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Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed: Conservative fiscal policies lay foundation for a stronger Alabama

Greg Reed -
When I first ran for office, Alabama was reeling from the Great Recession. Unemployment was high. Our state budgets were maxed out. The Rainy-Day...

Paul DeMarco: Alabama lawmakers should block efforts to allow more violent felons on the streets

Paul DeMarco -
After the 2018 murder of three victims in Marshall County by a parolee, the Alabama Legislature and governor enacted a law overhauling how the...

Carl: America’s mineral resources are critical to national security

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
The demand for critical minerals across the globe is projected to increase rapidly in the coming years. Largely driven by the push to move...

Guests: We need a fluid supply chain before new passenger service begins

Paul Pinyan,Robin Stone -
These days, it’s almost impossible to open a newspaper or check a news feed online without encountering discussion of the challenges facing the nation’s...

Beth Chapman: Broadband expansion is on the way

Beth Chapman -
Last week, the Alabama Senate passed three bills sponsored by Sen. Clay Scofield, the Senate majority leader. The legislation allows the expansion of broadband...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: Did slavery make America rich?

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
The New York Times’ 1619 Project examines the impact of slavery on America. One essay contends that our economic system was built on slavery....

Flowers: The 2022 World Games will showcase Alabama

Steve Flowers -
Allow me to deviate from politics to discuss an important event for our state. The World Games 2022 will place Birmingham and the entire...

Guest: Wasteful Biden executive order undermines opportunity for all of construction industry to rebuild America

Deepa Bhate -
On Feb. 4, President Biden issued an executive order mandating project labor agreements “to improve timeliness, lower costs and increase quality on federal construction...

Carl: The House continues failing to fulfill its basic duties

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
One of the basic duties of the House of Representatives is to keep the federal government properly funded. Keeping the federal government funded and...

Katie Britt: Human trafficking is modern day slavery, and it’s time to end it

Katie Britt -
While the spike in violent crime nationwide last year has rightfully grabbed headlines, one heinous crime wave continues to go relatively under the radar. Human...

Beth Chapman: The power of incumbency

Beth Chapman -
Incumbents always have an advantage. They have a track record in office (which should be an advantage), and they have stronger name identification (whether...

Guests: Putting competition aside to support public health

Matthew Dent,John Sherman -
In Alabama, we like our rivalries. One that goes back a hundred years or so is the neighborly competition between Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Dr...

Aderholt: Securing the southern border is not just to stop illegal immigration

Rep. Robert Aderholt -
From the southern border to our backyards, fentanyl and methamphetamine are pouring into the United States in record amounts. These lethal drugs will eventually...

Justice Will Sellers: The terrors of justice

Will Sellers -
Eighty years ago this month, with the stroke of a pen, President Franklin Roosevelt in Executive Order 9066 effectively relegated 120,000 Japanese Americans to...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: Greed and inflation

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
Inflation topped 7% in December, the highest level in forty years. The Biden administration has tried blaming rising prices on corporate greed with antitrust...

John Roberts: A red wave is coming — What will we do with it?

John Roberts -
America needs a change in leadership. The Republican Party has a golden opportunity to take back Congress in 2022 and the White House in...

AARP Alabama state director: Alabama’s seniors need a modernized guardianship system

Candi Williams -
It is often a difficult and heartbreaking decision. Someone in your life – usually an aging parent or other loved one – is at...

Flowers: Groundhog Day

Steve Flowers -
Happy Groundhog Day. It is an ironic juxtaposition that the State of the Union address by the president and Groundhog Day occur on the...

Guests: Why constitutional carry provisions should be approved in Alabama

State Rep. Shane Stringer,John R. Lott Jr. -
Gun-control advocates keep making the same predictions of doom and bloodshed from law-abiding citizens having guns for protection. They warn us of pending disaster...

Carl: South Alabama continues leading as an aerospace hub

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
Whether it’s Austal Shipyard in Mobile, Fort Rucker in the Wiregrass, Maxwell-Gunter Airforce Base in Montgomery, or Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama’s contributions to...

Guest: School system’s diversity programs created by group that believes only whites can be racists

J. Pepper Bryars -
Socrates is believed to have once said, “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.” Most people, including the editors of the Merriam-Webster, Oxford, and American Heritage dictionaries,...

Beth Chapman: Special session ends with ‘Kumbaya’

Beth Chapman -
The special session of the Legislature ended with $772 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds going to expand high-speed internet, water and sewer...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: Steroids and positional goods

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were recently not elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in their final year of eligibility, reportedly over their...

Flowers: Will gambling be addressed in 2022?

Steve Flowers -
As the final regular legislative session of the quadrennium evolves, it is apparent that the legislature will not touch any substantive or controversial issues,...
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