Logjam set up to block vote on Obama's nominee for 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.... More

Smith, who was first elected to the position in 2001, has worked in the clerk's office for nearly 38 years. She is credited with modernizing and digitizing the extensive record-keeping system of the circuit clerk's office.... More

The video of Alabama fans torturing an unconscious LSU rube in a New Orleans Krystal is like the sports equivalent of Bull Connor's attack dogs. The worst in Alabama have been allowed to define the rest.... More

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- A candidate for district judge in Baldwin County asked to have her own child custody case records sealed, citing her campaign, but they were reopened when the other party objected, according to online files.... More

MOBILE, Alabama -- Christian Smith, a 25-year-old graduate of the University of South Alabama, has announced her candidacy for the office of Mobile County treasurer.... More

The governor said he wants to come up with programs to address the state's problem with obesity.... More

Jefferson County will receive $7.8 million and the city of Birmingham will receive $6.4 million. The city of Tuscaloosa will receive $16.6 million.... More

The Bessemer Cutoff resident had signed up to run for a court seat based in the Birmingham division, a separate part of the 10th Judicial Circuit.... More

Parker is a candidate for Madison County Commission Chairman in the March 13 Republican Primary.... More

WASHINGTON --- A packed Washington D.C. courtroom this morning heard a panel of three federal judges debate whether certain parts of the country, including Alabama, still need federal government supervision of their elections to avoid discriminating against minority voters. Shelby...... More