Alabama

• Governor Ivey appoints a retired judge to the 28th Judicial Circuit
• A bill that restructures the PSC has passed out of state senate committee
• ALGOP Chairman is hopeful for passage of closed primary bill in senate
• ABC 33/40 releases apology for using quote from Muslim Brotherhood
• A Walker County jury awards man $70M re: Tyson Foods wastewater causing flesh eating bacteria
• Mercedes Benz to invest $4B into Tuscaloosa County manufacturing plant

National

• An American Journalis was kidnapped in Iraq by Iranian affiliated militia
• President Trump signs EO regarding mail in ballots going through USPS
• Federal judge blocks construction of the White House Ballroom without Congressional approval
• Kristi Noem's husband exposed as a cross dresser with fetish 
• SCOTUS rules 8-1 that CO ban on Conversion Therapy is violation of 1A