Alabama politics

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Electric Cooperatives PAC backs Jay Mitchell in Alabama AG race

Group cites Mitchell’s commitment to rural issues, energy policy, and leadership

July 8, 2025

The danger of myth, the power of truth

To move forward, we must reject grievance-driven nostalgia and reclaim truth as a civic virtue.

July 7, 2025

ALGOP promotes Burniston to dual role in communications and legislative affairs

Jeannie Negrón Burniston will help shape the Party’s 2026 policy agenda while continuing to lead its media and messaging strategy.

July 3, 2025

Why don’t your kids deserve a better education?

The CHOOSE Act is giving kids in wealthy families great opportunities. Maybe they just deserve it more than your kids.

July 3, 2025

“Forget it, Jake”

The film "Chinatown" unravels the layers of ethical dilemmas and institutional corruption, revealing a world where right and wrong are blurred.

June 21, 2024

Women rule in Alabama politics

Women rule in Alabama politics and my guess is that this trend will not diminish in years to come.

January 11, 2023

There’s conservative and then there’s Conservative

One is consistent, principled and solution-oriented. The other seems hell-bent on picking fights.

December 15, 2022

Stephanie Manning to announce candidacy for Limestone County Commission

Manning is a social worker and serves on the executive board of the Alabama chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

January 17, 2022

UA political science professor Bill Stewart has died

Stewart was a professor of political science and an expert in Alabama politics. He was 81.

January 6, 2021

How has coronavirus affected Alabama politics?

As we end the first half of 2020, there is no doubt that the coronavirus is the story of the year. The coronavirus saga of 2020 and its devastation of the nation’s and state’s economic well-being may be the story of the decade. How has the coronavirus affected Alabama politics? The answer is negligibly, if … Continued

June 24, 2020