Politics

Alabama bill wouldn’t recognize drivers licenses held by undocumented immigrants

March 12, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek Alabama lawmakers are looking to bar undocumented immigrants with out-of-state licenses from driving legally in Alabama. The new bill targets a class of licenses currently issued in just a few states. Sponsor Sen. Arthur Orr, […]

Longtime Alabama lawmaker to resign, plead guilty in federal corruption case

March 12, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Hannah Denham After serving more than 40 years in the Alabama legislature, Rep. John Rogers will resign and plead guilty to federal felony charges in a kickback scheme that also brought down his longtime assistant and […]

Transparency Test

March 5, 2024 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Alabama Senate Grapples with Gambling Legislation and Public Meeting Agendas In the Alabama State Senate Tourism Committee, a significant issue has surfaced following a public hearing that occurred without prior inclusion on […]

Alabama bill would protect IVF treatments after court’s frozen embryo ruling

February 27, 2024 Bouldin 0

By William Thornton A bill filed today in the Alabama House would provide that any fertilized human egg or human embryo outside of a uterus “is not considered an unborn child or human being for any […]

Johnson: 52 years ago, Shirley Chisholm launched historic presidential bid; did George Wallace doom it?

February 6, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column. We will elect a female President—just not this year. Nikki Haley is crawling home to South Carolina which once elected her governor and the state that will soon be […]

Democrats allocate $35 million for outreach, but overlook Black press in bid for diverse voter support

January 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent In what the Democratic Party is calling a bid to secure control of the U.S. House in the upcoming November elections, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) […]

Joe Reed: Biden campaign’s handpicking’ delegates ‘an insult to Black voters in Alabama’

January 23, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Alander Rocha & Alabama Reflector The Alabama Democratic Party’s vice-chair for minority affairs accused President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign of “handpicking personal Delegates” in a letter sent earlier this month. Joe Reed, who also serves as the […]