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Byrne: It’s time for President Obama to lay out a strategy to defeat ISIL
The city of Ramadi is the capital of the Anbar province in Iraq and serves as a strategic location on the Euphrates river. In...
Palmer: EPA’s latest overreach now includes regulating puddles and ditches
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Gary Palmer spoke out this week against the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest major regulation, which opponents say is a significant...
Alabama legislature approves Medicaid reform that could save $1.5 billion
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama House on Thursday unanimously passed major reforms to the state’s Medicaid program that are estimated to save the state...
Indictment: Ala. public employee spent $25k of taxpayer money on strip clubs, online dating
FAYETTE, Ala. -- The former manager of the Fayette water board was reportedly indicted by a grand jury this week for allegedly spending $25,000...
AL legislature passes ‘Gabe’s right to try’ law inspired by boy with rare muscular disease
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama legislature gave final passage Thursday to the "Gabe's Right to Try" law, inspired by 10-year-old Gabe Griffin, an Alabama...
Roy Moore: Justices who perform same-sex marriages should be impeached
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- During a radio interview last week with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore called...
Ala. legislature doubles down on Calhoun County liquor tax hike by overriding Bentley’s veto
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Tuesday evening both the Alabama House and Senate voted to override a gubernatorial veto on HB89, a bill which would allow...
Pat Dye: Alabamians should support lottery and gambling expansion plan
Editor -
I have something that has been weighing heavily on my mind and my heart these last few weeks: the Alabama budget crisis.
Now, most of...
Liberals attack former Bama player, current Clemson coach Dabo Swinney for Christian views
CLEMSON, South Carolina -- The top Democrat in the South Carolina House has called on Alabama native and current Clemson University head football coach...
Another Alabama county destroys a tax increase proposal at the ballot box
COLBERT COUNTY, Ala. -- 88 percent of voters in Colbert County, Alabama, rejected a proposed tax increase Tuesday, in an astounding outcome some are...
Alabamian spearheads Republican National Committee resolution opposing Obama ‘central planning’
PHEONIX, Ari. -- At a recent meeting of the Republican National Committee, Alabama Free Market Alliance Chairman and Republican National Committeeman Paul Reynolds authored...
Alabama Legislature passes Education Budget with major boost to classroom spending
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Legislature on Tuesday gave final passage to a $5.9 billion Education Budget, boosting classroom spending with $49.6 million in...
Alabama House votes to ban abortion clinics from opening near schools
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would make it illegal for abortion clinics to set up...
MLK’s niece urges Alabama lawmakers to repeal Common Core ‘indoctrination’
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Conservative activist Alveda King, a Birmingham native and niece of civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr., sent Alabama lawmakers a...
Senator’s parable perfectly explains why Alabama’s govt. doesn’t need more revenue
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama State Senator Paul Sanford (R-Huntsville) is offering his own solution to the general fund budget crisis, presenting the situation through...
Commission to study total overhaul of Alabama’s budgeting process in effort to avoid tax hikes
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) announced Monday the formation of the Commission on Earmarking and Budget Reform.
“Prior to Republicans taking...
A 7-point plan to fix Alabama’s budget woes without raising taxes or expanding gambling
By now I’m sure that you’ve heard Alabama has a budget problem. As the Chairman for the State Senate Committee for Fiscal Responsibility I...
Bill to remove earmarks, consolidate budgets filed in Alabama Senate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A three-page bill filed Friday in the Alabama Senate could have huge ramifications for the way the state budgets are constructed...
Judge upholds ban on ‘double-dipping’ Alabama legislators holding two govt. jobs
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A ban on so-called "double-dipping," passed by the newly-elected Republican state legislature in 2010, has been upheld by a circuit judge...
Alabama Senate approves bill to allow handguns in cars without a permit
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Senate approved a bill Thursday to allow law-abiding citizens to carry loaded handguns in their vehicles without the need...
Shelby, Sessions tried to block Congress from ceding power to Obama on massive trade deal
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions on Thursday joined a handful of their Republican colleagues in attempting to stop Congress...
Alabama state email system hacked, extent of intrusion still unknown
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) announced to legislators on the floor Thursday morning that the state's email system has been...
Appropriations bill making its way through Congress could mean megabucks for Alabama
WASHINGTON -- A new appropriations bill for Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) passed out of the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday could mean billions in...
How do Bentley’s tax increases stack up against Reagan’s? (Analysis)
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley made headlines this week by declaring in a speech promoting his $541 million tax increase proposal that "Reagan raised taxes...