McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, chose his 83rd birthday to share his decision not to run for another term in Kentucky and to retire when his current term ends. He informed The Associated Press of his decision before he was set to address colleagues in a speech on the Senate floor.

Rural New England needs EV chargers for tourism. The Trump administration is making it harder to build them.

The lawyer for a Mobile woman indicted under a new election fraud statute said he believes it might be the first time the law has been invoked.

Alabama's congressional map is the subject of a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state has to keep a new court-ordered district that led to the election of a second Black representative.

The Alabama Senate voted Tuesday to give the governor the power to appoint the head of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs.

Allen’s tenure as Secretary of State drew national attention when, immediately after taking office, he withdrew Alabama from the Electronic Registration Information Center.

On Saturday, Democratic county chairmen from across the state gathered in Birmingham to form the state’s first Alabama Democratic County Chair Association. The group said it plans to build off the work that county committees and county chairs are already performing and hopefully use it to build the party from the ground up.

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen said today ... He was elected secretary of state, the state’s top election official, in 2022. Before that he was probate judge in Pike County for nine ...

On Tuesday, the Opelika City Council unanimously approved the rules, voting locations and date for the 2025 municipal elections that will see all five council positions and the mayor's seat on the ballot.

Residents in the City of Tuscaloosa will elect a mayor in the upcoming municipal election, along with members of the City Council and the city Board of Education. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. March 4 in Tuscaloosa. Any runoffs required will be April 1. Inauguration will be May 19.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox is seeking his sixth term and will face political newcomer Denson Ferrell II in the March 4 municipal election. Seven city council seats are also up for election, with incumbents in Districts 1, 2, 6, and 7 facing challengers.