ALABAMA POLITICS

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The Democratic congressman received the support of Communications Workers of America Local 3902. It represents about 2,500 workers in the Birmingham area. Full story »

If confirmed by the Senate, Kenyen Brown would be the first black U.S. attorney in Alabama history, according to U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, D-Birmingham, who recruited him for the job. Full story »

Jefferson County commissioners used to call banker Charles LeCroy their "Idea Guy." LeCroy got the idea to put together the biggest auction rate securities deals and bond swap transactions in JPMorgan's colossal history in 2002 and 2003. He got the idea to pay off whomever it took to make those deals happen in Jefferson County. You've got to spend money... Full story »

"They say people won't walk a mile to vote for you but they'll walk 100 miles to vote against you," said Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat who won his Alabama seat with just 52 percent of the vote last year. "Well, people walked 100 miles Tuesday." Full story »

DOTHAN, Ala. -- A former member of Gov. Bob Riley's Cabinet says Riley received campaign contributions from Mississippi Indians who operate casinos and that money is influencing Riley's fight against electronic bingo in Alabama. Full story »

The charge by Holmes, D-Montgomery, was strongly denied by Jeff Emerson,Riley's communications director; Ken Wallis, the governor's chief legal adviser; and Byrne.  Full story »

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- After state officials filed a $72 million claim against Greenetrack for back taxes, the head of the sprawling bingo hall in Greene County said Wednesday that it is part of Gov. Bob Riley's anti-bingo campaign. Full story »

Kallon has support of both Alabama senators Full story »

A Huntsville group that supports health care reform is planning to "protest the protestors" this afternoon when the Huntsville Tea Party group gathers on Clinton Avenue to ask House members to vote against a health care reform bill.  Full story »

"Let me tell you, Hitler used some of the same tactics we see our own government using against us right now," Glenn Frazier told the crowd. "When he started taking some things that were said about our good news media, the Fox News, and tried to get rid of them. They have to stand up and force that issue." Full story »

Democrat Elaine Beech won a special election for the state House of Representatives on Tuesday, according to unofficial returns, but the vote was closer than some expected. Full story »

Paul Hubbert, executive secretary of the Alabama Education Association, said he expects the number to be at least 4,000 jobs, about 2,500 of which are teaching positions. He said the stimulus money allowed schools -- which are in the midst of two years of budget cuts known as proration -- to keep all of their state-funded teacher units. Full story »

Riley's letter, dated Friday, criticizes Alabama Attorney General Troy King for keeping to himself a 2004 letter in which a federal Indian gaming official expressed his view that some electronic bingo games in Alabama were essentially slot machines. King said that he didn't share the letter with Riley because it hadn't occurred to him that Riley might not have received a copy from federal officials. Full story »

Brown's nomination, one of a half-dozen scheduled for consideration at the Thursday morning meeting, is likely to win easy committee approval, particularly since Sen. Jeff Sessions of Mobile, the panel's top Republican, is expected to support it, according to a spokesman.  Full story »

What do you call Steve Sayler walking away from Birmingham City Hall? A good start. What do you say of the city locking its finance director out of his office as it tries to learn why Sayler's math was $21 million off? Too little. Too late. It is the story of Interim Mayor Carole Smitherman's short tenure as mayor. Perhaps... Full story »