Public trust at stake in 2012 legislative session Cullman Times Online Jess Brown, a longtime student of Alabama politics and professor of Political Science and Justice Studies at Athens State University, observed the 2012 legislative session will take place in a volatile political environment; one in which a fickle and ...
5th Congressional District rematch pits Brooks against Griffith again Press-Register - al.com (blog) (The Huntsville Times, Dave Dieter) HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Four years ago, Parker Griffith won North Alabama's congressional seat as a Democrat. Two years ago in 2010, he lost it after switching to the Republican Party mid-term.
DANA BEYERLE: Whooping cranes stay put Gadsden Times Former Chief Justice Roy Moore said former gubernatorial candidate Tim James has endorsed his Republican primary bid to retake his old job. “Now more than ever, we need a firm reliance on the Constitution of Alabama and the United States,” James said.
GOP winning presidential donation race in Alabama Montgomery Advertiser "Alabama is a Republican state at the presidential level, so you expect most donations to go to Republican candidates," said David Lanoue, former chairman of the political science department at the University of Alabama. That's been the case for the ...
Alabama prosecutors subpoena records of former agriculture commissioner Ron Sparks al.com (blog) There is nothing to hide," said former Alabama agriculture commissioner Ron Sparks. "They won't find anything we did wrong." (AP file photo/Dave Martin) MONTGOMERY -- State prosecutors have subpoenaed an array of records from the Alabama Department of ...
Alabama senator says his bill would add 'common sense' to state's immigration law The Republic A Republican senator is looking to modify Alabama's tough and contentious immigration law. Sen. Gerald Dial of Lineville said Friday he has pre-filed legislation that he says will add common sense to the law, which has been described as the toughest in ...