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Obama proposes taking money from Alabama to implement Alaskan climate agenda

Cliff Sims - February 11, 2016

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is proposing taking money from Alabama and other Gulf states and redistributing it to help fund the president's climate...

Here is a comprehensive list of Alabama’s 76 ‘failing’ public schools

Cliff Sims - February 10, 2016

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Department of Education on Wednesday released its latest list of public schools that have been identified as "failing." Seventy-six...

Gandhi’s grandson to Alabamians: If you don’t rise up, nothing is going to change

Mitchell Kilpatrick - February 10, 2016

A living legacy visited Auburn University this week. Arun Gandhi, grandson of famous activist Mahatma Gandhi, was invited to speak on campus as part...

Alabamian’s cartoon perfectly sums up Bernie’s derailing of Hillary’s ‘coronation’

Cliff Sims - February 10, 2016

Longtime Alabama resident Scott Stantis is widely viewed as one of the best — if not the best — editorial cartoonists in the country....

Brooks: ‘Congress broke open our kids’ piggy banks, stole money we cannot pay back’

Cliff Sims - February 10, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-4mTxKGBF4 (Video above: Congressman Mo Brooks speaks on the House floor) WASHINGTON -- Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) on Wednesday delivered a stinging rebuke of Congressional...

Rick Burgess slams AL lottery: ‘It’s a lazy plan’ from politicians who can’t balance a budget

Cliff Sims - February 10, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J69Wd-ccCM (Video above: Rick Burgess explains his opposition to Alabama lottery proposals) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- On the same day the Alabama House and Senate are both...

Alabama victorious as Supreme Court puts Obama’s power plant regulations on hold

Cliff Sims - February 9, 2016

WASHINGTON -- The United States Supreme court on Tuesday granted a request by roughly two dozen states, including Alabama, to put the Obama administration's...

‘That’s amnesty’ — Shelby challenger Jonathan McConnell backs giving tax IDs to illegals

Cliff Sims - February 9, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V4jfOF-BoM&feature=youtu.be (Audio above: Alabama Senate candidate supports giving illegal immigrants tax ID numbers) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- 33-year-old United States Senate candidate Jonathan McConnell told a local...

Trump takes the ‘Sessions Test,’ and his answers are fueling endorsement speculation

Cliff Sims - February 9, 2016

MANHATTAN -- Over the weekend, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the leader of the GOP's populist uprising, laid out five questions dealing with trade,...

Sessions, leader of the GOP’s populist uprising, wants candidates to answer these 5 questions

Cliff Sims - February 7, 2016

WASHINGTON -- Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions is not on the ballot in 2016, but his ideas on trade and immigration have dominated the Republican...

Sessions: Obama’s massive trade deal just signed away an estimated 450k American jobs

Sen. Jeff Sessions - February 4, 2016

7,000 miles away, the President’s trade representative just quietly signed a massive, 5,544 page trade deal, with little fanfare from its supporters. Only...

AL Dept. of Education lobbyist ridicules conservatives for effort to repeal Common Core

Cliff Sims - February 4, 2016

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A lobbyist for the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) took to Facebook this week to ridicule a Republican senator's bill...

Alabama scientist proves to Congress global warming projections ‘don’t match facts’

Cliff Sims - February 3, 2016

https://youtu.be/ZWD22OtAMHg?t=31m16s (Video above: Dr. John Christy testifies before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology) WASHINGTON -- Alabama's state climatologist during Congressional testimony on Wednesday...

Brooks on whether he’ll vote for deficit-growing budget: ‘Not a snowball’s chance in…’

Cliff Sims - February 3, 2016

WASHINGTON -- Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) on Tuesday night had a simple response when asked whether he will vote for GOP Leadership's...

Welcome to Alabama: Where alleged criminals are prosecuted by alleged criminals (opinion)

Cliff Sims - February 2, 2016

For over fourteen months now, the state government of Alabama has been under a dark cloud of suspicion and accusations stemming from the indictment...

Every Alabama lawmaker ranked from most conservative to most liberal

Cliff Sims - February 2, 2016

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The American Conservative Union (ACU) on Tuesday announced its annual list of Alabama’s most conservative and liberal lawmakers, and the organization’s...

Meet Alabama’s most liberal lawmakers, including one Republican

Cliff Sims - February 2, 2016

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The American Conservative Union (ACU) this week is rolling out its annual list of Alabama’s most conservative and liberal lawmakers, and...

Meet Alabama’s four most conservative lawmakers

Cliff Sims - February 2, 2016

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The American Conservative Union (ACU) this week is rolling out its annual list of Alabama's most conservative and liberal lawmakers, and...

Heisman winner Derrick Henry to deliver closing prayer at National Prayer Breakfast

Cliff Sims - February 2, 2016

WASHINGTON -- Alabama Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL4) on Monday announced Heisman-winning University of Alabama running back Derrick Henry will deliver the closing prayer at...

Gambling, ‘equal pay,’ minimum wage hike top Alabama Democrats’ legislative agenda

Cliff Sims - February 1, 2016

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama House Democrats on Monday released their 2016 legislative agenda, and it echoes many of the priorities of the national Democratic...

Alabama Speaker strips rival of committee chairmanship in move that could hurt North Alabama

Cliff Sims - February 1, 2016

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- When Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) last week announced committee assignments for the upcoming legislative session, one lawmaker's name was...

Sessions was right: Thousands of Americans laid off after training their foreign replacement

Cliff Sims - January 29, 2016

WASHINGTON -- In early 2015, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) warned that an increasing number of American workers were being laid off after being compelled...

Russian Rocket Roulette: How crony capitalists are threatening Alabama jobs & national security

Cliff Sims - January 29, 2016

National security and potentially thousands of Alabama jobs have found themselves entangled in a web of crony capitalism surrounding the debate over the United...

Trump’s Alabama chairman: I want a President like John Wayne, not Justin Bieber

Cliff Sims - January 28, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lV_VOGHmYI&feature=youtu.be (Video above: State Rep. Ed Henry (R-Hartselle), Alabama co-chair of the Trump campaign, speaks at a campaign event) FLORENCE, Ala. -- State Representative Ed Henry...

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