Politics Articles

Inside the Statehouse

Special Alabamians By Steve Flowers OPINION — Under the title “Alabama is a Big Front Porch,” made famous by the legendary Alabama storyteller Kathryn Tucker Wyndham, I will continue to share some personal political stories with you this week. As many of you know, I...

OPD, Community Celebrates ‘Together Opelika’

BY MICHELLE KEYMICHELLE@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The Opelika Police Academy Alumni Association (OPAAA) hosted the inaugural Chief's Banquet last week to raise money for the commission of a mural to be painted and installed inside the police department. Twenty-one...

Opelika Recognized for Excellence

CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — The Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC), the largest regional economic development association in North America, has recognized Opelika, Alabama, for economic development excellence in the American South. The SEDC...

OPAAA Honors, Recognizes OPD Chief, Officers

photos by ed sikora / for the observer

Eighty-five days left to apply for absentee ballots

Apr 15, 2020

Special to the Opelika Observer Ahead of Alabama’s July 14 Primary Runoff Election, Secretary of State John Merrill reminds voters that there are 85...

Incentives Matter

Apr 15, 2020

By Zach Alsobrook Special to the Opelika Observer Incentives matter. To understand human behavior, there is no greater truth. When a choice becomes...

ALGOP Chairman issues statement on Sen. Jones’s MSNBC appearance

Apr 15, 2020

Special to the Opelika Observer "During these unprecedented threatening times in our state and nation, Senator Doug Jones chose to go on MSNBC to...

Alabama AG issues statement on upholding six counts of Former Speaker Hubbard’s conviction

Apr 10, 2020

Special to the Opelika Observer Attorney General Steve Marshall issued the following statement Friday in response to the Alabama Supreme Court’s...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announces $25 billion to help nation’s public transportation systems respond to COVID-19

Apr 8, 2020

Special to the Opelika Observer The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a total of $25 billion...