Montgomery County School Board President Clare Weil joined us by phone on “Alabama News Rising” this morning to talk about the next steps now that Montgomery County voters have approved a property tax hike to increase funding for Montgomery Public Schools. “It’s a new day,” Weil said. She says it has been a long road to win voters’ approval for…
REST OF THIS WEEK: Today through Friday, week will feature moderating temperatures as our flow switches from the southeast, and that will allow for a few more clouds in the sky each day, but still expect plenty of sunshine. The days will be mild with low to mid 70s expected; while nights remain clear and chilly with lows in the…
Republican Barry Moore of Enterprise will be heading to Washington, DC. He won the District 2 race for the U.S. House of Representatives. Moore beat Democratic candidate Phyllis Harvey-Hall of Montgomery by about a two-to-one margin. Moore will replace outgoing Republican Congresswoman Martha Roby, who chose not to seek re-election after serving for ten years. District 2 includes much of…
CORRECTION: This story was edited to reflect the tax will be levied in 2023, not 2022. Montgomery voters have spoken and voted yes for a property tax increase for schools. Voters supported the measure by a vote of 61% yes to 39% no. Officials say the Ad Valorem tax referendum will level the playing field for MPS students, and increase…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Former college football coach Tommy Tuberville has recaptured a U.S. Senate seat for Republicans by defeating Sen. Doug Jones in Alabama. Jones had widely been considered the Senate’s most endangered Democrat. Republicans had made recapturing the once reliably conservative seat a priority in 2020. Tuberville has never held public office and last coached four years ago….
President Donald Trump has won the deeply red state of Alabama against Democrat Joe Biden and claimed nine electoral votes. The GOP has easily won Alabama in every presidential election since 1976, when Jimmy Carter from neighboring Georgia was on the ballot. While issues like impeachment and the coronavirus pandemic threatened Trump nationally, none of that seemed to matter in…
Alabama News Network is your Campaign 2020 headquarters, with complete results of state and local races. GET COMPLETE ELECTION RESULTS Polls closed at 7 p.m. tonight. With more than 300,000 absentee ballots returned and long lines at many polling locations statewide, there will be lot of votes to count tonight. Among the top races: U.S. Senate: Democratic incumbent Sen. Doug…
At 3:00PM on Election Day, Montgomery County had more than 50,000 ballots cast in person. Add in nearly 26,000 absentee ballots and Montgomery County is on pace to shatter voter turnout records. Montgomery County Probate Judge J.C. Love says they predict 112,00o to 126,000 total voters. That would be 65 to 7o percent of the total registered voters and will…
Montgomery Police has identified a pedestrian killed in a crash Friday night. Montgomery Police say 23-year-old Nakeya Brunson was struck by a vehicle in the 900 block of West South Boulevard Friday just before 11:00PM as she entered the roadway. Brunson was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the vehicle was not injured. The investigation is ongoing, but…
One of the victims involved in a crash on Zelda Road in Montgomery in September has died. Montgomery Police Department says 65-year-old Chester Parker died from his injuries on November 1. Montgomery Police say two vehicles, a Ford Mustang and a Toyota Tacoma, collided near the intersection of Zelda Road and Gatsby Drive just before 10:00PM on September 25. 19-year-old…
