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Democrats in Alabama House District 52 (HD52) vote today in the special Democratic primary to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of disgraced Alabama House member John Rogers (D-Birmingham). Six candidates have qualified for Tuesday's special Democratic primary election. These are: Dedra Campbell Kelvin Datcher Eric Major LaTanya Millhouse Eyrika L. Parker Frank Woodson According to Birmingham Watch, Dedra Campbell Dedra Campbell is 49 years old, serves on the Jefferson County...
Over one hundred members of the community crowded into the Montgomery County Commission seeking information about a proposed massive 1,600 acre solar panel farm near the Snowden Community. County Commissioner Singleton said that he had arranged for another public meeting be held on the topic next Tuesday night. "The owners of the property and representatives of the Solar Farm will be here and they will answer every question you have," Commissioner Singleton said. Montgomery County already has a...
Governor Ivey announces that Innovate Alabama awards nearly $98 Million to support Alabama small businesses Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced on Tuesday that Innovate Alabama is set to receive nearly $98 million to continue its support of Alabama small businesses. "As Alabama continues to signal that it's open for business, it is crucial that we continue to contribute to the growth of the state's economy through our small businesses," said Gov. Ivey. "This is a sector that has played a...
Schools, banks, the stock exchange, post office and some businesses are closed to honor the Juneteenth federal holiday. President Joseph R Biden (D) signed legislation three years ago making Juneteenth, or June 19, our newest federal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 finally found out that the War Between the States was over and that President Abraham Lincoln had ended slavery. Juneteenth is not an official state holiday in Alabama, but Governor Kay Ivey (R) has authorized state...
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) on Wednesday joined a 24-State coalition urging the district court in Florida to deny the Biden Department of Justice's request for an unconstitutional gag order against former President Donald J. Trump (R). The AGs claim that the gag order would wrongfully silence President Trump in the middle of an election campaign, denying Americans their right to hear from the leading candidate for President. "The American people deserve to hear from the...
U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) this week delivered a speech on the Senate floor calling on the Biden Administration to use every single one of its sanctions enforcement authorities and diplomatic levers to free the Christians affiliated with Mountain Gateway. The Christians are being wrongfully imprisoned in Nicaragua for their religious beliefs. "As Americans, we believe that every person on this planet is '[endowed] by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,'" Sen. Britt said....
Democrats in Alabama House District 52 (HD52) voted on Tuesday in the special Democratic primary to advance Kevin Datcher and Frank Woodson. The two will face off in a Democratic party runoff on July 16. The vacancy was created by the resignation of disgraced Alabama House member John Rogers (D-Birmingham). Datcher and Woodson were the two highest vote getters out of the six Democratic primary candidates. Kelvin Datcher is the Deputy Director for Community Development with the Birmingham...
On June 8 radio personalities Amie Beth Shaver and Allison Sinclair spoke to the Mid-Alabama Republican Club. The conservative talk radio hosts expressed their dissatisfaction with the Republican controlled Alabama State Legislature. They urged legislators to have a "Biblical world view." Sinclair is the founder of LOCAL – a grassroots conservative group, with an early emphasis on medical freedom. "COVID hit and the world got crazy," Sinclair said. "Loved ones were dying alone in hospitals, p...
On Friday, Andrew Magnus, a Montgomery County District Attorney Office Investigator is being recognized by his peers across the state as Alabama Investigator of the Year. Andrew Magnus is the 2024 recipient of the B.J. Gatlin Memorial Award for the Alabama District Attorney Investigator of the Year. The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office submitted a summary of his vast contributions to the office over the years to the Alabama District Attorney Investigators Association, which presents...
Last week, the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was reported out of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). On Tuesday U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) released a statement about the NDAA. Sen. Tuberville serves on SASC. Tuberville said that during the committee markup process, he fought for Alabama's defense priorities and worked diligently to secure amendments that will directly benefit Alabama's installations, promote conservative values; while ensuring...
Republican leader David Black passed away on Saturday. Black was a Republican State Executive Committee member from the Northwest corner of the state. Democrats entirely dominated the Shoals area of the state for over a century and even after Republicans won supermajorities in both Houses of the Alabama Legislature. No individual did more or worked harder to change that reality than Black who was a relentless GOP organizer. Black has hosted Republican breakfasts on the first Saturday of the...
If you are planning to participate in this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, the Haj, you might want to rethink those plans. The heat this year has been extreme, even by Middle East standards. Over a thousand pilgrims have already died. Among the dead are Americans. A Maryland couple, Alhaji Alieu Dausy, age 71, and his wife, Haja Isatu Wurie, age 65, left their home two weeks ago and unfortunately both perished from the heat wave. Their daughter Saida Wurie told DC News, ""My parents meant the...
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced the appointment of J. Scott Brewer as District Judge, 29th Judicial Circuit, Place #1, in Talladega County. “A well-known lawyer and prosecutor throughout the 29th Judicial Circuit, Scott Brewer brings to his judgeship position decades of experience serving the people of Talladega County,” said Governor Ivey. “Given his strong record of public service, I am confident in his new role he will continue to ensure that the law is applied correctly and f...
Sunday saw 99-degree temperatures and higher in many parts of Alabama and according to NBC 13 News's Brylee Brown Tuesday could see temperatures reach 100 degrees from much of Alabama with very low chances for precipitation. "Tomorrow we will be very close to triple digits," Brown said. "Birmingham topped out at 99 yesterday." According to Birmingham meteorologist James Spann for June 21st, the average high for Birmingham is 89° and the average low is 70°. The record high is 99° set in 1981, wh...
On Monday, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) announced that their State Lands Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will be accepting bids for a underground coal mining lease. Bidders have until 4:00 P.M. July 16, 2024 to turn in a bid. The bids will be publicly opened and read on the following day, July 17, 2024, at 2:00 P.M. in the office of the State Lands Division, Room 464, Folsom Administrative Building, 64 North Union...
A large party in Montgomery turned deadly as the early Sunday morning party of over a thousand people degenerated into a massive gun battle with a number of shooters and hundreds of rounds were fired. Thirteen people were wounded in the event, that is being called – the largest mass shooting in Alabama history – outside of the Civil War and the Creek Indian uprising. "I am proud to be standing before you today along with our law enforcement officers," said Mayor Reed. "I am not proud to be sta...
MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced she has awarded nearly $53.5 million to continue the expansion of high-speed internet service in Alabama. The grant awarded to the Alabama Fiber Network, a coalition of electric and generation/transmission cooperatives, will help develop the second phase of the state's "middle-mile" broadband network deployment. The project will impact 24 Alabama counties. Middle-mile projects are designed to fill the gaps in broadband expansion to make it m...
Fairfield, AL - Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced $14,749,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to reduce blocked railroad crossings, enhance transportation networks, and create more walkable, bikeable, safe, connected, and livable communities in Alabama's 7th Congressional District. Funding comes from USDOT's Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program. The City of York was awarded $3 million to alleviate dangerous block...
On Friday, Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama's labor force participation rate was unchanged for the month of May at 57.5%. The national average in May was 62.5%. Alabama edged out Kentucky, New Mexico, West Virginia, and Mississippi with 57.2%, 57.1%, 55.5%, and 53.8% respectively. South Carolina was also at 57.5%. The District of Columbia, North Dakota, Utah, Nebraska, Minnesota led the nation at 72.7%, 68.9%, 68.7%, 68.5%, and 68.0%. The...
More than 1.2 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV, but one in six does not know they are positive. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends all Americans between the ages of 13-64 get tested for HIV as a part of their routine health care. Early diagnosis and treatment extend life and help prevent the spread of HIV. June 27 is known as National HIV Testing Day. The National HIV Testing Day theme for 2024 is "Level up yourself love: check your status." This theme...
MONTGOMERY - Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor's Labor Market Information (LMI) Division shows that in May 2024, there were 79,602 job ads posted in Alabama, representing a monthly increase of 1.3%. The five occupations with the most online job ads are for Retail Salespersons, Registered Nurses, Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers and Fast Food and Counter Workers, with 12,517 ads placed for those occupations in May. The HWOL...
On Tuesday, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed announced that he has chosen a new interim police chief and a public safety adviser. James Graboys will serve as interim chief and Lawrence Battiste IV will serve as the Mayor's public safety adviser. Graboys was the police chief at Alabama State University. He was presently working as a senior specialist with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Graboys served as the police chief at Alabama State University from 2012 to 2019. He has 20 years of service...
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court found in an 8 to 1 decision that a federal law that bans domestic abusers from owning guns meets Constitutional muster. The federal law disarms people under domestic violence restraining orders. A Texas man was accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend, which whom he has a child with, and threatening a witness so was placed under a restraining order. A subsequent search of his homes subsequently revealed a rifle and a handgun. He was charged federally under this...
Tonight, Donald J Trump and Joseph R. Biden will hold the first of two scheduled debates. This is a very unique Presidential election where both candidates have served four years as President of the United States. Both men have been in the public eye for decades. Trump burst onto the public scene as a businessman, showman, and reality TV host who was frequently openly discussing pursuing the Presidency, before finally entering the 2016 field. Trump served from 2017 to 2021. Biden was elected to...
The U.S. House of Representatives and the House Armed Services Committee wants to give a raise to members of the military, with the biggest raises going to junior, enlisted members of the armed forces. This effort is being opposed by the White House who want a much smaller pay increase. In a statement the White House said that they "strongly oppose" a large pay increase. Members of the House Armed Services Committee told the Washington Times that the lowest-ranking enlisted military members are...
