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Faulkner University to honor Todd Strange with honorary doctorate

On Monday, Aug. 19, Faulkner University will present Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange with an honorary doctorate at the University’s 2019 Convocation. Faulkner University will be honoring Mayor Todd Strange during the university’s annual convocation ceremony with the presentation of an honorary doctorate as a way to thank the outgoing mayor for his contributions to the … Continued
August 14, 2019

Alabama NAACP will hold voting rights vigils tonight

The Alabama NAACP has announced that they are holding voting rights vigils in Alabama’s four largest cities tonight to protest what they feel are a weakening of voting rights in this country. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law on August 6, 1965 and will be 54 years old today. There will … Continued
August 6, 2019

Coleman, Dismukes declare their candidacies for Congress

Thursday, two candidates announced they would be seeking the Republican nomination for the open House District Two congressional seat. CD2 is currently represented by Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) who announced last Friday that she would not seek a sixth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. State Representative Will Dismukes, R-Prattville, age 29, announced that … Continued
August 2, 2019

House District 74 candidates’ forum

Thursday, the three candidates seeking the vacant House District 74 seat met in a forum at Dalraida United Methodist Church in Montgomery. Republicans, former Montgomery School Board President Charlotte Meadows and attorney Michael Fritz will meet in the Republican primary runoff on August 27. The winner of the runoff will face former Montgomery NAACP President … Continued
August 2, 2019

Morgan County is sixth to adopt online business filings

On Monday, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced that Morgan County has become the sixth county in Alabama to adopt an online filings process for the formation of domestic LLCs and domestic for-profit business corporations. This service is offered at no cost to Alabama’s 67 counties by the Secretary of State’s Office. As additional … Continued
August 1, 2019

House District 74 forum in Montgomery on Thursday

The two candidates competing in the upcoming Republican primary runoff election for the House District 74 seat will join with the Alabama Democratic Party’s nominee to participate in a campaign forum on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. The event is being sponsored by ARSEA/APEAL, a 19,000-member statewide organization that represents public retirees and active employees eligible … Continued
July 31, 2019

Chambliss will not run for Congress

State Sen. Clyde Chambliss, R-Prattville, on Monday, made his decision regarding the open Second Congressional District seat that incumbent Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, is vacating at the end of her present term. “I will not be a candidate for Congress,” Chambliss announced on his Facebook page. “As has been reported, I have spent the last several … Continued
July 30, 2019

Moore supports Trump Administration’s resumption of executions

On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr announced that he has ordered Hugh Hurwitz who heads the federal Bureau of Prisons to begin scheduling executions. The Justice Department also announced the names of the first five prisoners to be executed. The executions resume beginning with Daniel Lee Lewis on December 11. There have been no … Continued
July 29, 2019

SPLC says resuming federal executions is a step in the wrong direction

Attorney General Bill Barr has directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to clear the way for the federal government to resume capital punishment. The attorney general has further directed the acting director of the BOP, Hugh Hurwitz, to schedule the executions of five death-row inmates convicted of murdering children and the elderly. While the state … Continued
July 26, 2019

Rogers reports $697,688 in campaign cash

Congressman Mike Rogers, R-Saks, reports raising $410,592.64 in cash during the first half of 2019. Federal candidates are required to report their campaign finance reports every six months with the Federal Elections Committee. Rogers reported receipts of $410,592.64, campaign expenditures of $240,590.59 and a cash balance on June 30 of $697,688.08. No Republican primary challenger … Continued
July 23, 2019