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Jamie Cooper drops out of Limestone County probate judge race

Cooper, who owns ATV cable station in Athens, withdrew from the race because of the possible Federal Communications Commissions regulations requiring equal time be given to all candidates.... More

Jeff Cooper running for Madison County Commission as Democrat

Spurned by local Republicans, Jeff Cooper found a safe haven with the Democrats in his desire to run for the Madison County Commission District 3 seat. Cooper was denied a place on the Republican ballot the same night that Tom Butler was rejected.... More

Newt Gingrich wins Baldwin County straw poll (Political Skinny)

Editor’s Note: "The Political Skinny" is an inside look at Alabama politics prepared by the staff of the Press-Register. For more information, e-mail skinny@press-register.com or call 251-219-5623.... More

Fairhope: 'Dyas Triangle' motions denied by federal appeals court

Fairhope had appealed a lower court decision to deny the city's attempt to recover $1.24 million in legal fees from the Dyas family, documents show. The Dyases appealed a lower court order that struck down various lawsuit allegations against Fairhope and Mayor Tim Kant.... More

Pariah to 'hero' -- how Judge Virgil Pittman transformed Mobile and his own image (photo gallery)

MOBILE, Alabama -- Few figures have undergone as great a transformation in their public image as Virgil Pittman.... More

Bingo Trial Lite: Everything you wanted, and less

It's hard to imagine things going worse for the prosecution than they did last year. But this trial? It already seems like a case study on all that can go wrong.... More

AEA's Rex Cheatham running for Morgan County Circuit Clerk

Cheatham, the Alabama Education Association's Huntsville representative, is the sole Democrat on the ballot for Morgan County Circuit Clerk. Cheatham, a native and resident of Decatur, will in November face the winner of the Republican primary.... More

Prosecutors dispute claim that they withheld information in Alabama vote-buying case

In a court filing today, prosecutors say the information was made available to defense teams six months before last summer's trial.... More

Jefferson County manager, some commissioners disagree on helping with city elections

The matter appears to be the first time that Tony Petelos and some commissioners have differed publicly over a policy matter.... More

White House endorses Birmingham's plans for 50-year commemoration of events of 1963

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's liaison to the nation's mayors said today that the White House will support next year's multi-city tourism effort to commemorate the anniversary of major civil rights events of 1963.Birmingham Mayor William Bell at the National...... More