All of us at Alabama News Network want to say congratulations and good luck to news anchor Tim Lennox, who retired today after exactly 50 years in broadcasting. The last ten of those years have been spent at Alabama News Network. It was April 30, 1969, that Tim got his first job working in sales for a radio station on…
The Alabama House of Representatives has confirmed that Montgomery’s state representative Dimitri Polizos (R) passed away Wednesday morning. Polizos was most known as the owner of several restaurants in the River Region. Polizos entered politics in 2004 by serving as a Montgomery County commissioner. Polizos would go on to win the District 74 seat in a special election in December…
Alabama legislators have re-elected Rep. Mac McCutcheon as speaker of the House of Representatives and Sen. Del Marsh as Senate president pro tempore. Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday elected the two Republicans as their leaders at the start of an organizational session for the four-year term. McCutcheon will continue in the role he took on in 2016 after then-speaker Mike Hubbard…
It is crunch time for candidates as Election Day is now just one day away. Today, the candidates for Governor criss-crossed the state, both making stops in Montgomery. “I’m going to rely and trust people to turn out tomorrow and vote big.” Governor Ivey started her ‘Get Out the Vote’ tour in Montgomery speaking to supporters at the Montgomery Aviation…
The Alabama Hospital Associated has launched a campaign to push for Medicaid expansion in the state. The Hospital Association began a campaign Thursday that it said will highlight the “importance of expanding Medicaid.” The hospital group said that expansion would provide health care coverage for 300,000 uninsured Alabamians, create 30,000 jobs and $28 billion in new economic activity. More than…
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld 11 of 12 felony ethics convictions against former house speaker Mike Hubbard. Hubbard was convicted two years ago of ethics violations of using his office for personal gain. He was sentenced to four year in jail and eight years of probation in 2016, but has been out of jail during the appeal….
Troy King has filed a complaint with the Alabama Ethics Commission against Attorney General Steve Marshall. King is running against Marshall in the Republican runoff for Attorney General. The complaint alleges that Marshall and his staff used money from the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) for Marshall’s campaign fund to influence the outcome of the July 17th Republican runoff. The complaint…
Senior Political Reporter Tim Lennox sat down for a Face to Face with 2nd Congressional District candidate, Bobby Bright. Bright is the former mayor of Montgomery. Categories: Face 2 Face Tags: Alabama Politics, bobby bright congress, face to face
Source: Patriciatodd.info Alabama’s first openly gay legislator bid farewell to the House of Representatives on Tuesday evening. Rep. Patricia Todd, a Democrat from Birmingham, will not seek re-election after serving 12 years. Todd said on the House floor that her colleagues are “incredible, beautiful people” who all treated her with equality, even though some she thought she “would never get…
Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law a tax break bill that raises the threshold for claiming state income tax exemption. The act sponsored by state Sen. Del Marsh, a Republican, raises the income threshold from $20,000 to $23,000 for married couples filing jointly, heads of households, and single filers. For married individuals filing separately, it rises from $10,000 to…
