Birmingham's DNC Convention Pitch Party at Iron City, Monday, July 21, 2014.
There’s the adage that hindsight is 20-20. Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald is applying this idea to a bid the City of Birmingham made a few years ago to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Birmingham didn’t win, but Archibald says it wasn’t really about winning a convention in the first place.
Sherry Lewis, the former chair of the Birmingham Water Works Board, will not go to prison despite being convicted of two felony ethics charges. A judge sentenced Lewis Thursday.
Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald discusses the results of Tuesday's municipal elections in Birmingham.
Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald discusses this week's U.S Senate primary and next week's municipal election in Birmingham.
An outgoing member of the Alabama Ethics Commission says the panel has been lax in upholding rules to keep state government in line.
Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald discusses the Republican side of the special primary election for U.S. Senate.
Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald discusses what could be next now that indicted former state lawmaker Oliver Robinson is cooperating with prosecutors in a bribery scandal.
