Montgomery County Circuit Court

The fight for control of the Alabama Democratic Party is going back to Montgomery County Circuit Court.  The Alabama Supreme Court on New Year’s Eve dismissed an appeal related to the jurisdiction of the case in which Nancy Worley, the former head of the Alabama Democratic Party, filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop … Continued

Unless a Montgomery County Circuit Court allows a scheduled meeting of the Alabama Democratic Party to go forward on Saturday, it is unlikely that the state will be allowed to seat a single delegate at the Democratic National Convention next summer in Milwaukee.  Those were, essentially, the words of Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez, … Continued

Secretary of State John Merrill is taking legal action against nine noncompliant campaigns who have unpaid campaign finance fines from the last election cycle. Merrill initiated legal action in Montgomery County Circuit Court against eight Democratic candidates and one Republican candidate. New campaign finance laws passed in 2015 went into effect with the start of … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—A bi-partisan civil lawsuit was filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Monday, to halt Gov. Robert Bentley’s “unconstitutionally and unlawfully” spending of State funds on the Gulf State Park Project. SEE FILING The complaint, filed on behalf of Democrat State Representative Johnny Mack Morrow (D-Red Bay) and Republican … Continued

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter TALLAPOOSA COUNTY – Superintendent Joe Windle of the Tallapoosa County School System has revealed that recent funding cuts due to the Alabama Accountability Act have led the school board to cut all of its library aide positions countywide, about four at each individual school. “At the beginning of last … Continued