Category: Digest

A House divided; Taking a toll; To the Moon; Look who's talking in HD74;

Senate candidates report fundraising, spending; Central American teens surge into Alabama; DNC sets new deadline, state party stumbles again; Moonshot festivities begin; ALFA gifts truck to Auburn equestrian.

Pardons & Paroles could see new Board chair; 'In the Weeds' w/ AG Steve Marshall; Moon fever: catch it! Matthew Stokes says try a little optimism

Obamacare on the brink; Inside Alabama Politics; Lawsuit challenges elected judges; Corrections offers increased salaries, bonuses.

Congress returns; Barr charts course for Census question; 3M testing for contamination; Flexible funds for schools.

1. Trump celebrates ‘greatest political journey’ in history President Donald Trump celebrated the story of America as “the greatest political journey in human history” in a Fourth of July commemoration before a soggy but cheering crowd of spectators, many of them invited, on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial yesterday. Supporters welcomed his tribute to...

1. Fourth of July Trump Style President Trump is promising the “show of a lifetime” for the hundreds of thousands of spectators expected who will see an notable show of military force. The tanks that Trump specifically requested are now in place and there is expected to be an impressive show from different military aircrafts...

1. Video shows detention center conditions Rep. Joaquin Castro from Texas recently released a video and photos of migrants who are being held at a border facility under “awful” and unsanitary conditions. This is a rare glimpse into these border facilities since journalists or lawmakers are rarely allowed to tour the facility and were asked...

1. Jones’ lawyer files for dismissal The attorneys for Marshae Jones filed a motion to dismiss the charges against her, calling them “completely unreasonable and unjust.” The district attorney’s office still has not yet decided whether to prosecute Jones. Her attorney’s said in their motion that the state used a “flawed and twisted rationale” that...

1. Community College get $12 million grant The Alabama Community College System received a $12 million apprenticeship grant last week to aid in manufacturing training. The announcement cane during a visit by U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta to several north Alabama colleges including the Decatur campus of Calhoun Community College and to Huntsville companies...