The NAACP is attempting to subpoena documents and communications between Chris Brown, owner of a political consulting firm called Red State Strategies, and his clients in the State House and Senate as part of an ongoing redistricting lawsuit.
On Wednesday, Jefferson County GOP chairman Chris Brown said he had heard discussions from multiple sources that Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway was in legal trouble.
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.
The Jefferson County GOP chose its new leader this week. Chris Brown was elected chairman at the executive committee meeting. Brown will serve for the next two years and he has already laid out goals for his term.