7. The University of South Alabama removed a section from its Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program website that advertised training on “implicit bias” and “microaggression,” along with a book club featuring titles such as “The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care” and “The Turnaway Study,” to comply with Alabama’s Senate Bill 129 banning DEI training.

6. Alabama lawmakers expressed anger over cost overruns and delays on the $1.25 billion Governor Kay Ivey Complex prison project in Elmore County after contractor Caddell Construction missed the October 15 completion deadline, with the facility over 85 percent complete and the state withholding $14.2 million in penalties, as State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) said, “We set ourselves up for failure,” after starting construction with plans only 60 to 70 percent complete, while State Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa) called it “another example of the comprehensive failure of our state government to manage the Alabama Department of Corrections.”

5.Fenn Church took his property rights dispute with Alabama Power directly to Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) on the eve of expected tree clearing, posting that bulldozers had reached within 80 yards of his south property line and telling Tuberville at a Shelby County Republican event, “I told him the bull dozers are 80 yards from my property tonight. He told me he is still trying to work a solution with Alabama power.

4. Mobile Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis announced that one city employee was fired and two others placed on administrative leave with pay after a $14.7 million scam diverted a payment intended for construction on the city’s new arena project, stating there was no evidence of an “inside job” and that “To be clear, nothing we have learned suggests this was an ‘inside job,’” while urging the public to “direct your anger at the criminals.”

3. President Donald Trump doubled down on his complete endorsement of State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, while branding U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) “Reckless, Radical, and Dangerous” for voting against the One Big Beautiful Bill’s no tax on tips, overtime, and Social Security, as Figures responded that “I’m sure Rhett Marques begged Trump to post all these lies because Rhett knows he’s in big trouble in a district drawn just for him.”

2. The Madison County Values Check website puts 11 Huntsville-area Democrat candidates on the record ahead of the November 3 election by compiling their statements with sourced quotes, including Hanu Karlapalem calling America “a full-fledged dictatorship” and calling for boycotts of “White dominated churches,” Rudolph Drake facing a 2022 Florida court finding of stalking, and Jason M. Jones saying “I’m not a candidate who’s saying I’m tough on crime because I’m not,” while allowing users to enter an address to view relevant races.

1. Republicans beating expectations in Arizona and Texas while holding strong in Michigan, Oregon, Maine, and Iowa, with some reports of neutral trends in Wisconsin, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New York, but blue wave concerns in Nebraska, Ohio, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, and Kansas, and a “blue tsunami” in Virginia, North Carolina, and New Jersey, but Speaker Mike Johnson sees it another way and thinks Democrats’ far-left shift that will “juice enthusiasm” for the GOP by creating a stark contrast between “common sense” and “crazy,” arguing polls “are grossly underestimating Republican enthusiasm around the country.”

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.