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Alabama Senate Republicans pick Garlan Gudger as new Senate leader
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republicans in the Alabama Senate on Tuesday picked Sen. Garlan Gudger of Cullman to be the next Senate president pro tempore. Republicans named Gudger as their nominee after a closed-door meeting. The full Senate will elect the new pro tempore when...
Greg Reed will step down as Alabama Senate leader and join Gov. Ivey's administration
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Reed is stepping down and joining Gov. Kay Ivey's administration, her office announced Tuesday. Reed will serve as a senior adviser and lead an overhaul of the Department of Labor, which under legislation passed...
Stewart wins election as Alabama chief justice
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Supreme Court Justice Sarah Stewart was elected as the state’s chief justice, becoming the first Republican woman to be elected to the position. Stewart easily defeated Circuit Judge Greg Griffin, a Democrat from Montgomery, in the low-key election...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey treated for dehydration at campaign rally
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey was treated by paramedics Sunday after appearing to become unsteady at a campaign rally for congressional candidate Caroleene Dobson. Ivey's office said the governor had gotten dehydrated and recovered after being treated with fluids....
Ivey defends dismissal of veterans commissioners, has no plan to replace parole board chair
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday defended her decision to fire the state veterans commissioner as what she called a last resort after the state board refused her request to do so. Ivey spoke briefly with reporters after a speech to a Montgomery civic club....
Ivey dismisses head of Department of Veterans Affairs after agency board refuses
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Gov. Kay Ivey said Tuesday that she was using the “supreme executive power of this state” to fire the head of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs after the agency board rejected her request to do so. Ivey sent a letter to Alabama Department of...
Alabama puts man convicted of killing 3 to death in the country’s second nitrogen gas execution
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings, the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has been used in the country Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was...
