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7 Things: Trump sours on trade deal with China, Tuberville up big, more Obamagate disclosures and more …
7. Charles Barkley was never going to be governor
Previously, NBA’s Charles Barkley has said that he’d like to be the governor of Alabama,...
7 Things: Legislature passes budgets that include CARES Act funding agreement, more deaths projected in Alabama, Democrats pretend they are gearing up for another...
7. Trump has been taking medication to prevent coronavirus
In an effort to keep from getting the coronavirus, President Donald Trump has been...
Power and Influence: Alabamians in D.C.
The state of Alabama has over the years sent leaders to Washington, D.C. who have etched their names on the country's history in a...
7 Things: Alabama businesses are hurting, future of $1.8 billion in CARES Act funding could be decided Monday, Trump betting on a vaccine but...
7. Obama found time to criticize the coronavirus response
While giving a commencement speech for students graduating from historically black colleges, former President...
VIDEO: No new State House, Ivey at odds with the Alabama legislature again, immunity for businesses from COVID-19 lawsuits and more on Alabama Politics...
Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Alabama Democratic Executive Committee member Lisa Handback take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including:
— Who...
7 Things: Ivey will sign budgets, football will be back in the fall, CDC has new reopening guidelines and more …
7. Alabama's new coronavirus hotspot
While Alabama's recent coronavirus case numbers have seemingly plateaued as a whole, it appears that the state's capital is...
7 Things: Biden wanted Flynn unmasked, COVID-19 lawsuit protection gains steam, no new State House with CARES Act dollars and more …
7. Professor offended by “War Eagle”
Dr. Jesse A. Goldberg, Ph.D. has been hired to be the “Lecturer of African American & American Literature...
7 Things: Underlying conditions a major factor in Alabama coronavirus deaths, Fauci says it is too soon to reopen, different parts of the state...
7. Another stimulus bill could cost $3 trillion
A new stimulus package introduced by House Democrats would include another round of $1,200 stimulus...
Alabama’s top 10 most powerful and influential local officials
Alabama's local officials wield a tremendous amount of influence on public policy and how business gets done. Recent events only serve to underscore the...
7 Things: Alabama one of the most open states, Jones continues supporting Biden, Democrats want to use one time funds for Medicaid expansion and...
7. Sanders probably won’t run for president again
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)said that “it’s very, very unlikely” that he’d launch another presidential...
No, Alabama can’t spend COVID-19 relief funds on Medicaid expansion
MONTGOMERY -- During the (COVID-19) coronavirus pandemic, Democrats and members of the media in Alabama have amped up their continued drum beat for the...
7 Things: Alabama reopening some, both state budgets are done, Alabama coronavirus cases continue to plateau and more …
7. Pence press secretary has coronavirus
Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, has tested positive for coronavirus, but said that she’s...
Some think Alabama opened too soon, lawmakers want to rein in emergency powers, Jones backs Biden and more on Alabama Politics This Week
Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Alabama Democratic Executive Committee member Lisa Handback take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including:
— Governor...
Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth: ‘It is now time to rebuild Alabama’s economy’
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Governor Kay Ivey has reopened Alabama's economy.
At a press conference on Friday, Ivey announced that nearly all businesses in the state may reopen starting...
7 Things: Ivey and the legislature spar over stimulus funds, expanding COVID-19 testing eligibility in Alabama, Trump-Russia case comes undone and more …
7. Joe Biden's accuser's ex-husband knew of "harassment"
On the same day Tara Reade sat down with Megyn Kelly and said she wanted former...
7 Things: Legislator seeks to limit governor’s emergency powers, General Fund and Education Trust Fund budgets advance quickly, a multi-trillion dollar stimulus bill could...
7. Former Alabama Attorney General mixed up in alleged mask scheme
Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King, a failed candidate for Congress, was working...
Will state reclose if cases go up? Plus Baldwin County recovery, Battle’s phase 2 in Huntsville
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Alabama is eight days away from the expiration of Governor Kay Ivey’s public health order.
Areas around the state are in full recovery mode. And...
7 Things: Ivey being pressured to allow more businesses to reopen, McCutcheon scolds the Alabama Senate, another sheriff won’t enforce state health order and...
7. Another investigation into Trump?
Rick Bright, who says he was removed as director of Biomedical Advance Research and Development Authority after acting as...
CrossFit owner invites Ivey to his gym, calls state’s regulations ‘seemingly arbitrary’
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Alabama is nine days away from the expiration of Governor Kay Ivey’s public health order.
More businesses reopened this week. Others have offered pleas for...
7 Things: Death projections spike, Alabama AG says we may see changes to state health orders, one Democrat shows up as the Alabama State...
7. Multiple Alabama cities are getting a military flyover today
In Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, Auburn, Tuscaloosa, Dothan, Mobile and Tuskegee there will be...
7 Things: Alabama public health official praises state on national TV, schools could reopen this summer, sheriff refuses to enforce ‘Safer at Home’ order...
7. Biden denies sexual assault allegation
For a little too long, former Vice President Joe Biden stayed silent on the allegation that he sexually...
Picture perfect weekend on the coast; Some national retailers yet to reopen
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Alabama is 11 days away from the expiration of Governor Kay Ivey’s "Safer at Home" order.
The first full weekend under Ivey's new public health...
VIDEO: Alabama is now ‘safer-at-home,’ Alabama legislature to focus on budgets, Biden attempts to avoid scrutiny and more on Alabama Politics This Week
Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Alabama Democratic Executive Committee member Lisa Handback take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including:
— Did...
7 Things: Democrats will not return to Montgomery for session, Birmingham getting aggressive with its citizens, unemployment continues to boom in Alabama and more...
7. Teen charged in Voice of Auburn Tigers Rod Bramblett’s death sentenced to house arrest
Johnston Taylor, 17, has been charged with manslaughter...