Lee “Trip” Pittman (R)
Republican candidate, U.S. Senate
Government
Luther J. Strange (R)
Republican candidate, U.S. Senate
Robert Kennedy Jr. (D)
Democratic candidate, U.S. Senate
Will Boyd (D)
Democratic candidate, U.S. Senate
League of Women Voters’ Vote411.org
At the League of Women Voters’ Vote411.org site, you can get a list of the candidates along with biographical information and answers the candidates submitted to issues questions asked by the league.
Register to Vote
Monday, July 31, is the deadline to register to vote. You can register electronically at the Secretary of State’s website.
Absentee Ballots
Aug. 10 is the deadline to apply for an absentee ballot, which you can do on the Secretary of State’s website.
James Paul Beretta (R)
Republican candidate, U.S. Senate
JeffCo Commissioners Say Indigent Care Not as Expensive as Previously Thought, but Needs to be Watched
Commissioner David Carrington acknowledged feeling better about the financial state of indigent care in Jefferson County during Tuesday’s commission committee meeting. He said last week he’d be told the county’s cost for inpatient indigent care at UAB Hospital was up to $25 million, well over the commission’s cap of $16 million to $17 million. County Manager Tony Petelos said Tuesday the county actually has spent just less than $12 million for inpatient indigent care so far this year. “I feel better than I did two weeks ago,” Carrington said. “My initial concern was it appeared as if the inpatient portion of the indigent care fund was out of control. I received some new data and it appears the inpatient data is in control.” Read more.
Bham Council Turns on Itself Over Issues of Favoritism and Skirting of Council Rules
Questions of protocol dominated a somewhat chaotic meeting of the Birmingham City Council on Tuesday, during which councilors argued over whether some agenda items had gone through appropriate channels – and, in some cases, accused each other of attempting to circumvent proper procedure. “This is trickery,” Council President Pro Tem Steven Hoyt said at one point, and that sense of confusion and distrust hung over the entire meeting. Hoyt was referring to a proposed resolution that would have rescinded roughly $22,000 in funding for the council’s discretionary contracts that had not been approved before June 30. Read more.