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Dale Strong: Real school choice happens when dollars follow students

This week is National School Choice Week and with that an opportunity to highlight the fact that parents have a choice between public schools,...

State Health Officer Harris: Alabama Unites Against COVID campaign launched, stressing importance of vaccination and testing

COVID-19 has changed the way all of us conduct our daily lives and affects everyone, regardless of our neighborhoods, our political affiliations, our race...

Guest: COVID relief’s water and sewer spending can be life-changing for thousands of Alabamians

Thanks to billions of federal dollars to assist in the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Alabama has an unprecedented opportunity to address longstanding...

Guest: No virtue in China’s Olympics

The International Olympic Committee has granted China the 2022 Winter Olympic games, which are soon to be underway. The same IOC espouses on its...

Beth Chapman: Beaches, golf, mountains and rockets

No, this is not a column about “a few of my favorite things,” but about Alabama’s incredible tourism industry. Tourism is a key component...

Carl: The world is safer when America leads, but Biden’s leadership is missing on the world stage

Serving as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I’ve seen firsthand how President Biden’s lack of a clear and coherent foreign policy...

Katie Britt: Biden has turned Alabama into a border state

Alabama doesn't share a border with Mexico. But the border crisis has turned every state into a border state, and Alabama is paying a...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: The organ shortage

Over 100,000 Americans await organ transplants and over 6,000 die annually while waiting. From an economic perspective the decades-long organ shortage has a simple...

Flowers: Annual legislative session underway

The 2022 annual regular session of the legislature has begun. It began January 11 and constitutionally can last three and one-half months, which would...

Aderholt: Biden’s big deception

At the anniversary of Joe Biden’s inauguration, we reflect on a year of unfulfilled promises, radical leftwing policies, out of control inflation, foreign policy...

Guest: Southern Research building castle for 21st century, investing in future of Birmingham

The coronavirus pandemic revealed health care heroes in our midst. I am proud to work with many of them at Southern Research. Since the...

Dale Strong: A change in Washington is needed

There has always been a disconnect between Washington D.C. and working-class Americans, but under the Biden administration, that divide is deepening. Every week, it...

Everyone has a story

2020 was a challenging year for the tourism and hospitality industry. As a result of the pandemic, travel came to a near halt, jobs...

Carl: Where is President Biden?

I’m a firm believer that when the President of the United States – whether they’re a Democrat or a Republican – does well, the...

Beth Chapman: State of the State Cliffs Notes

So, what can be read in five minutes in a column that was said in a 30-minute, seven-page speech – the State of the...

Guest: Biden EV proposal treats Alabama auto workers as foreigners

The massive “Build Back Better” spending bill (BBB) being considered by Congress includes a proposed tax credit for electric vehicles (EVs) that discriminates against...

Guest: Increasing EV charging infrastructure supports Drive Electric Alabama

As automobile manufacturers across the globe announced significant investments in electric vehicles (EV) in recent years, it became increasingly important for Alabama leaders to...

Rogers: Getting China out of our business once and for all

China is the most devious and all-encompassing threat facing the United States today. With communist China’s influence throughout the world being so pervasive, the...

Justice Will Sellers: The miracle of the Anglo-Irish Treaty

One vision of utopia includes the conversion of weapons of war into farming implements. The Bible anticipates a time when swords will be beaten into...

Carl: What to expect from Congress in 2022

The House returns to Washington this week to begin the second session of the 117th Congress. Last year was a jam-packed legislative year as...

Beth Chapman: Gambling, guns and other issues

This session is likely to be a sensitive one for most legislators. For at least 23 of them, it is their last session and...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: Some things are getting better

2021 proved to be another challenging year due to COVID-19, although life did more resemble normal. Bad events can blind us to the ways...

Guest: Alabama can combat anti-Israel hate by divesting from Unilever

Something is rotten in Vermont. Ben & Jerry’s, perhaps the state’s most iconic global brand, decided in July to embrace and participate in the...

Beth Chapman: More accessibility to government this session

“If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.” That is a quote too often used and attributed to...