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Lloyd Peeples has defeated incumbent Jim Carns in House District 48 race.
State Rep. Jim Carns (R-Vestavia Hills) has taken to Facebook to respond to a mail piece from his opponent Lloyd Peeples for House District 48 that points to his vote on Beau's Law a bill that was passed at the end of session.
The Mid Alabama Republican Club (MARC) held a “2026 legislative preview” event Saturday morning. Club president and Vestavia Hills City Councilwoman Kimberly Cook welcomed candidates from around the state, and an estimated 75 people.
Thursday, Lloyd Peeples qualified to run for House District 48. Peeples is the senior trial counsel in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama. He announced his candidacy in November.
Lloyd Peeples announced his candidacy for the Alabama House of Representatives, representing House District 48, on Thursday.
After hours of Democratic lawmakers' pushback, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday overhauling the governance of the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB), sending it to the governor’s desk to become law.
The Alabama House of Representatives passed on Thursday legislation that would apply whistleblower protections to county and municipal workers who testify to misdeeds within a local government body.
If Alabama lawmakers had passed HB177 this legislative session, the current members of the Birmingham Water Works Board could have been fired and replaced. The bill would’ve also altered the qualification and appointment structure of the board.
Just as some state legislators push to overhaul the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB), the utility decided on Wednesday to adopt a new self-governance policy and director pledge.
After a year of crisis at the Birmingham Water Works, two state legislators representing part of the Birmingham area are trying to alter the qualifications for serving on the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) and make the utility regional. That means the Alabama Gov. would gain the authority to appoint three of its members.
Birmingham-Southern College is asking taxpayers to foot the bill for a $37.5 million government bailout, according to the Associated Press.
State Sen. Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook) told the Mid-Alabama Republican Club (MARC) on Saturday that the Alabama House of Representatives...