Politics – Page 34

Alabama lawmakers face decisions on federal COVID funds, pistol permits in 2022

January 6, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason Alabama lawmakers face decisions on how to spend hundreds of millions in one-time federal dollars on top of historically large amounts of state tax money when they begin their annual session January 11. […]

Alabama lawmakers to receive pay raise next year

December 23, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason Alabama lawmakers are getting a raise next year, a boost based on a constitutional amendment that voters approved in 2012. The amendment sets legislators’ salaries at the median household income for Alabama as […]

Alabama lawmakers file bill mirroring Texas’ fetal heartbeat, $10K ‘bounty’ abortion law

December 16, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Howard Koplowitz Nearly two dozen Republican state lawmakers filed a bill mirroring a Texas law banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy and allowing anyone to sue a woman who has an abortion for $10,000. The bill, […]

Artur Davis cannot pursue racial discrimination claim against nonprofit, judge rules

December 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

By The Associated Press A Black attorney who represented Alabama in Congress for four terms and ran for governor can’t pursue a racial discrimination claim against the nonprofit legal organization he once headed, a federal appeals […]

Alabama mourns slain veteran lawman Madison ‘Skip’ Nicholson: He was a legend’

December 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson A 78-year-old Alabama lawman killed when he answered a domestic call is being remembered for his devotion to his community, his family and law enforcement. Madison “Skip” Nicholson was shot to death late […]

Rep. Lauren Boebert suggested Rep. Ilhan Omar was terrorist in anti-Muslim remarks at event

December 3, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Andrew Kaczynski (CNN)Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado apologized to “anyone in the Muslim community I offended” on Twitter Friday after video surfaced of her making anti-Muslim comments last weekend about Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar […]

Method to the GOP’s Assault on Harris

December 3, 2021 Bouldin 0

Earl Ofari Hutchinson There is no other way to put it. The overwhelming majority of Americans think Vice President Kamala Harris is doing a lousy job as vice president. So poor, that her rating in […]

Alabama’s new congressional, legislative districts racially gerrymandered, lawsuits argue

November 26, 2021 Bouldin 0

By The Associated Press A pair of lawsuits announced Monday are challenging Alabama’s new congressional and legislative districts as racially gerrymandered to diminish the voting power of Black and minority voters. The lawsuits argue the […]

Shelby reportedly spending $5 million to back Britt; Brooks says Alabama Senate seat not an ‘inheritance’

November 19, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Leada Gore Retiring Alabama Senator Richard Shelby will spend $5 million of his campaign funds to boost Katie Britt’s bid to replace him, according to a report citing anonymous sources. The Washington Post reported Shelby has […]

Democrats’ Failure at the Federal Level Causes Catastrophic Losses in Virginia, Elsewhere

November 19, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a state that President Joe Biden won by ten percentage points one year ago, the incumbent Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe not only […]