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US Supreme Court’s uneven rulings in election lead-up causing chaos, experts say When the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Texas’ gerrymandered congressional map to take effect in December, its conservative majority wrote that a lower court had “improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign” when it blocked the map more than three months before the election. Now, as News From the States examines here, the Supreme Court is the one upending elections. For the past two decades, the Supreme...
June 16, 2026 - MONTGOMERY, Ala. - It is rare for a down‑ballot race in Alabama to draw national attention, but that is exactly what has happened in the final hours before voters decide the Republican nominee for the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC). Former State Auditor Jim Zeigler, who is challenging incumbent Commissioner Chris Beeker III, has become the focus of a June 15 New York Times feature highlighting his unusual campaign message: a promise to serve as a "Watchman" over the r...
June 13, 2026 – VESTAVIA Hills – Congressman Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) spoke to the Mid Alabama Republican Club (MARC). Moore is seeking election to the U.S. Senate in the June 16 Republican primary. "I built my garbage company from the ground up," Moore said. He had been recruited by local Republicans to run for office but declined due to the demands of his business. "When President (Barak) Obama said we are no longer a Christian nation, I told my wife, Heather, that if they asked again I wou...
June 14, 2026 - HOOVER, Ala. – The Alabama Republican Party State Steering Committee voted unanimously to reject the challenge by Ken McFeeters of Senator Tommy Tuverville's Alabama residency. McFeeters was the second place finisher in the May 19 Republican primary. He claimed that Tuberville did not meet the standard for Alabama set by the Alabama Constitution to hold a constitutional office. McFeeters argued that Tuberville – who owns a $6 million beach home in Santa Rosa, Florida – has not r...
June 13, 2026 - Washington - The United States military has killed Héctor "El Niño" Guerrero, the top commander of the Venezuelan criminal syndicate Tren de Aragua, in what President Donald Trump described as a "swift and lethal kinetic strike" carried out earlier this week. Trump announced the operation late Friday on Truth Social, saying U.S. forces acted "in full coordination with our friends in Venezuela, with whom we are working very well." He released a short video clip showing a p...
June 13, 2026 – HOOVER, Ala. – The John Wahl campaign for Lieutenant Governor received a boost when country music superstar Lee Greenwood performed for free for John Wahl supporters. Greenwood has had dozens of hits in his 65+ yearlong performing career; but his 'God Bless the USA' song has achieved music immortality. Greenwood open with, "Dixie Road" and followed that up with his musical version of "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America." Steve McClinton – a Hoove...
California's high‑speed rail project has now consumed more than $18 billion in public funds, according to the latest state disclosures-yet not a single mile of operational track has been laid. The project, first approved by voters in 2008, has become one of the most expensive and delayed public works efforts in modern U.S. history. A Costly Start With Limited Visible Progress Since construction began in 2013, spending has flowed into a wide range of early‑stage and foundational work, inclu...
Americans are proactive homeowners, but this country beats them in DIY home repairs There is always something: a leaky faucet, chipping paint, gutters full of leaves or a room that no longer works the way it used to. Homeownership comes with a permanent background hum of maintenance, repairs and decisions that can only be ignored for so long. What homeowners do next depends a lot on where they live. A new international study from Angi, a home services marketplace, found that Americans are among...
Left behind: Why small-town Americans are waiting longer for healthcare Somewhere in America, a woman with a late-stage cancer diagnosis is sitting in a nursing home on a Friday afternoon. She has chosen to stop active treatment. All she wants now is comfort, seamless pain relief, and the dignity of a gentle, supported care plan. The skilled nursing facility produced a thick paper packet of discharge information. But missing from that package is the one instruction that matters most: an order...
Carriers hold firm on fuel surcharges despite emerging US-Iran peace plans The midpoint of June 2026 demonstrated that the world is moving away from broad, sweeping border surcharges toward highly targeted, regulatory trade walls. The United States actively advanced its strategy to replace expiring emergency surcharges with permanent Section 301 labor tariffs, while successfully utilizing massive Section 232 pharmaceutical duties to force international drug manufacturers into onshoring...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Hearing on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 President’s Budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation. She spoke with witnesses Lieutenant General William H. Graham, Jr., Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Adam Telle, Assistant Secretary of the Army to discuss several Alabama inf...
June 3, 2026 – MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Democratic Party has posted a list of qualified candidates for the August 11 special primaries. Representative, 1st District - Clyde Jones US Representative, 2nd District - Shomari C. Figures US Representative, 6th District - Jacob Bouma-Sims US Representative, 6th District - Ashtyn Kennedy US Representative, 6th District - Maurice Mercer US Representative, 6th District - Keith Pilkington US Representative, 7th District - Terri Sewell State Sen...
HOOVER, Ala. - The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) announced today that candidate qualifying for the Alabama Senate Districts 25 and 26 Special Primary Election officially closed at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 1. Following the close of qualifying, one Republican candidate successfully qualified for the Special Primary Election: Will Barfoot - State Senate District 25 The Special Primary Election was scheduled in accordance with Governor Kay Ivey's proclamation calling special elections to f...
June 3, 2026 - HOOVER, Ala. - On Tuesday night, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Alabama's redrawn congressional maps originally enacted by the Legislature in 2023, clearing the way for the state to once again use the maps after lower federal courts had previously blocked their implementation. The Alabama Republican Party said that the decision marks a significant victory for Alabama Republicans who have long argued that the Legislature's maps were lawfully enacted and that Alabama voter...
June 3, 2026 - Montgomery, Ala- Democrats have strongly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming states' rights and further limiting the scope of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Supreme Court decision Tuesday to lift the injunction on redistricting in Alabama allows the state to proceed with maps drawn by Alabama's Legislature in 2023 in the 2026 election cycle. Alabama House Democrats called the 2023 map "intentionally discriminatory". The 2023 map was found to be unconstitutional...
June 2, 2026 – MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The August 11 Congressional primary is back on and the state will be using the 2023 map prepared by Alabama's elected Legislators. That had been clearly apparent after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the injunction on the state. Governor Kay Ivey (R) called a special session and the Republican controlled Alabama Legislature voted to jettison the Congressional map drawn by a court appointed special master and go back to the 2023 Congressional map prepared by the L...
A disturbing act of animal cruelty shocked the barrel racing community on Saturday, May 30, when three horses were stabbed inside the equestrian barns at the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa during the National Barrel Horse Association (NBHA) Supershow in Las Vegas. According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), officers arrived shortly after 2 a.m. to find the animals suffering from injuries inflicted by a sharp object, later believed to be a knife. A Teen Competitor Identifi...
Enterprise, Ala. - The National Rifle Association – Political Victory Fund (NRA‑PVF), the nation's largest pro‑Second Amendment advocacy organization, has formally endorsed Congressman Barry Moore in Alabama's race for the United States Senate. In a letter released by the organization, NRA‑PVF leaders praised Moore for what they described as a consistent and reliable record of defending gun rights in Congress. "On behalf of our millions of members around the country, the National Rifle Associa...
May 19, 2026 – Dakarai Larriett and Everett Wess both advanced to the runoff in the Democratic primary. The Senate seat is open due to Senator Tommy Tuberville's decision to run for Governor. Dakarai Larriett received 98,950 votes (29.11%). Everett Wess finished first with 134,507 votes (39.57%). Mark Wheeler finished in third with 59,158 votes (17.40%). Kyle Sweetser finished n fourth with 47,288 votes (13.91%). "We have a republic if we can keep it," Wess said recently on voting rights q...
On May 19 Alabama Democrats went to the polls to select their candidates for the November 3 general election. The big winner was former Senator Doug Jones who bested a half dozen prominent Democrats in his bid to be the Democratic nominee for Governor of Alabama. Jones had 286,612 votes. That's 78.6 percent of the votes cast in the Democratic primary for Governor. Will Boyd had 35,267 votes (9.67%), Jamel J. Brown 15,808 (4.34%), Yolanda Rochelle Flowers 18,230 (5%), Chad "Chig" Martin 5,765 (1....
June 2, 2026 – MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama's first medical marijuana dispensary opens Thursday in Montgomery, marking a historic milestone five years in the making. After five years of rulemaking, license applications, and litigation Alabama will become the 40th state in the country where persons with a legitimate medical need will be able to legally purchase doctor recommended medical marijuana without breaking any state law. Callie's Apothecary, located on Atlanta Highway, becomes the first f...
May 21, 2026 - WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) spoke on the Senate floor to celebrate the Hous's passage of her legislation, Lulu's Law, in the U.S. House of Representatives. Lulu Gribbin is a Mountain Brook, Ala. Teenager who lost her leg and hand to a shark attack. The shark had previously attacked another woman 90 miles away, but that information had not been relayed to the Alabama beach where Miss Gribbin was swimming. "I rise to honor Lulu Gribbin and to celebrate...
June 1, 2026 – BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Former Republican candidate for Governor Ken McFeeters informed the Alabama Gazette that the Alabama Republican Party told him that the party's candidate committee (generally just the 21-member Steering Committee) will consider his challenge to Senator Tommy Tuberville's (R-Alabama) eligibility to be the party's nominee for Governor. Tuberville recently won the Alabama Republican primary with 421,754 votes (85%). McFeeters came in second with 47,166 (9....
ONEONTA, N.Y. - Calling this year's holiday "the most expensive Memorial Day ever," U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday introduced new legislation aimed at dismantling what he described as a decades‑long monopoly in America's meatpacking industry. Speaking at Brooks BBQ in Oneonta, Schumer announced the Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act, a bill designed to increase competition in the meat market, lower grocery prices, and give farmers and small businesses more leverage a...
The evolution of jet memberships: How subscription models are outpacing traditional ownership Private aviation allows passengers to move on individualized schedules. A single itinerary can span commercial hubs from Paris to Shanghai within a 48-hour window. But if private aviation only catered to billionaires with their own aircraft, the industry wouldn’t have reached a nearly $30 billion market in 2025. It would still be a tiny world occupied by ultrawealthy individuals and corporate fleets, wh...
