By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com (Photo via WBTV) ALABAMA — Earlier this week, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced the extension of an emergency rule that allows Alabamians to…
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Fort Payne Reduces Polling Places
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com (Wochit News | YouTube) FORT PAYNE, Ala. — (Full video on our Facebook) The Fort Payne Council held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday,…
Lottery Moves Ahead
By Zach Hester,Reporter MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Last Thursday, the Alabama Senate passed Sen. Greg Albritton’s “clean lottery” bill. It passed with the minimum 21 votes needed to pass an amendment to…
Alabama Passes Abortion Ban
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com (Photo via The Hill) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed HB314, which would criminalize almost all abortions within the…
Forthcoming Biography Reveals New Details of Roberts's Obamacare Vote
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/03/john-roberts-obamacare-vote/ By Kevin Daley (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) A forthcoming biography of Chief Justice John Roberts contains the first account of the Supreme Court’s internal politicking over the 2012 NFIB v. Sebelius decision, in which Roberts…
Ballot Box Breakdown
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Voters in DeKalb County and across the nation will head the polls to cast their ballot on Tuesday, November 6. As…
Jackson kicks off campaign for Commission
By Staff Reports (Submitted Photo) DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Incumbent DeKalb County Commissioner DeWitt Jackson is announcing his re-election bid to the DeKalb County Commission. Mr. Jackson was first elected in 2002…
The Race Is (Still) On
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — The race is still on for several elected positions not only here at home in DeKalb County, but across the whole state of…