ALABAMA POLITICS

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Alabama is at it again. It's the old hot-button bash, the bait-and-switch itch. Don't look at our shortcomings. Not when you can ... Oh my God, Look at them! Who is them? Take your pick. It used to be black people and hippies, but it might be Mexicans. It might even be artsy folks with cracks on their wine bottles,... Full story »

Rev. Jesse Jackson blasted U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, D-Birmingham, for voting against the House health care bill. Full story »

The suit, filed by members of the Mobile County Democratic Executive Committee, "does not demonstrate the existence of a compelling state interest ... to justify interference in this internal political dispute," the judge wrote. Full story »

Final confirmation may come in days Full story »

The Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill has a story on the Rev. Jesse Jackson's comments last night that seem to target Rep. Artur Davis, D-Birmingham. Here is the link. Davis was the only black member of Congress to vote against the House version of the health care bill. In the story, Davis declines "to engage in an argument with him... Full story »

A former assistant U.S. attorney from Daphne, Ala., said today that she will join the race for attorney general. Michel Nicrosi, 45, said she plans to file papers with the Secretary of State's office on Thursday to run for the post as a Democrat in 2010. Full story »

ROBERTSDALE, Ala. -- Education foundation members from around Baldwin met today to discuss countywide efforts to improve education and deal with issues such as school funding. Full story »

Rep. Bill Dukes, D-Decatur, announced on Sept. 11 that he would not run again. But the 82-year-old Dukes told The Decatur Daily that after thinking about the needs of his district, he wants to continue in Alabama House District 8 seat that serves part of Decatur and Morgan County. Full story »

Rep. Bill Dukes, D-Decatur, said Sept. 11 he wouldn't run again Full story »

Rep. Bill Dukes, D-Decatur, announced on Sept. 11 that he would not run again. But the 82-year-old Dukes told The Decatur Daily that after thinking about the needs of his district, he wants to continue in Alabama House District 8 seat that serves part of Decatur and Morgan County. Full story »

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The Birmingham-based Alabama Citizens Action Program - which refers to itself as the state's "moral compass" - gave its blessing Wednesday to Gov. Bob Riley and the Alabama Baptist State Convention for their stance on gambling. More than 60 pastors stood with ALCAP executive director Joe Godfrey at Whitesburg Baptist at the close of the two-day... Full story »

Gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne unveiled a 10-point ethics overhaul Tuesday that he promised would be the most sweeping reform ever offered in Alabama -- and he took a shot at one of his opponents in the Republican field. Full story »

We don't need another election. Elections gave us Larry Langford, for Pete's sake, and Bernard Kincaid before him. And we had months to prepare then. Now we have 20 days for Birmingham to elect a rush job mayor. And if no one else qualifies before close of business today, we'll still see 14 people in the mix. Fourteen. We don't... Full story »

Gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne today unveiled a 10-point ethics overhaul that he promised would be the most sweeping reforms ever offered. Full story »

WASHINGTON -- Resorting to a tactic he once denounced, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, unsuccessfully sought today to block the nomination of a federal appeals court candidate through the parliamentary technique known as the filibuster. Full story »