By Tyler Pruett tyler@southerntorch.com Feb. 1 marks the first electoral event for the 2016 Presidential Elections. Voters in the Hawkeye state will elect delegates in the first step of a four-step…
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Southern Torch 2016 Election Guide
By Joseph M. Morgan joseph@southerntorch.com Voting is a right that many in our nation take for granted. We are blessed to live in a country that allows its citizens to choose…
Sen. Phil Williams responds to attacks from political blog
By Joseph M. Morgan joseph@southerntorch.com MONTGOMERY, Ala.— Alabama Sen. Phil Williams released a scathing statement this week to an article written by political blogger Bill Britt that recently appeared in the…
Preparing for Alabama’s upcoming March 1 primary
By Joseph M. Morgan joseph@southerntorch.com DEKALB CO, Ala.—Alabama will hold its primary election on March 1, 2016 to determine which Democrat candidate and which Republican candidate will represent their parties in…
Bernie Sanders visits Magic City
By Karah Wilson karah@southerntorch.com BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Democratic presidential candidate and U.S Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, made a stop to rally in Birmingham on Jan. 18. Despite Alabama being a predominantly…
Shelby, Sessions and Aderholt respond to State of the Union
By Tyler Pruett tyler@southerntorch.com WASHINGTON, D.C.— DeKalb County’s representatives in Washington D.C.—U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions and U.S. Congressman Robert Aderholt—each offered responses to President Obama’s State of…
Alabama politicians react to executive action on guns
By Tyler Pruett tyler@southerntorch.com Our elected officials from the federal to state level had strong words for President Obama’s action on firearms announced earlier this week. On Tuesday, Obama held a…
Roy Moore orders halt to same-sex marriage licenses
By Joseph M. Morgan joseph@southerntorch.com MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Despite a 2015 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that legalized same-sex marriage in America, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore issued an administrative…