A pair of special elections to fill vacancies in the Alabama House of Representatives held primary contests Tuesday, with both races headed into an Oct. 24 runoff. In House District 55, covering parts of Jefferson County, frontrunner Travis Hendrix led the pack at roughly 28% with runner-up Sylvia Swayne pulling in 21% among seven candidates […]

With a possible government shutdown looming, legislators on both sides of the aisle, particularly in the Senate, have signaled that new legislation may be necessary to prevent shutdowns. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has joined that group and is helping to cosponsor a bill that is designed to take government shutdowns off the table and mandate […]

Alabama FarmPAC, a political action committee of the Alabama Farmers Federation, announced two major endorsements for the 2024 elections. The group endorsed Sarah Stewart for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and Thomas Govan for Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2. Federation President Jimmy Parnell said Alabama FarmPAC endorsements are a reflection of the […]

Members of Alabama’s congressional delegation are showing their support for Auburn University after being criticized by an atheist group for holding a Christian event on campus. About 200 students were baptized after the “Unite Auburn” event Sept. 12, including one student who was baptized by head football coach Hugh Freeze. A revival is happening tonight […]

The House Armed Services Committee will hear testimony Thursday from government witnesses regarding irregularity in the strategic basing process for the U.S. Space Command, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong’s office announced. Strong (R-Huntsville) requested the hearing on Aug. 3. The committee, chaired by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks), will question Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, Space Command Commander […]

Each year, Congress has a duty to pass 12 appropriations bills to fund the government. This spending, which is known as discretionary spending, funds everything from the Department of Defense to our Border Patrol agents. The appropriations process begins each year in the spring. Each of the 12 bills originates in subcommittee, then heads to […]

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the State of Alabama’s emergency request that the court reinstate Alabama’s partisan congressional map that the GOP supermajority passed in a July special session. This means that the map that Alabama will use in the 2024 election will be selected by the three judge panel in a hearing tentatively […]

In June, the three-judge panel that is hearing Alabama’s Congressional redistricting case ordered the State Legislature to prepare a new redistricting map that created two majority Black congressional districts “or something close to it.” The Legislature held a special session in July and refused to follow that order, instead adopting a redistricting map by State […]

Alabama’s federal redistricting case moved forward Monday with the delivery of three proposed remedial maps drawn by a Federal special master.  BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the State of Alabama’s appeal to reinstate its maps, adding total gravity to the special master maps in reference as of today. This will be updated. The […]

Sen. Katie Britt is continuing her work to combat Chinese influence within the United States. This time she has introduced the Science and Technology Agreement Enhanced Congressional Notification Act, which is designed to grow oversight on science and technology agreements (STAs) that are made or have been made between the United States and China. “It […]

Much-needed funding to improve railroad crossings in the Birmingham area is on its way, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell announced Monday. Sewell (D-Birmingham) called the $23.8 million in federal funding a “major step forward” in addressing the issue of blocked railroad crossings in her home district, which includes parts of Birmingham and surrounding areas. “This funding […]

Voters in West Alabama will go to the polls Tuesday to elect a state representative to replace former Rep. Kyle South, who took the reins at the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce this year.  The race in House District 16, a rural and conservative district, has attracted several candidates. However, two candidates, Bryan Brinyark and […]

Travis Hendrix is a familiar name in House District 55. Democratic voters in the district will go to the polls Tuesday to make their choice among Hendrix and seven other candidates to fill a vacancy in the Alabama House of Representatives, following former Rep. Fred Plump’s indictment on federal conspiracy charges. In 2022, Plump unseated […]

Alabama’s GOP delegation to Washington continues to keep a focus on the southern border as illegal crossings spike and the White House promotes spending priorities that ‘manage the border’ as opposed to ‘securing the border.’ Since President Biden took office, there have been more than 7 million illegal crossings at the southern border, including more […]

Sen. Tommy Tuberville met with Alabama pastors in Washington this week to discuss the future of the country and in particular its youth. “It was good to have them here yesterday,” Tuberville said in a press call Wednesday. “Most of them are from the Northern part of the state and they’re very concerned about the […]

In early April, I wrote that “Democrats give Trump a lifeline.” It was at that time that a Democratic district attorney in an overwhelmingly Democratic New York venue had indicted Trump in a political ploy to disarm in some way, politically. There is an old saying that you can indict a potato or a ham […]

Alabama consumers dodged a major bullet when the so-called Credit Card Competition Act, which targets existing safeguards for consumers when they swipe their credit cards, was nearly tacked on at the last minute to the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act. Pitched by big-box retailers like woke Target as being pro-consumer and increasing transaction security, the […]

Sen. Tommy Tuberville joined a bicameral group of legislators this week in a letter to  Shalanda Young, director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, to express opposition against additional funding for the war in Ukraine. This comes after Young requested a further $24 billion in funding from Congress for the war-torn country in […]

It looks like the U.S. Supreme Court will once again weigh in on Alabama’s efforts at redistricting. According to The Associated Press, the court will soon rule on whether the state can keep its new congressional lines drawn by the Legislature during the special session while it continues fighting a three-judge panel’s plan to create […]

State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) is not happy about the rising cost of the new prison being built in Elmore County. Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm gave an update this week on the construction of the specialized prison, saying it will now cost $973 million to build, which is up from $623 million […]

Last week, Alabama-based marketing and advertising agency Telegraph Creative announced that its CEO and majority owner, Cliff Sims, had sold his stake in the company to a group of Telegraph executives, led by new CEO Brian “BJ” Ellis. Sims will maintain an active role with the firm as its chairman. For Telegraph, the sale was […]

A Wisconsin-based atheist group is attacking Auburn University for the role three of its coaches played in a worship event this week in which hundreds of students were baptized.  The “Unite Auburn” event Sept. 12 was held in the school’s Neville Arena. About 200 students were baptized after the event in a small lake on […]

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen said he doesn’t plan on following the lead of Pennsylvania when it comes to voter registration. This week, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced the state will move to automatic voter registration, joining 23 other states who already have that system. “I made a commitment when I was campaigning for […]

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore is once again calling out the Biden administration for what he believes is the “weaponization of government” against the American people. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland was questioned during Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing when Moore (R-Enterprise) asked if it’s legal for Americans to question election results. .@RepBarryMoore: "Is that a […]