Lurleen Wallace

Opinion

Women and young folk prevail in 2022

The underlying prevailing theme emerging from the Alabama political arena this year is that women have arrived politically in the Heart of Dixie.

Steve Flowers

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July 13, 2022

Opinion

Ivey will win

Eight challengers have lined up against Ivey and collectively have spent almost $20 million to unseat the state's most popular governor in decades.

Bill Britt

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May 16, 2022

Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson dies at 99

Patterson was the governor of Alabama from 1959 to 1963.

Brandon Moseley

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June 7, 2021

Retired Alabama Supreme Court Justice Hugh Maddox has died

He won election in 1970 and served on the Court through 2001.

Brandon Moseley

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December 14, 2020

Governor meets with VIP fourth grader

The discussion was described as "wide-ranging and productive." The governor and McGriff covered everything from school to their love of dogs.

Brandon Moseley

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October 31, 2020

Ivey tells PARCA to vote yes on Amendment One

Friday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) addressed the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA) at the annual Albert Brewer Legacy lunch at the Harbert Center in Birmingham. Albert Brewer (D) (1928-1917) was elevated to Governor in 1968 when Lurleen Wallace (D) died in office from cancer. Later in life, while on the faculty at … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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February 3, 2020

Top Ten Alabama political stories of the decade: Part One

Part One of Two. On Wednesday, the 2020s begin. Now is a good time to look back on the top ten Alabama political stories of the decade that ends tomorrow at midnight and the headlines that dominated the second decade of the twenty first century. The Rise of the Alabama Republican Party. In 2010, the … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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December 29, 2019

Zeigler still wants Lurleen Wallace portrait restored to Capitol Rotunda

For decades, the portraits of Alabama Govs. Lurleen Wallace and George Wallace hung in the Capitol rotunda. During the eventful second term of former Gov. Robert Bentley, that policy was changed, arguably by the Alabama Historical Commission, and the portraits in the rotunda became the most current governors, then Bentley and Bob Riley. State Auditor … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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May 8, 2019

Ivey uses inaugural address to call for infrastructure, corrections funding

During her inaugural address Monday, Gov. Kay Ivey, who is beginning her first full term as Alabama’s 54th governor, called on the Legislature to improve the state’s infrastructure and replace aging prisons. The governor was sworn into office Monday morning on the steps of the State Capitol. Ivey used the legacy of Gov. Lurleen Wallace, … Continued

Chip Brownlee

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January 14, 2019