Former Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl calls data centers ‘a necessary evil’ and calls for quick guidelines to protect communities. His opponent in the lieutenant governor’s race, Democratic State Rep.

This is an opinion column. The audience may have included the guilty. All the better, Doug Jones must have surmised. With less than a week before Alabama voters choose their next governor, the Democratic candidate and attorney made what sounded much like a closing argument to a gathering of business and community leaders at a Rotary Club luncheon in Birmingham on Wednesday. As expected, Jones ...

Republican John Roberts is facing off against Democrat Rudolph Valentino Drake in the District 2 State Senate race in the general election on Tuesday. The race is considered a pivotal one since it is an open seat following the retirement of State Sen. Tom Butler. District 2 includes portions of west Madison County and eastern Limestone County. Roberts shared his views on issues with AL.com on ...

MAX Transit will offer free rides on Election Day as Birmingham voters head to the polls. The Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority, which operates MAX Transit, will waive fares on several services Nov. 3, the day of Alabama’s general election. On election day, MAX Fixed Route, Birmingham Xpress bus rapid transit and Paratransit rides will be free throughout their regular service day. ...

How dare either of you use my abuse, my suffering, or what my children and I have endured for political gain or attention,” Alexis Drummond said in response to Wednesday night’s WHNT debate. She directed some of her sharpest criticism at Wahl,

With only six days left until the general election, many voters will not be able to make it to a polling station to vote in person in Alabama and will cast an absentee ballot. For Alabama voters, absentee voting began on Sept. 9 and this week marks deadlines for individuals to submit absentee ballot applications, according to the Secretary of State’s website. Tuesday was the deadline to send ...

As Alabama prepares to defend its management of prisons in federal court, Katherine Robertson, running to be the state’s next attorney general and top prosecutor, advocated for work done to improve them.

The Trump administration has issued more than 100 subpoenas demanding records on tens of thousands of voters in at least a dozen states, part of an escalating effort ahead of next week’s midterm elections to uncover evidence of unlawful voting by people who aren’t US citizens.

Incumbent State Rep. Marilyn Lands is facing off against business owner Aaron Thomas for the District 10 seat in the Nov. 2 general election. Lands won her Alabama House of Representatives seat in a 2024 special election. District 10 is entirely in Madison County and includes Triana, Redstone Arsenal, South Huntsville and South Madison. Lands, a Democrat, and Thomas, a Republican, shared their ...