According to the Associated Press, Shomari Figures, a Democrat who worked at the Justice Department, will face Caroleene Dobson, a lawyer and Republican political newcomer, for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District seat this November. The two candidates won Tuesday’s primary in the district, which was redistricted after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that the…
Workers at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama have asked federal officials to vote on whether they should join the United Automobile Workers, the union said Friday. This is a step forward in their efforts to organize workers in auto factories in the South. The union is trying to build on momentum from contracts it won…
US Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) speaks at a press conference on border security at the US Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The White House on Sunday slammed Sen. Katie Britt, R-Al., for misrepresenting her comments on sex trafficking to attack President Joe Biden’s border policy. “Instead of telling more debunked lies to justify opposing the…
Alabama lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday to protect in vitro fertilization providers from civil and criminal liability. That put an end to their fight to approve fertility treatment after a state Supreme Court ruling ruled that frozen embryos should be considered children. Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, immediately signed the bill. Two major clinics said…
An Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos should be considered children has created a new political nightmare for Republicans nationally, who distanced themselves from a fringe view of reproductive health that threatened to drive away voters in November. Several Republican governors and lawmakers immediately rejected a Republican-majority court’s decision and expressed support for in…
