Sep 22 Watch Live: Trump campaigns in Alabama for Sen. Luther Strange By Catherine Lucey, Kim Chandler, Associated Press Buoyed by the sense the race is newly competitive, Trump heads to Huntsville, Alabama, on Friday to campaign for Sen. Luther Strange, appointed in February to temporarily fill the seat that opened up when Jeff Sessions became attorney general. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 8:04 What’s at stake for Republicans in Alabama’s runoff election By PBS News Hour Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join William Brangham to discuss Sean Spicer’s Emmys cameo, the runoff election in Alabama, last-ditch GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the Democratic push for… Continue watching
Sep 16 Congressman backs Moore in tight Alabama GOP Senate runoff By Kim Chandler, Associated Press Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore on Saturday picked up the endorsement of Rep. Mo Brooks — who finished third in Alabama's Republican Senate primary — as he heads to a runoff with Sen. Luther Strange. Continue reading
Aug 17 Alabama attorney general sues Birmingham for partially covering Confederate monument By Joshua Barajas Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a statement that the move violated a new law that prohibits local officials from removing historical structures, including Confederate monuments, that are more than 40 years old. Continue reading
Aug 15 Strange, Moore head for runoff in Alabama GOP primary to fill Sessions’ Senate seat By Associated Press Sen. Luther Strange and former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore are headed to a Republican primary runoff to fill the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Continue reading
Aug 05 Controversial appointment clouds U.S. Senate race in Alabama By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Alabama Sen. Luther Strange got his appointment to Congress earlier this year from a governor who later resigned under the cloud of an ethics scandal. Continue reading
Aug 02 What these Southerners reciting Walt Whitman verses can teach us about America By Elizabeth Flock For her new project "Whitman in Alabama," Jennifer Crandall spent two years crisscrossing the state and asking Alabamians to recite Whitman to find the threads that tie us together as a nation. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 8:52 Alabama residents left with one insurance option under ACA By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo The Affordable Care Act mandated that all Americans obtain health insurance and created marketplaces, also known as exchanges, to facilitate coverage for the uninsured. But now, enrollees in five states, including Alabama, have only one option for insurance. PBS NewsHour… Continue watching
May 22 Supreme Court strikes down 2 redrawn districts in N.C. over racial bias By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices ruled that Republicans who controlled the state legislature and governor's office in 2011 placed too many African-Americans in the two districts. The result was to weaken African-American voting strength elsewhere in North Carolina. Continue reading
May 20 Alabama’s GOP approves new maps; Dems vow repeat court fight By Kim Chandler, Associated Press Alabama's GOP-dominated legislature redrew legislative maps Friday under court order to fix racial gerrymandering. Continue reading