his first appearance on Friday in U.S. District Court for allegedly possessing child pornography. 

U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville), chairman of the House Values Action Team, applauded the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday in Mahmoud v. Taylor that confirmed that parents have the right to make decisions about the education of their children concerning family life and human sexuality.

A vulgar and threatening message was spray-painted on the side of a Huntsville venue set to host U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and other conservative groups on Saturday. 

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall applauded the United States Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to stay injunctions against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order restricting birthright citizenship.

Law enforcement seized “significant quantities" of drugs and drug paraphernalia from hemp shops across the state this week, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Terry Roberson, former provost and vice president for academic affairs and professor of education emeritus, will serve as interim president of the University of Montevallo after being approved by the Board of Trustees during a specially called meeting on Thursday.

A fiery ball in the sky was reportedly seen moving across Alabama and the Southeast on late Thursday morning.

Six Jefferson County bingo halls were raided by law enforcement recently.

Caroleene Dobson announced her candidacy for Secretary of State in the 2026 Republican primary on Thursday.

State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) pre-filed legislation for the 2026 legislative session recently that would ban psychoactive THC hemp products in Alabama.

Hourly workers in Alabama will get hit with a tax increase on their overtime earnings starting on Monday.

Raids on hemp shops on Monday in multiple cities were due to a months-long investigation stemming from complaints about the businesses violating “current, long-standing marijuana laws,” according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

State Rep. Matt Woods (R-Jasper) handily won a special election over Ryan Cagle, a Democrat, for a vacant Senate District 5 seat on Tuesday.

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen announced on Tuesday a new “security emblem” for ballots in the upcoming 2026 elections. 

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency agents raided several hemp businesses on Monday.

President Donald Trump should win a Nobel Peace Prize, according to U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery).