ALABAMA POLITICS

Latest AL State House, Legislature and Elections News

Horn served in the Senate from 1985-94. Full story »

Baldwin County has made a list of the top 100 "most conservative-friendly" counties in the United States by The Daily Caller, a Washington-based political news Web site. Full story »

Alabama's governor and attorney general agree about one thing when it comes to bingo: The debate has taken up way too much of the legislature's time. But what to do about it remains an energy-sapping point of contention between the two Republicans.  Full story »

State Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks criticized U.S. Rep. Artur Davis of Birmingham for not saying whether he supports forms of gambling such as slot machines, card games, craps, roulette and sports betting. The Davis campaign, in turn, said it was "embarrassing" that Sparks does not know that that federal law restricts all but a handful of states from legalizing sports betting.  Full story »

Former Rep. Bud Cramer says he can manage both worlds but hometown will always come first Full story »

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Gov. Bob Riley is using national Sunshine Week to encourage passage of legislation aimed at increasing government transparency. Full story »

Dear Newsweek, What must we do? Your illustrious magazine recently printed a series of essays detailing contenders for the nation's most "dysfunctional, unethical, and corrupt" state. Alabama was -- say it ain't so -- not among the finalists. This must be some mistake. This must be what that 13-0 Auburn football team felt like back in 2004: Unbeaten. Untied. Uninvited... Full story »

Asked what role he could play in changing snapper regulations, given that governors have no input with the federal agencies involved, James said he would "form a union of clear-minded, common-sense governors" and try to "put some balance and reasonableness into the snapper limits."  Full story »

House leaders are planning to use a "deem and pass" procedure to craft a rule deeming the Senate bill enacted without a direct vote. Republicans have charged the tactic, proposed by Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., is a way to hide how lawmakers vote on a possibly politically damaging issue. Full story »

Officials push for Legislature to act Full story »

The Rocket City Democrats will host a meet and greet on March 24 for all Democratic candidates for the 5th Congressional District, including Steve Raby, Taze Shepard and Mitchell Howie. Full story »

Attorney General Troy King's campaign has rejected as much as $100,000 that groups tied to gambling interests tried to contribute, and the charge that he knowingly took gambling money is an "outright lie," a King spokesman said. Full story »

With school systems borrowing money to pay bills, and possibly having to lay off thousands more teachers this summer, some Alabama education leaders are banding together to ask the state to pass a less-rosy budget than Gov. Bob Riley has proposed.  Full story »

Among other features, Dodd's bill would create an agency within the Federal Reserve to protect consumers from financial abuse. The measure also seeks to end taxpayer-funded bailouts of companies supposedly "too big to fail." Dodd intends to bring the bill up for action by the Banking Committee next week.  Full story »

First system revamp in decades. Full story »