Why did the chicken cross the road?To qualify as a Republican.... More

WASHINGTON -- An Alabama congressman said Tuesday that an apparent delay in extending a federal illegal immigration program statewide is a politically driven response to the state's controversial immigration crackdown.... More

Tommy Bice, who took over on Jan. 1, said he opposes Gov. Robert Bentley's plans to unify the state education budget with the operating budget for non-education agencies.... More

Hawk switched to the Republican Party in December 2010 with 27 of the 29 members of the Marshall County Republican Party Executive Committee voting the following month to ask Hawk to remain a Democrat.... More

But one of the Democratic Party's lawyers said during a hearing today that party officials would not try to collect if Sorensen does not file any similar lawsuits during the 2012 election cycle.... More

Helen Shores Lee ruled courts cannot dictate contents of election ballots... More

Here is the story I wrote for Sunday's paper about Shelby County's challenge to key sections of the Voting Rights Act, which will be debated Thursday before a federal appeals court in downtown Washington.WASHINGTON -- Shelby County's cru­sade to end...... More

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Baldwin County commissioners voted unanimously to adopt international building codes that should help decrease insurance costs for homeowners, officials said.... More

The March 13 primary elections in Marshall County will feature Republicans trying to win their party's nomination in races for two judgeships, two county commission seats, the probate judgeship and a county school board seat.... More

The ballot for Escambia County's March 13 primary election has been finalized with all the candidates filing their qualifying paperwork, according to a story in the Brewton Standard.... More