Increased tax revenues in states like Louisiana are one reason many pro-sports betting Alabamians say it’s time to catch up to neighbors in the Gulf South. Read more.
State Rep. John Rogers, the longest-serving member of the Alabama House of Representatives, agreed Monday to resign his office and plead guilty to fraud and obstruction charges. Rogers, an 83-year-old Birmingham Democrat, is accused in a kickback scheme that involved giving $400,000 from the taxpayer-funded Jefferson County Community Service Fund to the Piper Davis Youth Baseball League and then, along with his assistant, receiving $200,00 of that money back. Read more.
DEVELOPING — State Rep. John Rogers, D-Birmingham, has agreed to resign his office and plead guilty to charges in connection with a scheme to defraud a Jefferson County fund intended to provide for school construction, school boards and public projects. Read more.
Alabama will be on display during tonight’s State of the Union address by President Joe Biden. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama will be giving the rebuttal on behalf of the Republican Party after the speech ends. She is the first woman elected senator from Alabama and, at 42, the youngest Republican woman elected to the Senate. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, a Democrat, is taking three of the foot soldiers from the Selma to Montgomery marches as her guests to the State of the Union. She said in a press release that her choice was especially fitting because the address is falling on the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
Sheila Tyson said Thursday that lobbyists for Jefferson County did not alert her and fellow commissioners about legislation she opposes. Tyson said commissioners were told about House Bill 191 on Tuesday, a day before the matter was considered by a legislative committee. That bill — introduced by Rep. Jim Carns, Vestavia Hills — would allow the governor to appoint a replacement when there is an off-cycle opening on the commission. Read more.
U.S. Reps. Gary Palmer and Terri Sewell waltzed onto their parties’ general election ballots without a stumble in Tuesday’s primaries, defeating challengers who had emerged against the incumbents. Sewell won the Democratic nomination to return to the seat representing District 7 in the U.S. House of Representatives with 92.54% of the vote; Palmer snared the Republican nomination to the District 6 seat with 83.24% of the vote. Both will be on the general election ballot in November. Also in Tuesday’s voting, Alabama Supreme Court Justice Sarah Stewart won handily her party’s nomination to return to the court, and It appears Amendment 1 has died. The measure, which proposed to streamline voting on local legislation, failed by 18,631 votes. Read more. See results in both primaries: Election Results in the Jefferson County Democratic Primary Election Results in the Jefferson County Republican Primary Read the full BirminghamWatch Voter Guide
Unofficial returns reported by the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office. Results are not final until the votes are canvassed next week. President of the United States Ryan l. Binkley — 0.08% Chris Christie (campaign suspended) — 0.24% Ron Desantis (campaign suspended) — 1.40% Nikki Haley — 12.93% Vivek Ramaswamy (campaign suspended) — 0.31% David Stuckenberg
Unofficial returns reported by the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office. Results are not final until the votes are canvassed next week. President of the United States Joseph R. Biden, Jr. — 89.52% Dean Phillips — 4.48% Uncommitted — 6.00% U.S. Representative, 7th District Chris Davis — 7.46% Terri A. Sewell — 92.54% Circuit Court Judge,
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved an application for a federal grant that could provide more than $21 million for rebuilding a dock wall and replacing two cranes at Port Birmingham. Read more.
The polls are closed across the Birmingham area – except at Brighton Community Center, which will remain open until 9:30 tonight because the wrong ballots were delivered to that location this morning. Read more.
