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Heritage Foundation features Alabama prison reform in three-part series
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank based out of Washington, D.C., is taking a closer look at the positive effects of criminal justice reform...
Alabamians celebrate progress, fight for reforms on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law which outlawed discriminatory voting practices, such...
Alabama House passes budget cutting Medicaid by $156 million
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama House Wednesday evening approved a General Fund budget cutting $156 million from Medicaid.
After an initial vote of 45-46, a...
Longtime Alabama state health officer leaving to head hospital association
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Dr. Don Williamson, longtime head of the Alabama Department of Public Health, announced on Wednesday that he will be leaving his...
Alabama House passes bill unearmarking $508 million in beleaguered General Fund budget
MONGTOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama House Wednesday passed a bill removing earmarks from 30 state agencies and revenue streams in the General Fund, giving...
Sessions releases shocking graphic showing influx of legal immigrants
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate Judicial Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, chaired by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), released this week...
Alabama lawmaker introduces budget amendment slashing Medicaid spending
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A surprise move in the Alabama Legislature Tuesday afternoon has seemingly left the state’s lawmakers with the choice to vote for...
Conservative legislator accuses Alabama Department of Education of fearmongering
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A memo being circulated by Alabama State Superintendent Tommy Bice Tuesday is drawing the criticism of conservative lawmakers who say Bice's...
A play by play of the dramatic third day of Alabama’s Special Session
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama State legislature began day three of its Special Session Tuesday to fill the $250 million hole in the state's...
Tobacco tax goes down in flames in Alabama Legislature
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Among the tax increases initially considered most politically palatable by members of the Alabama Legislature has been a 25 cent-per-pack increase...
Is an ‘Adult Entertainment’ tax the answer to Alabama’s budget crisis? One lawmaker thinks so
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- State Rep. Jack Williams (R-Vestavia Hills) has proposed a 40 percent sales tax on "receipts from the sale of sexually oriented...
Alabama lawmakers react to Obama’s new ‘overreaching’ EPA power plan
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama released the finalized version of the EPA's power plant rule Monday and many Alabama lawmakers are outraged. The new...
Alabama lawmakers introduce law to make sale of aborted baby parts a felony
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- On the second day of the Alabama Legislature's Special Session, Rep. Jack Williams (R-Vestavia Hills) and Sen. Bill Hightower (R-Mobile) introduced...
AG Strange: Obama’s latest radical environmentalist EPA rule will cost 16,000 Alabama jobs (Opinion)
President Obama just announced the latest step in a radical environmentalist agenda that has already given us the Solyndra boondoggle, wasted billions on green...
‘Defund Planned Parenthood’ fails in the U.S. Senate, despite majority, Sessions, Shelby support
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate Monday failed to get the 60 votes necessary to overcome a procedural hurdle to block all federal funding to...
Top Alabama senator says there are not enough votes to hike taxes
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) told Yellowhammer Monday afternoon that Governor Bentley's (R-AL) more than $300 million in...
Analysis: Alabamians huge losers in Obama’s power plan
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The White House, through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is releasing Monday a detailed update to the Obama administration's power plan,...
Alabama free market group explains how ‘patently ridiculous’ regulations cost $2 trillion a year (Video)
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(Video Above: The Alabama Free Market Alliance explains the true cost of regulations)
The Alabama Free Market Alliance released a video over the weekend describing...
Alabamians will find out this week if ‘Republican’ actually equals ‘conservative’ (opinion)
Alabama lawmakers will convene this week in Montgomery for a Special Legislative Session with the sole purpose of passing a balanced budget.
You will hear...
Byrne: Failing to address out-of-control federal spending would be catastrophic for the next generation (Opinion)
At this very moment, the national debt sits at over $18 trillion dollars, and it shows no signs of going down anytime soon. Our...
Alabama school choice scholarship recipients overwhelmingly satisfied with the program
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A survey taken of recipients of the state's first school choice program shows parents are overwhelmingly satisfied with their child's new...
Alabama legislator allegedly shot up his wife’s car with a shotgun
GREENSBORO, Ala. -- Alabama State Rep. Ralph Howard (D-Greensboro) was arrested earlier this week for shooting out the tires of his wife's car during...
Palmer calls for independent investigation in light of disturbing Planned Parenthood scandal
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Disturbed by recent videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood officials attempting to sell the tissue of aborted babies, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL6)...
New VA Accountability bill backed by Alabama GOP Congressmen earns veto threat from Obama
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday giving the Department of Veterans Affairs more power to remove underperforming employees in an effort...