Opinion & Policy

Special to the News   Last Thursday Alabama Policy Action (APA); the state’s leading advocate for free markets, limited government and strong families; officially announced the release of its 2026 Primary Election Voter Guide. As the May 19 primary quickly approaches, this nonpartisan resource is designed to provide voters with essential, transparent information on where candidates stand…

Special to the News Wes Allen, Alabama’s secretary of state, reminds Alabama voters that county absentee election managers must receive mail-in absentee ballot applications by Tuesday, May 12. The deadline to return an absentee ballot application in person is Thursday, May 14. Absentee ballots being returned in-person must be received by the county absentee election…

By Adam Keller Every day across Alabama, working people provide the labor to keep this state running. They are the nurses caring for patients on long shifts in understaffed hospitals. The autoworkers and manufacturing workers building the vehicles and equipment that power our economy. The teachers shaping the next generation. The sanitation workers, truck drivers,…

Special to the News   Last Wednesday, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the conviction of Keisha McBride, a tax preparer, on two felony tax charges. McBride, 35, of Tuscaloosa, pleaded guilty last Tuesday to felony charges for willfully aiding or assisting in the preparation of false tax returns and for willfully attempting to evade paying…

Special to the News On Tuesday Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the state has reached a substantial settlement with the popular interactive gaming platform Roblox, securing meaningful improvements to online child safety and boots-on-the ground resources for Alabama’s schoolchildren. Under the settlement terms, Alabama will receive $12.2 million to be used for funding school resource officers across…

Special to the News Wes Allen, Alabama’s secretary of state, is reminding Alabama citizens that the deadline to register to vote before the May 19 primary election is Monday, May 4. “The right of eligible United States citizens to vote in fair and secure elections is one of the hallmarks of our constitutional republic,” Allen said. “I…

Special to the News   Last Friday Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the indictment and arrest of former International Motor Sports Hall of Fame employee Karen Lakey, 56, of Munford, on one count of the use of public employment for personal gain or gain of a family member. Lakey turned herself into the Talladega County Sheriff’s Office…

Special to the News   On Wednesday Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the arrests of two Lowndes County residents on charges related to the unlawful use of absentee ballots in the August 2025 Ft. Deposit municipal election. Jacqulyn Boone, 51, and Steven Thigpen, 49, were each charged with unlawful use of absentee ballots, a Class…