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Sunday Reflections: How to recognize a reverend

Michael J. Brooks -
The dental hygienist was a new employee whom I’d not met. “Where do you preach?” she asked. “Why do you think I’m a preacher?” I responded. “I...

Sec. of State John Merrill: Let’s acknowledge how far we have come

John Merrill -
When discussing voting rights, some individuals and special interest groups focus on the Alabama of 1962, but they never acknowledge the Alabama of 2022...

State Rep. Scott Stadthagen: Our country will regret the Biden student loan ‘forgiveness’ program

State Rep. Scott Stadthagen -
I wasn’t raised in a household with a lot of money. In fact, I was raised by a single mother. I don’t want any...

Guests: Alabama’s online students met the COVID challenge and took great steps toward their future

Melanie Barkley,Kisha Tolbert -
Like many students around the country, Alabama students struggled to succeed during two years of school closures, mask mandates, and other issues related to...

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl: Commitment to America

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
As I travel South Alabama and speak with folks from around our district and state, it’s hard to find anyone who believes our country...

Guest: Electric Vehicles are the future of the auto industry – Alabama must make sure it has a place in that future

Blake Hardwich -
As the nation’s fourth-largest auto-manufacturing state, Alabama’s automotive industry has a huge impact on our economy, providing tens of thousands of Alabamians with good-paying...

Beth Chapman: They’re back

Beth Chapman -
Libertarians are back on the ballot in Alabama for the first time in two decades. They are showing up in over 50 races across...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: Labor market rollercoaster

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
Unemployment fell to 3.5% in July, the same historically low level as February 2020. The labor market remains strong despite high inflation and a...

Sunday Reflections: On second chances

Michael J. Brooks -
It was a fearful time in 2006 when a number of rural churches were burned in Alabama. I remember a deacon's meeting in which we...

Steve Flowers: Legendary Alabamians

Steve Flowers -
The longer I continue to write about Alabama politics, the more I realize that Alabama really is a “Big Front Porch” – a saying...

Hoover City Councilman Mike Shaw: Sen. Tuberville fighting for Alabamians’ financial freedoms

Mike Shaw -
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville recently introduced a critical piece of legislation, the "Financial Freedom Act" (S.4147). The bill was filed in response to an administrative...

Bradley Byrne: Alabama businesses want to compete

Bradley Byrne -
In 2018, as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I voted for the Fair and Open Competition Act designed to preserve open...

Rep. Jerry Carl: The Inflation Reduction Act is wrong for America

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl,Yellowhammer News -
This past Friday, the House voted on the Inflation Reduction Act, and it passed along party lines. You probably heard this bill talked about...

Legislature’s investment in water and sewer projects already paying dividends for Alabama communities

Senate President Pro-Tempore Greg Reed,Speaker Mac McCutcheon -
When Governor Kay Ivey called the Alabama Legislature into special session in January of this year, the task was clear: Allocate hundreds of millions...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: On lowering drug prices

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) does little to address inflation, primarily because it is a spending measure and government spending fueled our current inflation. One...

Sunday Reflections: Preaching to the choir

Michael J. Brooks -
It was one of the worst blunders of all time when Major John Armstrong said, “Baltimore’s the thing.” Armstrong was Secretary of War under President...

Justice Will Sellers: The Swedish Revolution

Will Sellers -
Prior to the American Revolution and more than a decade before the French Revolution, there was the Swedish Revolution, which marks its 250th anniversary...

Guest: I literally don’t know what you’re talking about

Daniel Taylor -
“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” is a perfectly fine, grammatically correct English sentence describing how some New York bison intimidate others. But...

Carl: The Biden administration is bullying our kids

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
Alabama has more than 100,000 low-income kids across the state who depend on free or reduced-priced breakfasts and lunches at school (there are more...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: Is this a recession?

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
Inflation-adjusted (real) GDP dipped 0.9% in the second quarter (Q2) after declining 1.6% in the first quarter, igniting debate over whether we are in...

Sunday Reflections: When Hollywood comes to town

Michael J. Brooks -
During our years in Selma, Ala., two movie production crews came to the city. The first was the crew of “Blue Sky,” who filmed at...

Barry Moore: It’s time for Washington to listen to the American people, not political consultants

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore -
You won’t hear it in White House press room propaganda, but America is on a collision course with disaster. Inflation, fueled by “stimulus” packages like...

Terry Lathan: Coming together for the U.S. Senate race delivers a win for Alabama and America

Terry Lathan -
As the primary election season is cooling down, the general election is heating up. There is much at stake in November for our state...

Carl: Why I voted against the Democrats’ gun grab

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
Several weeks ago, I shared some of my thoughts about the gun control debate. There’s no doubt we have a real problem in this...
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