Alabama headlines and updates

8+ hour, 56+ min ago   (358+ words) U.S. Senator Katie Britt has been named a “Federal Champion” by the American Flood Coalition for her work supporting flood resilience, disaster preparedness and water forecasting programs in Alabama and nationwide. The nonpartisan coalition announced the recognition Thursday, making Britt the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (618+ words) The more things change, the more they stay the same, is a very succinct adage, especially when it comes to politics. Faces and places and races change in politics, but one thing that stays the same is, the candidate who…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (125+ words) Already received your absentee ballot but don’t want to take a chance with mailing it and having it not arrive in time? Madison has 14 secure absentee ballot drop boxes scattered around the city. Mitchell Schmidt covers state government and politics…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (428+ words) U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) believes the U.S. needs to rethink its relationship with its southern neighbor because the country violated international law. The Mexican government, using the military, seized Vulcan Material’s deep-water port in Quintana Roo, Mexico, in 2023. Earlier this week,…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (201+ words) U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) agrees with President Donald Trump that some changes need to be made at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. Lonnie G. Bunch III, the first Black secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a historian who previously founded the…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (712+ words) ​One year ago today, a shot rang out in Orem, Utah, on the campus of Utah Valley University. Hundreds of students flocked to campus to watch Charlie Kirk spar with opponents, and instead got a front-row seat to one of…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (216+ words) Absentee voting is now underway for Alabama’s November 3, 2026, general election, according to the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office. The start of absentee voting comes Wednesday, September 9. Voters who qualify to vote absentee may request and return ballots through their county’s…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (890+ words) U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) is rejecting the idea that the Club for Growth, the national conservative group increasingly involved in Alabama politics, is out-of-state “dark money.” Political columnist Steve Flowers has hung that label on the Club in recent months....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (890+ words) U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) is rejecting the idea that the Club for Growth, the national conservative group increasingly involved in Alabama politics, is out-of-state “dark money.” Political columnist Steve Flowers has hung that label on the Club in recent months....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (704+ words) Former ALGOP Chair Terry Lathan told the North Mobile Republican Women’s Club on Tuesday that closed-primary legislation will be back in 2027 – and that a Governor Tuberville could get it across the line. Lathan, of Mobile, served as state GOP chair…...