Opinion & Policy

  With summer unofficially over this week and Labor Day soon, election season will really begin in earnest. The November election is just around the corner, which means the candidates are about to spend all of their campaign funds to get out the vote. And with more than 3.8 million voters in Alabama, there is a…

  With the Democratic National Convention going on this week in Chicago, I have been thinking back to their convention there in 1968. I was in high school and knew little (if anything) about politics. Being something of a rebel and supporter of the underdogs while watching boys not much older than me be drafted…

  Op-ed by Sen. Tommy Tuberville   It’s August in Alabama – we all know what that means. Football season is upon us. In just a few weeks, some of Alabama’s greatest towns will be full of fans from across the country. As much as we all love a good tailgate, college football is about…

Special to the News   On Monday Attorney General Steve Marshall announced temporary restraining orders, or TRO, have been obtained against five illegal gambling facilities in Selma. Pursuant to the TROs, the facilities must cease all operations, the property cannot be used or accessed, and there can be no further financial transactions connected with the…

  It is so hard to believe that, as I’m writing this, I’m listening to a discussion about requiring American citizenship to vote in our elections. Can we go over to other countries and vote in THEIR elections? I really don’t know, but somehow I doubt it. However, how many Americans really want to move…

Special to the News   After being sworn into office on January 16, 2023, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen immediately initiated strategic efforts to ensure that Alabama has the cleanest and most accurate voter file in the country. As part of this effort, Allen has identified 3,251 individuals who are registered to vote in…

  The U.S. presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is the talk of the nation. And Alabama is no different. There is no question that voters in our state will overwhelmingly vote for Donald Trump as they did in 2016 and 2020. Former President Donald Trump won by more than 60% by election cycles. If…

  What a year it has been in politics, and we still have a long way to go before we get to 2025. The presidential election this year will be one for the history books, but folks will also be watching Alabama, as well, to see how state voters turn out. Republicans have held true power…

  We now know who the choices are for president and vice president in the November election. And those choices cannot be any further apart on issues, beliefs, experience, and love for our country. Of course, this doesn’t consider if there will be a challenge of some kind on the nomination of Kamala Harris. She…

  Where, oh where, do I start this week? I feel like I’m living somewhere between the Twilight Zone, 1984, War of the Worlds, and some type of futuristic Syfy film! Every day seems to bring something bizarre or unbelievable into the news – so much so that it’s hard to remember just what happened…