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Watch: Let’s hope next week’s school choice discussion offers parents a real choice on schools

Dale Jackson -
This is the last day of "Alabama School Choice Week," and not a real word was spoken on school choice by our elected representatives. Reportedly,...

29% unemployment insurance tax cut in store for Alabama employers

Dylan Smith -
The Alabama Legislature on Thursday approved the appropriation of $772 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for numerous priorities set forth by...

Ainsworth to seek legislation combating aggressive traffic policing practices amid Brookside report

Dylan Smith -
Recent media reports have shed light on aggressive policing tactics undertaken by the Brookside Police Department in Jefferson County which seemingly amounted to excessive...

Poll: Zeigler up 20 points on Alabama Secretary of State field

Jeff Poor -
Earlier this week, State Auditor Jim Zeigler announced he was abandoning his bid for governor to seek Alabama's open secretary of state seat currently...

7 Things: Special session ends with bipartisan $772 million spending bill passed, Brooks blasts ruling on redistricting and more …

Dale Jackson -
7. Murderer put to death -- so sad Unfortunately for the Alabama media, and the European Union ambassador to the United States for some...

ALGOP chair Wahl: Republicans will plan to win all seven of Alabama’s congressional seats if federal court-ordered redistricting dilutes Democrat vote

Jeff Poor -
What comes next after a three-judge U.S. district court panel issued a memo blocking the implementation of the Alabama Legislature's 2021 special session redistricting...

Alabama Farmers Federation announces 10th slate of legislative endorsements

Dylan Smith -
Thursday, the Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) released its 10th round of endorsements for candidates seeking election to the state legislature. ALFA, the state's largest agricultural...

Ivey, Alabama Legislature tout passage of legislation to appropriate ARPA funding

Dylan Smith -
Gov. Kay Ivey and legislative leadership on Thursday commended lawmakers' display of bipartisanship in approving a $772 million bill appropriating American Rescue Plan Act...

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks slams congressional map court order — Ruling is ‘illegal usurpation of power’ by ‘liberal, activist federal judges’

Dylan Smith -
Thursday, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) came out in fierce opposition to a three-judge federal panel's decision to invalidate Alabama's congressional map on the...

Legislature passes $772M pandemic relief spending plan, concludes special session

Dylan Smith -
MONTGOMERY— The special session of the Alabama Legislature concluded on Thursday after lawmakers passed a $772 million package allocating the state’s portion of American...

7 Things: Biden to get SCOTUS pick, teachers bail on Birmingham schools and more …

Dale Jackson -
7. Zeigler now running for Secretary of State After announcing that he wouldn’t run for governor, State Auditor Jim Zeigler has decided to seek...

Watch: U.S. Rep. Moore gets shoutout on NBC’s ‘The Tonight Show’

Jeff Poor -
During his Wednesday monologue, NBC "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon name-dropped U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise). Fallon set up the bit with House Speaker Nancy...

AL-5 hopeful Dale Strong: Relocating Confederate statue was done to ‘preserve and protect it’ — Critics are ‘misrepresenting the facts’

Dylan Smith -
Tuesday, the Morgan County GOP executive committee voted to join an effort seeking to prevent Madison County Commission chairman Dale Strong from appearing on...

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore: Biden should ‘stand up to the radical socialist activists’ by nominating ‘mainstream’ SCOTUS jurist

Dylan Smith -
As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire following the end of the court's current term, President Joe Biden will soon have...

Mike Durant signs U.S. term limits pledge — ‘Washington is full of a bunch of corrupt lying politicians’

Dylan Smith -
Mike Durant, Republican candidate for Alabama's open U.S. Senate seat, on Wednesday announced his support for a constitutional amendment instituting term limits for members...

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

Lance LeFleur -
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...

Freedom Celebration honoring Patriot Award recipient Senator Tommy Tuberville

Madison County Republican Executive Committee -
The Madison County Republican Executive Committee proudly presents the fourth biennial “Freedom Celebration” and silent auction on February 21, 2022 in Huntsville, Alabama at...

Retired DHS special agent Angelo Fermo launches bid for Alabama House of Representatives District 64

Dylan Smith -
Retired U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) special agent Angelo Fermo on Tuesday announced his candidacy to seek the Republican nomination for the Alabama...

Jerry Carl: We are changing our reelection strategy — ‘just in case’ we have to run against Barry Moore

Jeff Poor -
The fallout from a three-judge federal court decision released earlier this week blocking the implementation of the congressional redistricting map passed by the Alabama...

Guest: No virtue in China’s Olympics

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

ALGOP chair John Wahl ‘disappointed’ in ‘unelected federal court’ blocking state congressional map

Dylan Smith -
Alabama's newly-drawn congressional district map on Monday was blocked by a federal court as a three-judge panel ruled that the map likely stood in...

7 Things: Gambling still being proposed in the Alabama Legislature, COVID-19 relief spending moves on and more …

Dale Jackson -
7. Katie Britt: U.S. should back out of Beijing Olympics  U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt is advocating for the United States to not compete...

Legislature advances $772M pandemic relief funding package, final passage expected this week

Dylan Smith -
MONTGOMERY -- During Tuesday's legislative day of the current special session, both chambers of the Alabama Legislature passed their respective appropriations bills concerning the...

Women’s Foundation of Alabama expands leadership team, operations

Staff Report -
Women’s Foundation of Alabama announces the next phase of its formal expansion of external affairs operations with a key leadership hire in Montgomery, a...
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