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Alabama Senate passes bill to ‘get the state out of the marriage business’
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Senate passed Tuesday SB377, a bill to "get the state out of the marriage business," by a vote of...
Court upholds conviction, sentence of disgraced former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman
ATLANTA, Ga. -- The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the conviction and 78-month federal prison sentence of former Alabama Gov....
Rogers: Selling vintage military handguns to civilians is common sense
As many of you across East Alabama may have seen or heard in the news, the National Defense Authorization Act recently passed the House...
Alabama Senate passes Medicaid reforms that could save $1.5 Billion over 10 Years
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed major reforms to the state's Medicaid program that are estimated to save the state...
(Video) Bentley promises to veto ‘irresponsible’ budget cuts
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(Video above: Gov. Robert Bentley responds to House budget cuts)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Gov. Robert Bentley on Tuesday evening responded to the General Fund budget...
Alabama House passes balanced budget relying on cuts, no tax hikes
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama House of Representatives passed Tuesday a general fund budget that relies on more than $250 million in cuts, and...
Brooks calls on IRS to investigate Clinton Family Foundation
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) is calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to investigate presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's 501c3 non-profit The Clinton...
Alabamians were scammed out of millions by phony cancer charities
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Attorney General Luther Strange announced Tuesday that Alabama is joining all 49 other states in a lawsuit against several "phony" cancer...
Ala. Board of Education’s refusal to follow school choice law could come back to bite them
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Four members of the Alabama Board of Education refused to approve appointees for the charter school governing board last week, defying...
Alabama lawmakers should reform, cut, and prioritize spending (opinion)
As the debate over Alabama's General Fund budget shortfall continues, four schools of thought have emerged on how to solve this problem: a) tax...
How China & the EPA might be behind an Alabama coal company laying off 370 workers
HOOVER, Ala. -- Hoover-based Walter Energy has issued notices to its employees that it could be laying off 370 workers at mines in Alabama...
Racial discrimination by Alabama police is illegal, but this senator doesn’t think that’s enough
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama state Senator Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham) wants to require police departments around the state to adopt a policy expressly prohibiting stopping...
Bentley: ‘Reagan raised taxes because he was conservative’
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(Video Above: Governor Robert Bentley (R) addresses the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce)
ANNISTON, Ala. -- In a speech to the Calhoun County Chamber of...
Byrne: Police Officers Deserve Prayers and Praise (Opinion)
Earlier this month we were all devastated to learn that two police officers had been tragically murdered while conducting a basic traffic stop in...
Alabama Senate leader: Stop growth of government, cap spending on Medicaid, prisons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh is concerned with the massive growth seen in recent years of government programs like...
Ala. congressman leads push to allow civilians to buy vintage handguns from the military
WASHINGTON -- An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) offered by Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL3) and approved by the U.S. House Thursday...
U.S. House authorizes three more Alabama-built Littoral Combat Ships
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1), a member of the House Armed Forces Committee, applauded his colleagues Thursday for voting to approve the National...
Roby slams VA for reported $6 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse
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(Video Above: Rep. Roby discusses the recent report showing $6 billion a year were wasted at the VA)
WASHINGTON -- A new report finding the...
ALGOP Chair: Bentley exited ‘conservative lane’ with tax plan, but ‘believes in his heart’ he is right
BIRMINGHAM, Ala -- During an on-air conversation with Alabama Republican Party Chairwoman Terry Lathan on Thursday, talk radio host Matt Murphy said the ALGOP...
Bentley: Lawmakers who oppose tax hikes are telling Alabamians, ‘I don’t care about you’
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley on Thursday threatened to veto a budget passed by the House General Fund committee that does not...
Alabama House committee passes balanced budget relying on cuts, no tax hikes
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama House General Fund budget chairman Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) conceded Thursday that the Senate would not approve his proposal to balance...
Alabama GOP Congressmen all sign on to co-sponsor pro-life fetal pain bill
WASHINGTON -- A pro-life bill considered by Congress Wednesday has received the support of every Republican member of Alabama's U.S. House delegation.
The Pain...
Influential Ala. senator comes out in support of gambling expansion plan
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Another influential Alabama Senate Republican has thrown his support behind expanding gambling as a solution to the state's general fund budget...
Alabama’s Pre-K program maintains position as the best in the nation
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- For the ninth year in a row, Alabama's Pre-Kindergarten program has been named the best in the nation by the National...