4+ hour, 59+ min ago  (126+ words) Did you catch Capitol Journal this week? We are recapping the big primary election and looking forward to how the runoffs will shape up. Alex reports on the Senate primary and what comes next. Jeff reports on Alabama's America 250 kickoff…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago  (217+ words) MONTGOMERY, Ala. " Several Republican and Democratic candidates have signed up to run in special primary elections for new congressional districts as planned in a recent special session of the Alabama Legislature. The special elections are set for August 11 in Alabama…...

5+ hour, 47+ min ago  (245+ words) MONTGOMERY, Ala. " Three days after the election, Alabama's 2026 primary results are set. Out of the 3. 81 million registered voters in the state, 879, 785 Alabamians went out to the polls to cast a ballot on Tuesday. That's a voter turnout of 23. 12%. Viewing election…...

5+ hour, 36+ min ago  (298+ words) Alabama set another record for payroll jobs in April, but the state's labor force participation rate fell to 57. 3%, remaining 4. 5 percentage points below the national rate, according to preliminary state and federal labor data. The Alabama Department of Workforce said Friday…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1137+ words) President Donald Trump's'political'revenge tour'met its potential match this week as angry, upset Republican senators, pushed to a breaking point by his seemingly insatiable and outlandish demands " particularly a'$1. 776 billion fund'for'Jan. 6 rioters'and others he believes were wrongly prosecuted " did the unthinkable....

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (448+ words) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. "Alabama's new Teacher of the Year, Elizabeth Eubanks Von Hofe, received the keys to a new car this week during a special assembly at Spanish Fort Elementary School. She will drive the 2026 Chevrolet Traverse to promote education across…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (198+ words) The court's action leaves in place lower court rulings in favor of Joseph Clifton Smith, 55, who has been on death row roughly half his life after his conviction for beating a man to death in 1997. The Supreme Court prohibited execution…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (295+ words) The Alabama Farmers Federation endorsed U. S. Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, Thursday for U. S. Senate, after previously backing Attorney General Steve Marshall in the race. The Farm PAC backing can often make a big difference in Alabama campaigns, particularly in the GOP primary....

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (569+ words) WASHINGTON " The Trump administration's nearly $1. 8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund derailed a U. S. Senate plan to fund immigration enforcement Thursday, but U. S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville is one Republican who supports the fund " with limits. On Thursday, Tuberville objected to a Democratic bill aimed at…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (874+ words) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. " On a night dominated by statewide races, Alabamians also made decisions that could reshape the finances of several local school systems. Voters rejected school tax renewals in Walker County, Russell County and Phenix City, while approving a new…...