Tag: Governor

By Sarah Swetlik | sswetlik@al.com Yolanda Flowers on Tuesday claimed victory in Alabama’s Democratic runoff election for governor against Sen. Malika Sanders-Fortier of Selma. Flowers won 55...

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat and leading voting rights activist, said Wednesday that she will launch another campaign to become...

The Birmingham Times Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced a statewide stay-at-home order from the state health officer effective beginning Saturday, April 4 at...

By Kim Chandler and Anthony Izaguirre Associated Press   MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Gov. Robert Bentley resigned Monday rather than face impeachment and pleaded guilty to two...

By Kim Chandler Associated Press TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — The home of the Tuskegee Airmen, who shattered aviation and racial barriers in World War II, is...

Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Embattled Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley emptied his leftover campaign funds to pay legal bills as his faced an impeachment...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Jefferson County Commissioner David Carrington said Tuesday he will not run for a third term on the commission and that...

    By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times   Nichelle Nix has not stopped networking since college. Since being appointed the first Director of the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs...

Lurleen Wallace’s death in May of 1968, Lt. Governor Albert Brewer moved up to Governor. Brewer was no novice to state government. He came to the legislature...